We welcome new Board members
Thandiwe Moutlana has more than 20 years of industry and consulting experience with large local and multinational companies in mining, manufacturing, financial services, biotechnology, fast moving consumer goods, and government. Thandiwe is the CEO of Managed Analytics, a mining-tech company that provides analytics, optimisation and decision support solutions. She is also the founder and Director of Brown Ivory Group, a consulting firm focusing on supporting black-owned SMEs in Southern Africa. Thandiwe has worked in multiple firms including SABMiller, Fevertree Consulting, Partners In Performance, and CSIR. Thandiwe’s accolades include 1st prize Global SABMiller Sustainability Initiative Award, Entrepreneur of the Year Award: SABMiller Procurement Department, to name few.
Lebohang Mehlomakulu is the Managing Director and Peak Performance Coach at mPower People Solutions where she assists companies and employees achieve their peak performance through consulting, facilitating processes and training. Her role also includes organisational development solutions, change management, diversity and inclusion, leadership development. She was Head of HR at Allan Gray and Metropolitan Asset Managers and has held various senior HR and OD leadership roles. Lebohang achieved sport medals and trophies as well as academic awards during her university years. She has appeared as a guest speaker and facilitator at UCT, conferences and events.
Emily Hendricks is a Corporate Legal Advisor and Attorney with versatile experience and acumen in corporate banking, financial regulatory advisory and private equity industry and Investment Analysis. Emily is the Manager: Sustainability & Transformation at United Exported (Pty) Ltd and has held positions as a Freelance Facilitator: Constitution Educate Project at the Constitutional Court of South Africa, and Legal Counsel: Regulatory at ABSA Capital. Her acumen extends to strong strategy formulation, organisational management skills with the unique ability to work with stakeholders in the design and implementation of business, client, governance, investment as well as the ability to execute through people. Emily has a modern day legal mind with strong business sense and possesses 12 years’ experience providing high quality, legal, regulatory and governance solutions to diversified stakeholders.
Angelo is an experienced senior executive, board director, general manager and facilitator serving on the boards of a number of leading agri businesses, industry bodies and public sector entities. He is experienced in dealing with the complexities and dynamics of public institutions, board governance and challenging stakeholders, and has facilitated numerous successful land transformation, social development and public-private initiatives. He was the HR lead for the merger and integration of Cape Town Routes Unlimited with Wesgro; and he was instrumental in leading the turnaround of the Agricultural Produce Agents Council and the Perishable Products Export Control Board as Chairperson.
Crystal Abdoll is a Chartered Accountant with more than 25 years’ experience in the private and public sectors, and is committed to developing young professionals while simultaneously fostering and encouraging ethical practices and high performance.
Crystal previously worked as the Group Executive: Shared Services (designated CFO) for the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and as the Chief Audit Executive (CAE) at PetroSA (SOC) Ltd where she established and managed a vibrant and robust Internal Audit department.
Crystal assisted various Non-Profit Organisations whilst serving as a non-executive director and specialist audit committee member at various organisations. Her experience and expertise cut across areas of corporate governance, risk and compliance management, financial management and reporting, accounting, internal and external auditing, performance management and supply chain management.