Tshidi has extensive experience in board and executive leadership as well as governance, amongst others, spanning over 30 years across public and private sectors. She has served on many boards throughout her career. She was a member of the audit commission during Mandela’s administration and has served as the Deputy President of the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers under the administration of President’s Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma.
She is the third African woman in South Africa to qualify as a chartered accountant with extensive financial expertise, business knowledge and leadership qualities with 32 years of accounting, auditing and advisory experience within the public and private sectors.
Salukazi holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Statistics from the University of Lesotho and a Master’s in Administration in Development Economics from Williams College, Massachusetts. She has, amongst other positions, worked as part time lecturer in Business Economics at the University of Lesotho; Programme Manager for the Development Bank of Southern Africa; a Principal Cooperation Officer at African Development Bank (Abidjan); a Senior Manager in the Structured Finance Unit of FirstCorp Merchant Bank; and as an Assistant General Manager of BOE Investment Bank.
Likhapha holds LLB and LLM degrees from the Universities of Lesotho and Witwatersrand, respectively. Since 2009, she has been the Managing Director of the National Movement of Rural Women (NMRW), an organisation which arose as a result of forced removals. Before then, Likhapha worked as a legal researcher for the Wits Centre for Applied Legal Studies. Likhapha has written chapters in books and articles in academic journals. She sits on the board of NEDLAC and is a member of the Progressive Women’s Steering Committee. She also sits on boards representing the NMRW.
Nomfundo is an Executive Director of Astute Intellect, a financial consulting company. She serves on a number of boards, including Spescom, Royale Energy and Rand Mutual Assurance. Previously, Nomfundo was employed as a Financial Director of Harmony Gold Mining Ltd. She was also the Executive Manager of Worldwide African Investment Holdings (WAIH). During her time in WAIH, she was Non-executive Director of Argil Holdings and a Non-executive Director of CS Holdings. She began her career as a Credit Manager in the Corporate and Merchant Bank’s Credit Division of Nedcor Bank Limited.
Modiegi is the coordinator and one of the Executive members of Itumeleng, an empowerment group with shareholding at Nozala Investments. She is also a member of Phakama Investment, an organisation with an interest in women empowerment. Her primary involvement in her community is through her position as an executive committee member of the AME Women’s Missionary Society. She is a former employee of Murray and Roberts and the JD Group, where she obtained the foundations for the trade of administration, management and personnel relations. She is also well versed in operations management and marketing having worked in ventures specialising in corporate clothing and the sale wholesale meat.
Neo has over 25 years of experience in marketing, corporate affairs, development finance, strategy, and corporate governance. Neo was a senior executive at the Industrial Development Corporation including serving as the executive responsible for market development into the rest of Africa. She currently serves on the board of WDB Investments Holdings and Mozal Aluminium Co. She was previously on the boards of Clover SA and Scaw Metals.