Professional Background
- Founder & CEO, Sinayo Securities
- A majority-black female-owned member of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)
- Over two decades of experience in the financial services sector
- Specializes in South African equity sales and trading for institutional investors
- Focuses on influencing policies and strategic decisions by connecting the fund management industry, business, and political leadership
- Committed to social investment, supporting 160 children at the Golden Ark Care Centre in Soweto
- Founding Chairperson, African Women Chartered Accountants (AWCA)
- Aims to accelerate the development of black female Chartered Accountants
- Leads “Project Funda”, a program for training and developing young professionals
- Board Memberships
- KTH (Board member, Audit Committee Chair)
- Independent Director on the Hollard Life and Insurance boards (Chair, Risk Committees)
Leadership & Achievements
- Member, Forbes and Choiseul Top 100 in Africa
- Represents South Africa on the B20
- Deputy Chairperson, Brand South Africa
- Former Chief Financial Officer, Safika Holdings (Pty) Ltd
- Group Chief Internal Auditor, Nedbank Ltd
Education & and Professional Development
- Chartered Accountant
- MBA
- Women in Leadership Programme, Harvard University (2008)
Career Journey
- Audit Partner, Nkonki
- Audit Partner, Deloitte’s Financial Institutions Services Team (FIST)
- Worked with banks, treasury, private equity, and stockbrokers, as well as divisions of two Big Four banks
- Lead partner for one of the leading women’s financial services groups in South Africa
Awards and Recognition
- Contributions & Legacy
- BBQ Business Woman Visionary Award (2008)
- The Star’s “Twenty Top Women to Watch” (2005)
- Enterprise Magazine’s Top Businesswomen of the Year (2004)