Nonzukiso Siyotula
 
 
Qualifications Areas of Expertise
  • CA (SA)
  • MBA
  • BAcc

  • General management
  • Finance
  • Corporate governance
  • Strategy
  • Restructuring
  • Business Development
  • Sales and Distribution
  • Strategy
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Human Resources
  • Project Management ​

Responsibilities Other Directorships

  • ​Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee
  • Member of the Information, Communication, Technology Committee
  • Member of the Human Resources, Remuneration and Nominations Committee
  • Member of the Board Economic Regulation Committee ​

  • Sable Global Resources
  • Payliquid Capital Partners
  • Shout-IT-Now
  • Toyota Financial Services Ltd
  • African Bank Ltd
  • Ogilvy and Mather South Africa
  • Siyotula Holdings
  • Nampak
  • Take Over Regulation Panel (Trustee)
  • Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital​
Biography: 

In March 2016, Zukie Siyotula, CA (SA), FCMA, MBA, joined the World Economic Forum’s young global leaders under the age of 40. Zukie was also previously named as one of the 2011 Mail & Guardian top 200 young South Africans. She is a Desmond Tutu and an Aspen Institute Leadership fellow and has been recognised as a Choisel Top 10 African Leader lauriet. 

She has recently been appointed as a Professor in Practice at the University of Johannesburg Business School. Zukie currently serves as an independent non-executive director on various listed, unlisted, and public sector boards, such as Bidvest Group, Wescoal Holdings, to name a couple. She is not a typical CA in that she has been a GM and CEO of businesses, therefore having a keen understanding of what businesses go through to help managemnet convert strategy. SHE can be described as present, solutions orientated, easy to work with and someone who do not shy away from difficult conversations. 

Zukie is entrepreneurial and dynamic and has personally been very active in the WEF, “Workplace of the future” which is about how companies become relevant to consumers and believes that to achieve this, a good digital strategy is key. Her diverse professional experience ranges from general management, finance, corporate governance, strategy, restructuring, business development, through to sales and distribution. Prior to joining the Thebe group, Zukie held various senior positions at Barclays Africa, Old Mutual Retail Mass, Royal Bafokeng Holdings and South African Breweries. In recognition of her outstanding leadership and achievements, Zukie is a Desmond Tutu and an International Woman's Forum Fellow (IWF) where she is the youngest member of the invitation only South African Chapter (IWFSA). She is the founding member of the African Leadership Network (ALN), an invitation only network of dynamic African leaders and is a member of Graca Machel’s new faces new voices network (NVNF) which advocates for change in business and finance by harnessing the potential of women in Africa. 

Zukie is the recipient of a number of business awards in recognition of her, vision, leadership, and achievements. She was awarded the prestigious Fortune Most Powerful Women Global Mentoring Exchange Program in New York and the Vital Choices Global Ambassadors Program and is part of their Global Leadership Network. Zukie is passionate about business, the advancement of women in business and transformation. 

In honour of recognising the importance of human rights in the empowerment of young women, she fearlessly climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 2015 to raise funds for sanitary pads for previously disadvantaged young girls in South Africa.​