CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2021 FINALISTS SHOWCASED BELOW:

Banking & Financial Services

Ashley Byles
Regional Manager
Old Mutual

Candice De Villiers
Underwriter
Bryte Insurance Company

Thamage Lesito
Fixed Income Portfolio Manager
Momentum Asset Management

Zanele Mabena
Executive: Change & Business Transformation
Standard Bank

Niren Mungar Ram
Head of Analytics Enablement
Absa

Manufacturing & FMCG

Zainab Mohamed,
Category Brand Manager
Mondelēz International

Tracy Nkabinde
Home Care Category Media Lead
Unilever

Sivenasen Moodley
Head of Customer Management
British American Tobacco

Ntsako Baloyi
Environmental Manager
Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa

Werner Koen
Cosmetic Channel Head
Revlon & Elizabeth Arden SA

Mining & Minerals

Mariette Swart
Corporate Financial Manager
Afrimat Limited

Thomas Conolly
Snr Asset Manager
Anglo American Platinum

Pity Pheko
Production Section Manager
Anglo American Thermal Coal

Sikelela Nzuza
Engineer Compliance Projects: Black Rock Mine Operations
Assmang

Lorren Jordt
Snr Manager Surface & Mineral Rights
Anglo American Platinum

Transport, Logistics & Security

Kutloano Modise
SHEQ Manager
Imperial Logistics

Amber Louise Sterley
HR Manager
Fidelity ADT – A division of the Fidelity Services Group

Carli Venter
Marketplace Strategic Executive
Unitrans Supply Chain Solutions

Tendai Sigauke
Inventory Manager
DB Schenker

Mathandi Nkosi
Snr Manager: Process Governance
Transnet SOC

Professional Services

Zama Ngcobo
Managing Partner
WMN Attorneys Inc.

Shirleen Ritchie
Salaried Partner
Webber Wentzel

Mpho Zim
Manager: Technology Strategy
Accenture

Tanya Boretti
Accenture AWS Business Group (AABG) Market Development
Accenture

Charity Simamane
Snr Manager
PwC

Service: Public & Private

Wayde Groep
Capacity Building & Knowledge Manager, Youth & After School Programme Office
Western Cape Goverment

Gundo Nevhutanda
Legal Counsel
Public Investment Corporation

Melene Rossouw
Executive Director
Women Lead Movement

Leenta Grobler
Associate Professor & Acting Director: Business Development
North-West University

Zainab Seria
Executive Legal: Compliance Corporate Relations
ITHUBA Holdings

Construction & Industrials

Caitlin Adair Senior
Project Manager
Turner & Townsend Pty Ltd

Chevonne Engelbrecht
Wage / Document Control Manager
Octorex (Waco Africa)

Innocentia Mahlangu
Project Manager and Senior Civil Engineer
Hatch

Jatin Maharaj
Data Analytics Manager: Internal Audit
Barloworld

Muaaz Limbada
Cost Manager
Turner & Townsend

Tourism, Retail & Hospitality

Dorcas Dlamini
Area Director of Sales & Distribution – Sub Saharan Africa
Marriott International

Zunaid Habib
Regional Operations Manager
Massmart

Candice Jamieson
Snr Manager: Information Risk & Privacy
Pick n Pay

Lazo Karapanagiotidis
Digital Omnichannel Executive
Massmart

Refilwe Tleane
Snr IT Demand Manager
Massmart

Energy & Environment

Ntitiseng Moloi
Supervisor: Power Plant Operations
Biotherm Energy

Manstie Hlakudi
Chief Engineer
Eskom

Nompumelelo Dlamini
Civil Engineering Manager
Eskom

Francois Sieberhagen
Executive Head: Human Resources
VKB Agriculture Group of Companies

Kagiso Hlabahlaba
Snr Solutions Architect SAP HR
Sasol

Media & Marketing

Lindiwe Dhlamini
Label & Marketing Manager
The Orchard

Yolisa Zeka
Account Manager
Grey Advertising

Philile Mabolloane
Chief Revenue Officer
Juta and Company

Kalycia Urquhart
Co-Founder & CEO
Digital Doorway

Anthony Kirkwood
Creative Director
Big Red Design Agency

ICT (Telecoms & Technology)

Kabelo Kgodane
Business Development Manager: SubSaharan Africa
SITA Aero

Mapula Monyela
Specialist: Project Leader
Vodacom

Apiwe Hotele
Technology Commercialization Specialist
South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO)

Tebogo Matlou
Snr Manager: CVM Commercial & Platforms
MTN

Fayaz Cassim
Regional Programme Manager
Dark Fibre Africa

Entrepreneur

Veronica Motloutsi
CEO
SmartDigital Solution

Linda Maponyane,
Managing Director
Kenako Media House

Talifhani Mamafha
Managing Director, Analytics Advertising

Nneile Nkholise
CEO
3DIMO

Miso Nhlangulela
Managing Director & CEO
JayBerry Smoothie