Prior to this role, she was the Executive Head of Mergers & Acquisitions Division at Vodacom Group, where she was responsible for evaluating and executing acquisition opportunities and any other corporate activity, in line with the Vodacom strategy. She previously worked for Cazenove (SA), National Empowerment Fund, Vantage Capital, and the DBSA. Her career journey spans across corporate finance advisory, private equity, infrastructure project finance and mergers and acquisitions.She is an Independent Non-Executive Director of a JSE listed Bell Equipment Ltd where she currently serves as a Chairman of Social Ethics and Transformation Committee and a member of the Audit Committee; An Independent Non-Executive Director at Toyota Tsusho Africa (Pty) Ltd; Independent Non-Executive Director at Outsurance Holdings; and director and shareholder of Vulatel (Pty) Ltd.

She was the winner of the Association of Black Securities Investment Professional (“ABSIP”) Project Financier of the Year (Individual Category) Award for 2014. Recipient of the African Distinguished Women Leadership Excellence Awards 2017 of the Centre for Economic and Leadership Development(Amazons Watch Magazine’s Africa’s 25 Distinguished Women in Leadership 2017).She is a member of the Institute of Directors Southern Africa (“IODSA”); International Women’s Forum South Africa (“IWFSA”); and Association of Black Securities and Investment Professionals (“ABSIP”).Write your own script and perform your own scene for only you are responsible for your own story line.~ By Mamokete Ramathe