Mr Matimba Mbungela is the current Chief Human Resources Officer at Vodacom Group. Prior to this role, he was the HR Managing Executive for Vodacom South Africa until April 2014. Matimba has worked within the Vodacom/Vodafone Group since 2003 during which he worked in various roles within HR. He subsequently spent 3 years on secondment to Vodafone as Regional Head of Organisational Effectiveness & Change, and Regional Head of Talent within Africa, the Middle East & Asia Pacific “AMAP” region.

His educational qualifications include an MBA in Strategy & Human Resources from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and a Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resources from the University of Cape Town.Hes also a graduate of the Vodafone Global HR Excellence Program.

Matimba is a Non-Executive Director for Vodacom Tanzania PLC, Vodacom Mozambique and Vodacom Lesotho. Matimba was appointed to the Unisa GSBL Advisory Board on the 1st of June 2020.