PIVOT POINT: Sithembile Ngobese: Head of Corporate Affairs & Sustainable Business - Southern Africa

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Sithembile mastered her working life as a radio and TV producer before joining South Africa’s Metrorail communications team, where she was project manager for the Soweto Business Express. She then moved to Siemens where she rose to become Head of Government Relations for Africa. Sithembile obtain her media studies degree at Rand Afrikaans University and studied MBA at the Milpark Business School.

She has been running her own company since 2013 advising companies like Tiger Brands on corporate affairs and communications, with her latest project being in South Africa’s Northwest Province running an ambitious programme to address the exclusion of township and village entrepreneurs from the economy. As well as her skills in corporate affairs, she brings a wealth of purpose-driven experience including being the Chairperson of African Youth For Climate Change at the UN Climate.
4 May 2023 4PM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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