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The 2024 Future of Leadership Awards Ceremony

    The 2024 Future of Leadership Award Nominations

      The 2024 Future of Leadership Award Winners

      And the Winners are...

      Thank you to the 2,462 voters who cast their vote in the 2024 Future of Leadership Awards. Before we go to the announcement, here are the criteria for nominations: 


      The Criteria for Nominations


      To keep the nomination and selection process as equitable and transparent as possible, all members of The Future Leader Forum (250+ by now, over the 6 Interview Seasons from 2017 to date) were invited to nominate up to three future-minded leaders.


      These were the Criteria for Nominations to the 2024 Future of Leadership Awards (plus a written motivation, all submitted online).

      • Have demonstrated a Willingness to share their Insights with the Next Generation;
      • Have achieved significant Accomplishments in their Leadership Category;
      • Have become Role-models to guide the Next Generation of Future Leaders.


      The 2024 Award Winners 


      ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ 

      • Winner: Mteto Nyati (Chairman BSG and Eskom) 
      • Runner-up: Prof. Busisiwe Mavuso BCompt, FCCA, MBL, MPhil (CEO at Business Leadership South Africa)


      ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ

      • Winner: Dr Shirley Zinn (Chair at V&A Waterfront and Wesgro)
      • Runner-up: Nollie Maoto (Impactful Leadership NPC Founder & Chief Data and Analytics Officer FNB South Africa)


      ๐—™๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† 

      • Winner: Caroline Marwisa (Group Head of Learning at Old Mutual) 
      • Runner-up: Kobus Kleyn CFPยฎ . (Advocate for the Financial Profession and hashtag#workingfromanywhere)


      ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ 

      • Winner: Sithembile Ntombela maNdaba (Acting CEO Brand South Africa)
      • Runner-up: Sydney Nhlanhla Mbhele (CM SA) (Group Chief Marketing & Corporate Affairs Officer at Absa Group)


      ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ 

      • Winner: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (Former Executive Director of UN Women & Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa)
      • Runner-up: Bonang Mohale (Chairman at Bidvest Group and Chancellor of the University of the Free State) 


      ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ

      • Winner: Cleola Kunene (MBA) (Head of CX, SME Development and and Strategic Initiative Incubation at JSE)
      • Runner-up: Bulelani Balabala (Founder at Township Entrepreneurs Alliance)


      ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†

      • Winner: Bertha Dlamini, EMBA, CPRP (President at African Women in Energy and Power)
      • Runner-up: Mpho Mokwele (Group Executive: Transacting at DBSA)


      ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ 

      • Winner: Onyinye Nwaneri (Group CEO at Afrika Tikkun)
      • Runner-up: Shiphra Chisha(M.Inst.D),MBA (President of African Women in Business)


      ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ

      • Winner: Tumelo Chaka (Chief Township Officer | Brand SA PYP | Executive Head Partnerships at Showmax)
      • Runner-up: Keratile Pekane ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ (Director of Youth Development, Betterman Program at Puntans Hill Sports Club)


      ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ

      • Winner: Nonkululeko Boikhutso (CEO at Nelson Mandela Childrens' Hospital)
      • Runner-up: jonathan jansen (Distinguished Professor at Stellenbosch University)


      ๐——๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—˜๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

      • Winner: Dharshni Padayachee CA(SA) MPhil (Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Rand Merchant Bank)
      • Runner-up: Jesmane Boggenpoel (Author My Blood Divides and Unites | Creator Udemy DEI course | Mg Partner AIH Capital)


      ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ

      • Winner: Palesa Nhlapo (Head of Customer Growth - Emerging Affluent)
      • Runner-up: Bradwin Roper (Chief Financial Services Officer at MTN)


      ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ

      • Winner: Prudence Mathebula M.Inst.D (Managing Director at Dynamic DNA)
      • Runner-up: Vukosi Sambo (Executive- Head of Data Insights & AI at AfroCentric Group

      The 2024 Nominations are open

      Nominate here

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      The Criteria Future Leader Awards

      These are the Criteria for the Future of Leadership Awards. 


      Nominees need to 


      - Have demonstrated a Willingness to share their Insights with the Next Generation

       

      - Have achieved significant Accomplishments in their Leadership Category


      - Have become Role-models to guide the Next Generation of Future Leaders



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