South Africa Perspectives: Women in Leadership Hub

Based in Johannesburg, Dr Rufaro Nyakatawa’s primary focus is developing the strategy for Jersey Finance’s engagement in the South African market. She also plays a vital role in supporting the organisation’s wider activity across the continent.

Peggy-Sue has a career spanning over 19 years in the financial sector. She started her career in Asset Management as a fixed income analyst and then spent the better part of her career in capital markets, treasury solutions and specialized lending. Peggy then had an opportunity to head up the wealth business at Standard Bank South Africa, where she was responsible for the South African operations of the Standard Bank wealth business, which included short and long-term insurance, asset management, wealth and investment, pension fund operations, and fiduciary services. In her current role as Head of Stakeholder Engagement, she leads the development and implementation of Investec’s strategies for stakeholder engagement and the Just Energy Transition policy framework.

Brenda Kali is one of the leading voices in advocating conscious, ethical leadership. She is the Chairperson and Founder of Conscious Companies and the CEO of the Conscious Leadership and Ethics Institute. She has over the years set into motion a stream of consciousness that is organically changing the landscape of how business is done and the ethos of leadership. Her thirty-year tenure as a Group Executive of various listed companies - saw the reputational turnaround of major organisations that set her on a journey that would have an impact, not only in her life, but on numerous other companies in her quest to build conscious leadership capacity. Fascinated by the observations she had gleaned after time in the corporate space, she resolved to deepen the understanding of consciousness, ethical and responsible behaviour in the workplace - infused with a different quality of thinking and being in the world.