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HR World Summit South Africa brings together the entire HR and workplace transformation ecosystem, HR leaders, CHROs, talent experts, technology providers, policymakers, and business executives to address the biggest priorities shaping the future of work: workforce transformation, employee experience, AI-driven HR, talent development, leadership, and organisational growth.
Chief Human Resources Officer
MTN
Tebogo Maenetja is Chief Human Resources Officer at MTN South Africa, driving people strategy, organisational transformation, and culture. She specialises in organisational design, leadership development, and building high performance, inclusive workplaces aligned with business growth and resilience.
Executive: People Change Readiness and Enablement
Absa Group
Lerato Thelejane is a transformation leader specialising in change management, organisational effectiveness, and employee experience. She enables businesses to navigate transformation through cultural alignment, strategic change initiatives, and people centred solutions.
Senior Human Resources Director
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Nyameka Semenya is a senior HR leader with over 20 years of experience driving transformation, talent strategy, and leadership effectiveness. She partners with executives to build high performance cultures and sustainable workforce solutions across Africa.
Chief Human Resources Officer
MTN
Tebogo Maenetja is Chief Human Resources Officer at MTN South Africa, driving people strategy, organisational transformation, and culture. She specialises in organisational design, leadership development, and building high performance, inclusive workplaces aligned with business growth and resilience.
Chief People Experience Officer
Discovery South Africa
Steven Teasdale is a people and culture executive focused on employee experience, organisational effectiveness, and workplace transformation. He develops innovative people strategies that enable engagement, agility, and sustainable performance in evolving business environments.
CIO: Group Human Capital Technology
FirstRand
Nomsa Lewisa is a human capital technology leader specialising in digital employee experience, HR platforms, and workforce transformation. She drives innovative people technology solutions that modernise HR operations and enable future ready organisations.
Chief People Officer
Pele Energy Group
Melissa Wilkinson brings over 20 years of HR experience across IT, infrastructure, and energy, championing transformational and servant leadership while fostering engaged, inclusive, and strategically aligned organisational cultures.
Group Talent & Culture Executive
Rohloff Group
Diteboho Matsheng is an Executive People and Culture leader with over two decades of experience driving organisational capability, leadership alignment, and transformation. She builds scalable people systems that support growth, culture, and business performance.
Group Executive: Human Capital & Development
Nuclear Energy Corporation South Africa
Sithembile Mbuyisa is a human capital leader specialising in organisational development, talent strategy, and workforce transformation. She focuses on strengthening leadership pipelines, building capable teams, and aligning people practices with strategic business objectives.
Group Executive: Human Capital
SEDFA
Nozuko leads human capital, facilities, and organizational transformation, driving inclusive cultures, strategic workforce development, sustainability, and operational excellence across government through people-centered leadership.
Chief Commercial Officer: Discovery Corporate & Employee Benefits
Discovery South Africa
Guy Chennells is a senior business leader specialising in employee benefits, commercial strategy, and workforce solutions. He focuses on creating innovative approaches that enhance employee value propositions and support organisations in building engaged workplaces.
Executive: People Change Readiness and Enablement
Absa Group
Lerato Thelejane is a transformation leader specialising in change management, organisational effectiveness, and employee experience. She enables businesses to navigate transformation through cultural alignment, strategic change initiatives, and people centred solutions.
Group Executive Head Talent Management
MultiChoice Group
Sibongile Ngwenya is an experienced talent leader specialising in leadership development, succession planning, and organisational capability. She has led enterprise talent strategies that strengthen workforce performance, employee growth, and long term business success.
Vice President of Human Resources
Schneider Electric
Tanya Ramlagan is Vice President of Human Resources for Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric. She drives talent strategy, leadership development, inclusion, and future ready workforce initiatives across multiple markets through innovative people practices.
Senior Human Resources Director
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Nyameka Semenya is a senior HR leader with over 20 years of experience driving transformation, talent strategy, and leadership effectiveness. She partners with executives to build high performance cultures and sustainable workforce solutions across Africa.
Director People & Culture
The Coca Cola Company
Amrita Singh is an experienced HR professional specialising in business partnering, talent acquisition, talent management, and organisational development. She brings expertise in building people strategies and aligning workforce initiatives with business objectives.
People & Culture Director
Dis-Chem
Nomfundo Vilakazi is a People and Culture executive specialising in organisational transformation, talent strategy, and workforce optimisation. She builds scalable people frameworks that strengthen leadership, succession, employee experience, and high performing cultures.
Director of Learning & Development
McDonald's
Lydia Ngobe is a Learning and Development leader with over 23 years of experience shaping talent strategies and leadership programmes. She specialises in employee development, capability building, and creating learning cultures that drive performance.
Human Resources Director
Pangea Made
Sello Mazibuko is an HR and transformation leader with over 15 years of experience in governance, employee relations, skills development, and inclusive workplace practices. He focuses on building sustainable people strategies that unlock talent potential.
Group HR Executive
Catapult Group
I align people strategy with business outcomes, developing leaders, strengthening culture, and enabling organisations to thrive through people and performance.
People & Organisation Director
Novo Nordisk South Africa
Zanele is a Strategic HR Business Partner with more than 20 years of experience gained in multinational pharmaceutical , consulting, and retail organisations.
Human Resources Director
Ecolab
Experienced HR Director in automotive, skilled in negotiation, business planning, sales, management, and account management, with executive business education.
Head of Talent Inclusion & Engagement
Afrox
A strategic Talent Management leader with experience shaping talent strategies, succession planning, leadership development, employee engagement and organisational effectiveness.
Head of Talent Africa
Westfalia Fruit
Lindi Ndlandla is a strategic talent and organisational capability leader with extensive experience helping organisations build future-ready workforces, strengthen leadership pipelines and navigate transformational change
Group Chief HR and Corporate Affairs Officer
Proconics Holdings
HR expert over 20 years of expertise in HR strategy, organisational effectiveness, and business transformation, with a focus on aligning people strategy with business success across public and private sectors.
Group HR Executive
Famous Brands
Jabu is a seasoned Group HR Executive with extensive experience leading human capital strategy, talent management, organisational development, employee engagement, and people transformation across complex business environments.
Enhance your professional growth through expert-led sessions, leadership discussions, and knowledge sharing focused on HR transformation, employee experience, organisational culture, and the future of work.
Connect with HR professionals, business leaders, and industry peers to exchange insights, address workforce challenges, and shape the future of leadership, culture, and human capital strategy.
Engage with leading HR technology providers and workforce solution experts showcasing innovations in talent management, employee engagement, HR automation, and digital employee experience.
The HR World Summit South Africa provides a high-impact platform for senior HR leaders and decision-makers to gain actionable insights, build strategic connections, and drive measurable business value through people-first transformation.
Don't book a stand on a hunch. This brief is built from pre-event screening across the CHROs, HR directors and people leaders attending the HR World South Africa Summit — a 94%-qualified audience, 41% of them decision-makers. It's first-party demand straight from the buyers you want to meet, mapping where their budgets, timelines and priorities actually sit. Use it to target the right accounts, sharpen your pitch, and walk in with meetings that close.
