Melanie DE Nysschen (40)

Consistently seeking ways to add value within my personal and professional sphere of influence has allowed me to build my career through collaboration rather than competition. Melanie de Nysschen is a trailblazer in the banking and finance industry who’s developed...

Hwalani Mabaso (38)

How do we change the industry to reflect society? Black people are earning an income but are highly indebted. There is the gender wage gap as well as maternity leave for women. At 38, Hwalani Mabaso is the same age...

Nombeka Mpako (63)

Professor Nombeka Mpako is the acting director of the school of arts at the University of South Africa, a role that entails heading up the art history, visual arts, and musicology departments. Her academic career began at the University of...

Juan Bornman (51)

In many countries across the world, girl children with disability still have fewer opportunities to attend school than girls without disabilities and also fewer opportunities than boys with disability. Professor Juan Bornman is the director of the Centre for...

Jackie Gallagher (58)

I realised how important it was to educate the children in our country who were not able to access the open white schools of the time … Jackie Gallagher founded Sparrow Schools in 1989 and, under her leadership, the organisation...