10 Things you should know about Nolitha Fakude

Nolitha Fakude is widely known as the founder of Nolitha (Pty) Ltd. Here are 10 Things you should know about Nolitha Fakude.

1. Nolitha Fakude is Executive Director at Sasol Limited, member of the Risk and SHE Committee and Chairman of Sasol Mining.

2. As Executive Vice President of Strategy and Sustainability Nolitha currently has global responsibility for Strategy, Group Risk as well as Group Safety, Health and Environment.

3. She also oversees the strategy direction for the global Human Resources for Sasol.

4. As Council Member and Second Deputy Chairman of Human Resources Development Council of South Africa since 2011, Nolitha brings to the Council her extensive experience in Transformation, Human Resource Development and Education and Training.

5. The Council is chaired by Deputy President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa.

6. The first woman President of the Black Management Forum (2003-2006) and its Managing Director prior to that.

7. She now serves as Chairman of the Council of Elders and is a respected authority on transformation and empowerment in South Africa.

8. She is a member of the International Women’s Forum (IWF), Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) and a Trustee of the Women’s Development Business Trust (WDB).

9. Ms Fakude has recently been appointed to the Global Foreign Direct Investment Association Board as well as the South African Ministerial Advisory Council on Energy.

10. Ms Fakude holds a Bachelor of Arts and an Honours degree in Psychology from the University of Fort Hare, South Africa.