Kunyalala Maphisa

Maphisa was introduced and took up office on the 19th May 2010 at the National Annual General Meeting as the president of the Businesswomen’s Association, a position she will uphold for a three year period. Full Profile.

Ferose Oaten

Ferose Oaten is the Managing Director and Sole Member of AVTS Roadworthy Stations. She serves as President of the RMI (Retail Motor Industry Organisation) and National Vice-President of the BWA (Businesswomen’s Association). Full Profile.

Rehema Isa

Rehema is a founding member and head of consulting services at Fuse Project Management  Consulting.  A Black woman owned and managed management consultancy. With a background in accounting and finance, Rehema's experience spans major corporations in the financial and banking sectors. She has consulted for companies in various industries including power utilities, banking, the mining sector, government institutions, small businesses and IT companies, where she has led a number of strategic projects. Full Profile.

Renee Silverstone

Reneé Silverstone is CEO of The Jupiter Drawing Room (Johannesburg), which bills in excess of R1-billion per annum.

Reneé has always had a flair for the dramatic and even as a young girl in Bloemfontein she suspected she was destined for fame. She decided after tenure at Wits studying English and Drama that her talents would be better spent in business.

So she exited the world of theatre and took centre stage in the boardroom. Her performance was noted and at the age of just 24 she was appointed to the board of Grey Phillips, one of the country's leading agencies.ÂFull Profile.

Mthunzi Mdwaba

Mr Mthunzi Mdwaba is the Group CEO of Torque IT, South Africa, a company dedicated to Computer Technical Training Solutions. He was recently appointed Deputy CEO of The Kelly Group.
He has been appointed as a governing body member of the International Labour Organisation. He represents business in the Southern African Development Community as well as participate in formulating policies that influence the world of work. Full Profile.

Liepollo Phoko

Ms Liepollo Pheko serves as the Policy and Advocacy Director at an organisation called the Trade Collective. In this capacity she conceptualises and designs training curriculum on a range of economic and social development issues, conducts research and analyses on development and socio economic models and builds networks and movements across Africa as well as with international partners. She is also a founding member of the organisation. Full Profile.

Nina Joubert

Nina is the chairperson of the Businesswomens’ Associations Cape Town Branch. She has been involved with the BWA for over 3 years.

Nina is an Associate Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers where she provides various accounting and advisory services to the Financial Services Industry. She completed Bachelors in Accounting and Honours in Accounting at Stellenbosch University after which she completed her articles with PricewaterhouseCoopers, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (CA(SA)) in January 2003.

She is married to George and is blessed with two beautiful children, Kayla who is 3 years old and Niell who is 10 months old.

Betsy Ings

Founder and  Director of Siyaloba, Project Manager for Community Projects, Skills Development Facilitator, Industry Representative on various Training Boards & Internal Assessor and Moderator. Chairperson Businesswomen Association – Port Elizabeth Branch. Full Profile.