Nene's interest in the field of Change and Transformation began when she worked for South Africa's biggest Electricity Corporation; Eskom for a period of 10 years. Eskom, being the trend setter in change processes provided Nene with an opportunity for great exposure both within SA and abroad. While at Eskom, her active involvement in the country debates on Change and Transformation led to her secondment to the Department of Labour to head the Human Resources Directorate. This was during the time when South Africa was developing legislation aimed at transforming the labour market. Nene was involved in the department during the development of South Africa's Employment Equity Act which sought to establish equality within SA organisations.

She later took up the position of Executive Director: Transformation for the City of Cape Town where her role was to oversee the amalgamation and rationalisation of various municipalities into one and to ensure an inclusive culture for all.

Some of the large projects she has led through her consulting company include the development of a Change Imperative with SA Judiciary conducting workshops with all the Judges of the 9 provincial High Courts. She was also part of a 42 member global panel of experts ( co-ordinated from New York) which developed the Global Diversity Benchmarks – a practical and systemic tool for Diversity benchmarks in any organisations

Nene is also a trained Coach with the Coaches Training Institute and has also completed its Leadership Training in San Francisco, USA. She has also been trained by New Fields in Ontological Coaching. She has undergone training in process work & deep democracy as effective tools for social change by Arnold Mindell of the Process Work Institute in Oregon.

She has acquired experience with many international initiatives e.g. being contracted by the then National Department of Foreign Affairs to work with South African Embassies across the world.

Nene's work has provided her with opportunities to travel extensively where she presented papers on Values Alignment, Change and Transformation, Diversity, HR in Boston USA, Vicenza Italy, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Miami,Florida.

Nene is also a guest speaker and associate lecturer for two of South Africa's leading business schools and leadership institutions: Gordon Institute for Business Science (GIBS) & Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institution (TMALI).

Nene has also gained experience in corporate boards by being a non-executive director of companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. She also sits on the advisory board of the Auditor General of South Africa.

Nene is committed to Social Entrepreneurship and her community involvement includes being the Chairperson of Umthombo WeSiswe Children's Organisation – an initiative aimed at instilling a sense of Dignity and Developing Ethical Leaders for SA. She is also a board member of the Community Aids Response (CARE).

Before joining Mandate Molefi, Bongani worked as a senior consultant for more than 14 years. He was also one of the Ministerial Task Team members appointed to investigate racism in a North West school.

His exceptional skills in client liaison and effective communication put him in the best position to understand line managers' needs and adapt his approach to meet the nuances of their business.

Bongani's areas of expertise are: Diversity, Employment Equity and Change Management.

His multi lingualism provides him with an added advantage during facilitation.

Sharon's excellent analytical and research skills as well as her experience in business stand her in good stead in the development of sustainable strategic plans for the implementation of Employment Equity with a competitive advantage.

She holds a CAIB qualification with the Institute of Bankers and is currently completing her BA: Communication Science.

He is also a member of COMENSA.

She has been extensively involved in a number of Mandate Molefi's Diversity Management Train-the-Trainer Programmes and Mentorship Programmes. She pragmatically combines her excellent training, process and Social Work skills to effectively manage fears, expectations and emotions of employees around Transformation, Diversity and Employment Equity issues currently impacting on the South African workplace

Over the years Glenda has acquired much experience in both the public and private sector in South Africa. Since 1994 she has participated in many transformation initiatives as a member of the Mandate Molefi team, with special focus on Employment Equity and Diversity Management

Charles' work is driven by a belief that quality relationships and quality communication are the two key ingredients for optimal performance, both at a personal and organisational level. His expertise is in supporting and challenging people to ask the right questions of themselves and their organisations in order to uncover new solutions to their challenges.

He is a coach and runs a Youth Leadership Programme for Grade 11 students. Charles is one of the senior facilitators for Mandate Molefi's various Diversity interventions across South Africa.

Veronica King is an associate executive coach, master trainer and facilitator with Mandate Molefi. She has worked in a number of senior executive positions both locally and abroad; to name a few, Virgin Atlantic, International Marketing Council and Sun International. Her passion lies in building capacity and capability in people to enable growth and profitability for the people and their organisations. She is a Practitioner Member specialising in Business Coaching, Executive Coaching, Group Coaching, Leadership Coaching, and Personal Coaching.

Peter is an Executive Business Strategy and Performance Management consultant for Mandate Molefi and a founder Director of Power Learning Systems (Pty) Ltd. He is also the co-author of a successful Intrapreneurial Development Process, Strategy Formulation Process and Performance Measurement Tool. Peter also acts as a personal coach to leaders of SME businesses in diverse sectors of the economy. Peter's primary focus is on the alignment of Organisational and Individual Strategy, Operational Planning and Performance Management processes.

She has acted as the Project Manager, Lead Consultant and Client Liaison on a variety of projects working on Strategy and business alignment. She has extensive experience working with Government agencies and local municipalities. She has also conducted Leadership Development workshops.

Her main area of focus is on quality control and reporting through organisational design aligned to Strategy.

Juanene is a Mandate Molefi associate coach and facilitator. Her background is primarily centered in the corporate operations arena. For more than 15 years, she held senior positions in national and multinational concerns in such diversified fields as construction, hospitality and human intellect. Juanene's role from 2004 has been that of an established one-on-one coach and group facilitator in the realms of self leadership and team development. As a coach and facilitator Juanene's strengths are Leadership with Integrity, The Art of Listening and undoubtedly her passion to bring powerful personal change through the perspective of possibility. Juanene is a mentor at CIDA CITY CAMPUS, an educational institution which develops free thinkers and future leaders.

Juanene is an accredited coach having trained in a number of coaching methodologies including Results Coaching Systems (Australia) and The Coaches Training Institute (America) as well exposure to Ontological Coaching (Newfield). Juanene is also accredited in both "Results" and "Co-active" methodologies and is a member of the International Coach Federation.

Bronwen holds a Masters Degree in Industrial Psychology from the University of Johannesburg. In addition she has an Honors Degree in Clinical Psychology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management (PDM) from the Wits Business School. Her master's thesis examined the effectiveness of the MBA qualification in developing leaders in South Africa with a particular focus on emotional intelligence.

She has worked for 16 years consulting to numerous organisations as well as small to medium sized enterprises both within South Africa and abroad.

Having earned an extensive and successful reputation consulting to organisations on psychometric assessment, team development and facilitation of training interventions that include Mastering Emotional Intelligence, Effective Thinking Skills, Effective Strategic Thinking Skills and Line Manager as Coach programmes, the natural transition was to move into the coaching space. Bronwen obtained certification as a Master Coach with the Behavioural Coaching Institute in London.

She is a member of the Health Professions' Council of South Africa (HPCSA), the Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA) as well as the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychologists of South Africa (SIOPSA).

She has successfully coached senior managers and executives moving through significant transitions in their careers in companies including Kimberly-Clark SA, Kraft Cadbury, Department of Public Enterprise (SA government), Denel, Deutsche Bank, RMB, MTN, MultiChoice, Kellogg's, Tetrapak, Tiger Brands as well as numerous private individuals and small business owners.

Barbara is an associate consultant for Mandate Molefi, a coach and a writer. She is the co-author of a bold new book - Personal Growth African Style, published by Penguin South Africa. Her creative pioneering spirit has carved out a career path which places her at the cutting edge of new and innovative thinking. Her ability to integrate the creative and the analytical, the visionary and the practical has been a hallmark of her career and way of seeing the world. Barbara is a champion of humanising the work place, developing conscious leadership and giving voice to the philosophy and practice of Ubuntu. She is a member of the Ubuntu Advisory Panel, which is part of the National Heritage Council in South Africa. Through this campaign and other initiatives Barbara aims to see ubuntu rekindled in South Africa and in the world.