Nonkululeko Gobodo is the Executive Chairman of SizweNtsalubaGobodo, the largest black audit and accounting firm and the fifth largest in South Africa. Nonkululeko is the first black woman chartered accountant in South Africa. She is the founding member of Gobodo Inc, founded in 1996 with a group of partners. She left the firm to pursue other business interests and re-joined it as its Executive Chairman in 2009 and later took over as the Chief Executive Officer. Nonkululeko started her career as a junior lecturer at the then, University of Transkei, now Walter Sisulu University. She has served on the boards of listed companies and State Owned Companies. Nonkululeko is a courageous entrepreneur who established a practice during the height of apartheid, when opportunities were closed to black people in South Africa. She grew the firm into a medium sized, national practice with offices in all the provinces in South Africa. In 2011 Nonkululeko played a key role, as one of the leaders in the successful merger of Gobodo Inc and SizweNtsaluba VSP, to form SizweNtsalubaGobodo. This was a move that has changed the landscape of the accounting profession in South Africa, ushering in a new era of economic transformation. The new firm is now the fifth largest firm in South Africa, with 55 partners and over 1000 staff. In 2010, she was recognised as the Woman of Substance by AWCA (African Women Chartered Accountants Association). In 2012, she was recognised as the Top Black Business Leader of the Year by the Oliver Empowerment Awards. In 2013, she has been appointed as a board member of Morison International (MI) and Chairman of Morison International Africa.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 06:08:55 +0000
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