Busisiwe Mavuso

Chief Executive Officer, Business Leadership South Africa

Busisiwe Mavuso is Chief Executive Officer of Business Leadership South Africa, in the role since July 2019.

Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) is a lobby group for large South African companies, whose members include Absa, Standard Bank, Sasol and Naspers. Mavuso became CEO in 2019 after serving as its chief operating officer from 2018.

In the job

  1. She spoke publicly on South Africa's economic reforms and the role of the G20 in showing progress. Source

Career before

  1. 1995Intern, Allied Bank
  2. 2009-2018Chief financial officer, operations director and managing director, BMF
  3. 2018-2019Chief operating officer, Business Leadership South Africa

Education

Chartered accountant (CA), Master's in Business Leadership from Unisa, postgraduate qualification in business management from GIBS

Sources

  1. cfo.co.za
  2. businesstech.co.za
  3. engineeringnews.co.za

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