Kasthuri Soni

Chief Executive Officer, Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator

Kasthuri Soni is Chief Executive Officer of Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, in the role since January 2022.

Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator is a South African not-for-profit social enterprise that works to move young people into jobs. Soni was one of its first employees in 2011, and under her it supports the SA Youth platform, which it says has reached over 4 million young people.

In the job

  1. Harambee announced Kasthuri Soni as its next chief executive, to take over from Maryana Iskander in January 2022. Source

Career before

  1. 2011-2021Group Finance Director, Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator

Education

Chartered accountant (CA(SA))

Sources

  1. harambee.co.za
  2. harambee.co.za
  3. bizcommunity.com

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