I am passionate about transforming lives, and am a die-hard ambassador for diversity, inclusion and development. With over 20 years’ experience in Human Resources and people management, I have had significant successes with major organizations like Deutsche Telekom, T-Systems, Dimension Data; just to name a few. I have successfully led and implemented flagship programmes, both in the local and international space. Such programmes, like the T-Systems South Africa Internship programme and CIDA ICT Academy, were significant in not only developing scarce skills in the IT industry, but also resulted in >90% of interns being employed. The internship programme won an international award in the Deutsche Telekom Employer Branding awards in 2011. I played a pivotal role in diversity and inclusion at T-Systems International and Deutsche Telekom, to boost gender empowerment and tackle unconscious bias, globally.