Razia is an influential thought leader an entrepreneur owning a mining consulting company Lwandle RNS Mining. She is a well-rounded professional with a master’s degree. She is passionate about leading people to success, mentoring subordinates, an innovated thinker and professional who embraces new technology development. In her career growth journey, she successfully led and motivated teams to achieve high productivity in the production and projects environment. Results-driven, well rounded professional with excellent technical, analytical and communication skills demonstrated by 13 years of experience occupying roles as geologist and strategist supporting mining operations, resource development and business improvement in the Mining and Petrochemicals Industry. Excels at identifying, analysing and recommending new business development opportunities, strategic growth opportunities and business cases to support recommendations. Excellent in tackling strategic product, pricing, or distribution problems. Works cross functionally with key functional leaders of the organization in aligning strategic decisions with the financial goals and long-range plans. Comes with a proven track record leading and mentoring teams to achieve high productivity accomplished in the exploration, mining and consulting environments. Razia practiced as a mine and projects Geologist, Stakeholder Enablement Specialist and Strategist for three leading mining and petrochemicals companies in South Africa. During this tenure she gained solid business acumen skills and key competences in strategy development, strategic planning, stakeholder management, project management and environmental sustainability management. She holds an in-depth understanding of the South African DTI B-BBEE code and the Mining Charter.