Lindiwe Nhlapo is a Chartered Accountant and currently Chief Financial Officer of the Wholesale & Retail Sector Education and Training Authority. A seasoned and accomplished professional with over 18 years of experience providing fiscal, strategic and executive leadership in multiple sectors.

Her career spans across several disciplines and sectors, serving as a Senior Financial Analyst at both Hewlett-Packard and SAP Africa. She’s also served as the Chief Financial Officer at the merSETA, 4 Africa Exchange and Technologia Group.

Lindiwe has established herself as a diverse and multi-industry leader who has served as a non-executive director for Oriole Healthcare Administrators and ROI Africa (Media-Monitoring) as well as a council member of the Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Mpumalanga Human Resources and Development Council.

Consequently, her dedication and astute leadership has seen her gain recognition as a Finalist in the Public Enterprises Sector of the CEO Magazine’s Most Influential Women in Business and Government Award.

A dynamic, talented and result-oriented black woman with diverse experience and
proven abilities in executive leadership, developing and implementing strategy, risk
management and well-rounded business leader who finds balance in life by travelling and engaging in endurance sports such as cycling and marathon running.