[MBA (Corporate Finance), MSc (Economics: thesis not defended)]

Ms. Buthelezi was appointed Chief Executive Officer in July 2005, bringing a diverse knowledge of banking, capital markets and international investment in South Africa. Her experiences encompass both private and public sector activities and provide the NEF with unparalleled understanding of the environment in which the organisation operates.
 

Prior to joining the NEF, Ms Buthelezi worked for a French Investment Bank in London, held responsibility for Risk Management Control at the South African Reserve Bank and worked in the Treasury division at Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank. She was employed by the dti to promote European investment in South Africa. In 2002 she returned to South Africa to become the Chief Director of the Black Economic Empowerment Unit of the dti, which developed the Government’s Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment strategy, the BB-BEE Act and the Codes of Good Practice. Ms Buthelezi is Chairman of Group Five and also serves on the Boards of Mvelaphanda Resources and Afripalm Resources.