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Thandi Princess Mathabethe Ngxongo
Experienced professional and business woman with a rich history of leading in corporate leadership
as a high performing senior Manager, currently running her own businesses.
- An Inspirational Leader and award winning Business Woman;
- A Chemical Engineer & MBA Cum Laude Graduate; - An International public Speaker
- A philanthropist & education activist
- UKZN Ambassador – inspiring greatness
- A wife to Menzisi Ngxongo and a mother of beautiful children she is blessed with
- A traveller – both local and international. Business, education and pleasure traveller
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
• National Diploma: Chemical Engineering - Durban University of Technology;
• Project Management Diploma - Varsity College;
• Bachelor’s Degree: Chemical Engineering - Durban University of Technology;
• Honours in Management and Leadership - Duke University in partnership with Rhodes
University Business School;
• Master in Business Management (MBA): University
of KwaZulu Natal,
• PhD – candidate of
Doctor in Business Management (submitted)
UKZN
• International
Business Leadership programme – in progress – University of
Pretoria GIBS BUSINESS
WOMAN
• MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CEO OF THANDEKILE PROJECTS WITH 4 ORTFOLIOS o 1ST PORTFOLIO: PROPERTY INVESTOR (4
employees)
o 2ND PORTFOLIO: ONWER OF BP MOORE ROAD PETROL SERVICE STATION
(56 employees)
o 3RD PORTFOLIO: THANDI’S KITCHEN – SELLING AFRICAN (3 employees)
o 4TH PORTFOLIO: UTHANDEKILE FOUNDATION – A VEHICLE TO GIVE BACK – MY
PASSION
RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS
• Nedbank Womandla award 2018, Chemical
Engineering category
• Standard Bank KZN Top Business Inspiring
Woman in Business 2021
• Standard Bank KZN Top Business award
recognising Thandekile Projects for Exceeding • customer expectation 2021
• Global SHE awards winner in Top ladies in
Business category 2022
• 2022 Hadarat Global - Woman of Stature Global
Award Finalist in the Woman in Oil and Gas • category
• Member of Golden Key International Honour Society
RECENT PUBLIC SPEAKING AND COLLABORATION
Key note speaker and Presentations in various key influential platforms including:
• Being invited to present my MBA paper which was about gender transformation in
petroleum retail industry to international conference on advanced and business
management and information science (ICABMIS) presented by international society of
Engineers and Researchers(ISER)held in Rome, Italy • Speaker and a panellist at Hadarat Global Business Summit 2022
• Guest speaker at UKZN Open Day 2019/2021
• Panel speaker at eThekwini Employability Indaba and Career Expo in 2019 hosted by
eThekwini Municipality
• Contributor at Forbes Leading Women Summit
2020 hosted at Durban ICC
• Speaker at Women in business dialogue
2021 hosted by Trade and Investment KZN
• Speaker at Business breakfast: Post Budget Business engagement by
KZN Treasury 2022
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