Group Financial Manager at Harmony Gold Mining │ Chairperson of the Investment Committee Mineworkers Provident Fund (MWPF)

Mathabo currently holds the position of Group Financial Manager (Health) at Harmony Gold Mining Company where she provides strategic financial oversite to the internal health management of 44 000 employees ranging from occupational, primary and tertiary healthcare provision.

She sits on the board of the Mineworkers Provident Fund (MWPF) and various sub-committees thereof (Investment sub-committee and Audit and Risk sub-committee), with additional responsibilities as the chairperson of the Investment sub-committee at MWPF, looking after R32 billion in assets for around 70 000 members. This has allowed her to champion for diversity, equity and inclusion in the asset management industry through various programmes that the fund has such as incubation of emerging managers and uplifting of diverse asset management companies predominantly in South Africa but globally as well while giving solid returns to members.

She has led the team to expand alternatives and impact investing to enhance returns for members with a corresponding increase in social benefits in targeted areas such as digital infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa among others.

She is also a founding committee member at AOFSA (Asset Owners Forum South Africa) through MWPF representation, which is a voluntary coalition of pension funds in South Africa with the strategic aim of investing in infrastructure projects in South Africa. The total estimated value of the forum is approximately R3 trillion.

She is an ambitious young woman challenging the status quo in a predominantly male industry. She is passionate about transformation, small-business development and impact investing, with a specific focus on gender equality and women empowerment. Achievements to date that she is proud of is enabling multiple small businesses to go through enterprise supplier development programmes and contributing to the communities they operate in through small-business development. This led her to win the Young Leaders Connect (YLC) 2022 “Lift up Leader in Business” and the “IDEAL Authentic Leadership” awards for her consistent demonstration of humble and bold leadership and commitment to transformation in her areas of influence.

She is currently in the Duke/International Women’s Forum South Africa (IWFSA) women in leadership programme for 2022.

On a personal level, Mathabo is an advocate for gender equality and women empowerment through education. She is the founder of @generational wealth for women and girls, which is an organisation that focuses on financial literacy education and wealth building for women, championing independence. A strong advocate on thought leadership on how to transform communities, and industries.