Director

Mr. Bongani Nqwababa, BAcc (Honours), FCA, MBA is a South African with over 23 years global experience in the energy, mining and petrochemical  sectors, Mr. Nqwababa holds an Honours degree in Accounting from the University of Zimbabwe and qualified as a chartered accountant in Zimbabwe in 1991, after training with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He also obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration with Merit from the Universities of Manchester and Wales, Bangor in 1999.

He was Joint-Chief Executive Officer and Joint-President at Sasol Ltd and Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of Shell Southern Africa, Eskom Limited, Anglo American Platinum and Sasol Limited. He is the founder of BN Africa Capital (Pty) Ltd which has a focus on investments in his areas of expertise in Africa.

Was a Commissioner on the World Bank paper on “Carbon Pricing and Competitiveness” presented to the UN in September 2019. He was also previously Chairman of the South African Revenue Services (SARS) Audit Committee (2007-2014) and Non-Executive Director of Old Mutual plc(2008-2014).

He is currently Chairman of Babcock Engineering in South Africa, Senior Advisor of leading global consulting firm BCG and DBSA, a South African Development Finance Institution. He is the Infrastructure lead for Business South Africa’s COVID-19 response. This entails minimizing negative impacts of electricity, liquid fuels, telecommunications, water and sanitation during the pandemic and formulating South Africa’s Economic recovery plan in these sectors.