Zama Khanyile is a fund manager at the National Empowerment Fund (NEF) and she is in charge of the uMnotho Fund that deals with acquisitions, new ventures and expansions. A chartered accountant who studied at the University of Johannesburg and is registered with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, she leads a team of 15 investment professionals, carrying out the mandate to improve access to capital for black-owned entities, and she oversees the NEF’s women empowerment fund that finances businesses that are majjority owned and managed by black women. She has sat on a number of boards which previously included the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and the African Women Chartered Accountants’ forum, of which she is the president.

Khanyile is committed to making a difference in the lives of young, black upcoming chartered accountants and has focused her efforts on making this happen. She plans to continue her own personal growth as a responsible leader and wants to keep on converting her success into significance.