Bonang Mohale

Bonang Mohale is the Chancellor of the University of the Free State, former president of Business Unity South Africa, Professor of Practice in the Johannesburg Business School’s College of Business and Economics and chairman of two listed entities, the Bidvest Group Limited and ArcelorMittal, as well as Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Africa and SBV Services. He is a member of the Community of Chairpersons of the World Economic Forum and author of the two best-selling books, Lift As You Rise and Behold The Turtle. In November 2001, he received the Presidential Award for his ‘servanthood in South African industry and the economic empowerment of previously disadvantaged individuals’. He has been included in the Reputation Poll International’s RPI 2023 list of the ‘100 Most Reputable Africans’. He is the recipient of the African Union’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award; the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology of South Africa’s 2024 Special Presidential Business Leadership Award; and the 2023 ME-Vision Academy Award for ‘exclusive recognition in successful leadership’.