Global HR Summit 2023

Andisa is the Chief People officer at Floatpays. Her role is to provide strategic support to the executive teams as well as accelerate human capital practises of the organization. In this role she will be responsible for outlining the company’s people vision and implementing strategies that are aligned with the company’s business needs and goals to drive a high-performance culture. She is passionate about building strategies and initiatives focused on solving business and people challenges. Andisa actively influences organizational change, developing and implementing innovative strategies in support of workforce engagement. She transcends conventional management practice to generate immediate and long-term results to transform traditional human capital departments into value-adding business partners contributing to the commercial bottom-line organizational success. With over 15 years as an HR practitioner spanning across financial services, consulting, digital media & music as well as fintech start up’s having lead teams across the African continent within these industries. Andisa is a regular current affairs commentator and contributor on multiple media platforms. She serves as an executive advisor to several human capital advisory boards offering her progressive expertise. Andisa is a co-founder of Women’s Tech Connection, an ICT non-profit organization designed to give access to opportunities and learning repositories to women in the technology sector. Andisa has been recognized by Cisco’s global Connected Black Professionals for her exceptional contribution to the advancement of women in the technology arena in Africa. Andisa is the CEO of the Pan African Chamber of Commerce where she advocates for a business environment conducive to enterprise creation & development, generating employment opportunities that contribute towards the socio-economic development of Africa. In this role she fosters a vibrant & interconnected business community where collaboration increases capacity, education enhances ability and advocacy influences authority. Andisa is a nominee in the 2023 edition of Forty under 40 Africa where she has been recognized for her accomplishments as business leader and social impact pioneer.

Jelena is a strong HR professional with the experience from different industries, mainly tobacco and pharmaceuticals. Her career journey has been marked with various roles in the area of Human Resources from HR Business partnering, International relocations, Employee Experience, Talent acquisition and Talent Management and Employer Branding to her current holistic role-Regional People and Culture Lead for representation pharmaceutical business within Phoenix Pharmahandel GmbH & Co KG (PHOENIX Group), the 2nd largest pharmaceutical wholesaler in Europe. Jelena has bachelor in industrial and organizational psychology from University of Belgrade, Serbia and she is certified executive coach, practicing coaching within organizational context. She believes in constant growth, well adapted communication and agile approach in modern business.

Ms. Skita is an accomplished training and development professional who has worked with small, medium-sized & non-profit organizations and educational institutions for over 12 years. She worked with international companies like IBM, ExxonMobil, GlaxoSmithKline, and several clients from the insurance and construction sectors. She is an instructor at the University of Szeged, teaching the development and practical use of emotional intelligence for teachers’ college students. She thinks emotional intelligence is crucial in our everyday life. She planned, designed, delivered, facilitated, and evaluated training in most soft-skills topics, like emotional intelligence, resilience, problem-solving, communication, cooperation and collaboration, effectiveness, and team performance. She uses team and 360 leadership assessments to build a base for development projects and evaluate training and development processes. She holds a Master’s in Law, a Master’s in the Law of the European Union, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resources Management.

Lerato Shawane is an HR professional with over 13 years’ experience in Human Capital across various global organisations. Her Human Capital exposure spans across professional services organisations such as Accenture, Norton Rose Fulbright and Deloitte. She was awarded the IPM award for Emerging HR Practitioner by the Institute of People Management in 2015. Over the course of her 13-year career, she has developed skills across the Human Capital value chain including areas such as benefits and compensation, career pathing, workforce planning, employment relations, recruitment and selection at various levels, and global mobility/ expatriate management and people management. She is currently a manager: Human Capital Business Partnering at South African Tourism and has also played the role of Acting: General Manager Human Capital for the same company where she was responsible for the entire Human Capital function for the organization.

Sive Nodada is the Head of People and Talent and an Executive Consultant for 21st Century. He is also the Founder & MD of Sizakhele Research Services, and co-founder and MD of Emprove Software. In addition to his professional work, Sive has volunteered at the Noordien Foundation Against Women and Child Abuse since 2015, working as the Chief Strategist and an Executive Director of the foundation. Sive has over 10 years of experience as a Social Entrepreneur, a Corporate Strategist, and a Performance Management Specialist. He has extensive experience in large-scale Project Management, Performance Management, Digitising Corporate Strategy and Performance Management Processes, Content Development and Social Impact Measurement. More recently Sive has focused his attention on developing performance management systems and expanding his work and experience across the full set of performance management disciplines, (i.e., job profiling, contract development, evaluations, and embedding rituals, etc.).

Brigitte Da Gama has nearly three decades of experience in the Human Capital field and has worked in the higher education, IT, investment management, insurance, banking and hospitality sectors. She is a part-time Lecturer at the University of Witwatersrand’s Business School, a public speaker and independent consultant. She is also committed to building capacity for small and medium enterprises and for entrepreneurs. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Industrial and Organisational Psychology from the University of Cape Town as well as an MBA from the University of Stellenbosch. She previously served on the Council of the University of Cape Town and she is the previous Chairperson of the Board of Directors for a non-profit training and development company that serves impoverished farming and rural communities. She has won several national and international awards, including CHRO 2020 Talent Award; the CHRO 2020 Empowerment Award and was the winner of the Future of HR Director of the Year Award in 2020. She is currently completing a Doctorate at the Gordon Institute of Business, University of Pretoria.

Kacie Walters has more than 20 years’ experience leading internal Talent functions within organizations, such as Hewitt Associates, Forsythe Technology, and Northern Trust. She has expertise in the fields of Change Management, Learning & Development, Organizational Development, and Talent Management. As the owner of Kacie Walters Consulting, she helps organizations create or refresh their culture, build learning and engagement strategies, lead their teams through organizational change, and equip middle managers to lead and coach their teams wherever they work. Kacie writes weekly for her blog called, Corporate Safari, which focuses on self-management and people management topics. She has also published many articles in notable human resource publications. She speaks about professional development at multiple conferences every year and never shies away from a podcast interview on the topic of management or development. Kacie has recently released her first book, succeed from the Middle, which provides practical tips and stories for those who want to become a star middle manager. She is passionate about ensuring people have the skills, tools, and the desired culture they need to work effectively and collaboratively and stay engaged. Kacie has a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University and a master’s degree in communication from the University of Illinois. She is a certified PROSCI Change Management Practitioner and an Organizational Development Consultant (ODCP). She serves on multiple advisory boards dedicated to developing its clients and members. She lives in the Chicagoland area with her husband and their beloved Labrador Retriever, Max. When not helping organizations equip their teams for success, she enjoys walking in her neighborhood park, going to museums, and attending live theatre.