Babalwa Ngonyama is the Global CEO and major shareholder of Sinayo. Ngonyama is passionate, relatable, and solely focused on the development of leaders that are equipped to meet the challenges of tomorrow. Ngonyama prides herself on her ability to inspire curiosity and spark the desire for education and development. Ngonyama has dedicated her career and her life to developing human intellect and creating a sustainable, equitable and just society.  

Ngonyama has occupied diverse leadership roles as a lead independent director and chairperson of various committees of South African entities at various stages of their lifecycles. The acclaimed CEO is also the founding chairperson of the African Women Chartered Accountants (AWCA), an organization whose key aim is to accelerate the development of black female Chartered Accountants. She currently serves on its Advisory Board. 

In addition to leading Sinayo, Babalwa was a board member of Vukile Properties and a lead independent director of Hollard Life, Hollard Insurance, Kagiso Tiso Holdings and Vukile Properties. She was the audit committee chair of the latter two organisations. She was also a board member and the committee chair of Aspen and a lead independent director at Implats Ltd. Previously an audit partner at Deloitte’s, Safika Holdings Group CFO, and Chief Internal Auditor at Nedbank Ltd. She also served as the Chairperson of the University of Cape Town Council.