Full Name: Dineo Sekwele

Position: Group human resources executive at Nutun

Main Activity of the Company: Nutun is a business process outsourcing company

Date and Place of Birth: November 8, Katlehong, near Germiston, in Gauteng

Schools and Tertiary Education: I graduated from Wits Business School with a master’s degree in management and innovation with distinction

First Job: Human resources consultant

Career History Prior to Current Position: I have been human resources director for the Investment & Concession Cluster at Group Five, human resources director at Group Five, human resources manager at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, human resources manager at the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (previously the Financial Services Board) and human resources consultant at Liberty Life

Size of First Pay Packet: About R10 000 a month

First Job with Present Group: Group human resources executive

Value of Assets under Your Control: R56-million

Number of People under Your Leadership: 78 human resource team members and seven direct reports

Management Style: Servant leadership

Personal Best Achievement: Graduating with a master’s degree in management and Innovation (distinction) – I got it when I was working and studying part-time. Also, l learnt how to swim in my adult life

Professional Best Achievement: Leading/spearheading Nutun to achieve Top Employer accreditation for the first time in the history of the organisation

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My husband

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Dan Pillay

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Michelle Obama

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Reuel J Khoza

Philosophy of Life: What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared with what lies within us – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Being appointed as a moderator in Singapore to facilitate a panel of Singaporean thought leaders through Duke University

Biggest Ever Disappointment: Not having had an easy relationship with my father when he was alive

Hope for the Future: To build an education platform in the locations and rural areas for gifted children where they would be able to access the right advice and be led in the right direction as they continue to build their future

Favourite Reading: Robin Sharma’s The 5am Club

Favourite TV Programme: What the Health, on Netflix – it makes me appreciate how important it is to take care of one’s health

Favourite Food/Drink: African cuisine

Favourite Music: Gospel

Favourite Sport: Swimming

Favourite Website: www.drberg.com

Hobbies: Swimming and running

Car: A Porsche 911 and a Carrera GTS

Pets: None

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Arrogance

Favourite Other South African Company: Discovery

Favourite Foreign Company: Google

Married: To Mariri Sekwele, since April 27, 2003

Children: Reamogetswe, 19; Kgosietsile David Jnr, 17; Gomolemo, 14; Omphemetse, 13

Clubs: Virgin Active