Sheila Khama, director of SK Consultancy
Full Name: Sheila Khama
Position and Company Name: Director of SK Consultancy
Main Activity of the Company: Policy and strategy advice
Date and Place of Birth: Botswana
Education: MBA
First Job: Botswana civil service
Size of First Pay Packet: R800 a month
Career Path to Date: Civil servant, compliance officer, CEO of De Beers Botswana, policy adviser to the African Development Bank and the World Bank, nonexecutive director of oil and mining company, and independent consultant
Management Style: Task focused
Personal Best Achievement: Nonexecutive director of companies listed on the FTSE 250 and Nasdaq
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My mother
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Too many to single out one person
Person You Would Most Like to Meet: None
Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Bill Gates
Philosophy of Life: There is such a thing as the right thing
Biggest Ever Opportunity: Working for Anglo American Corporation Botswana as compliance officer for 20 subsidiaries
Biggest Ever Disappointment: (No comment provided – Editor)
Hope for the Future: (No comment provided – Editor)
Favourite Reading: Beloved, Toni Morrison’s 1987 novel, which is set after the American Civil War and tells the story of a family of formerly enslaved people
Favourite TV Programme: None
Favourite Food/Drink: Tonic water
Favourite Music: None
Favourite Sport: None
Hobbies: Gardening, reading and travel
Car: None
Pets: None