Ms Yvonne Themba is an accomplished human resources and talent management professional with 15 years’ executive management experience.
She is currently the Chief People Officer at McDonald’s South Africa.
She serves as a trustee of Mabindu Business Development Trust (MBDT) and the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation (CRF) and a number of its implementing entities such as the Adopt-A-School Foundation (AAS) and KTS. Ms Themba is also a board member of Pan-African Resources (PAR), a sustainable, safe, high margin and long-life mid-tier gold producer in South Africa.
Further to this, she also serves on the subcommittees of the abovementioned boards, with a special emphasis on chairing the Remuneration Committees (PAR & CRF),and is a member of the Ethics Committee (PAR) and the Finance Committee (AAS).
In November 2021, Ms Themba became a Chartered Director SA (CD (SA)), accredited by the Institute of Directors SA (IoDSA). She holds a BA (SS) in Economics & Accounting from the University of Botswana, and an MBA from WITS Business School.
Ms Themba joined the Energy Mobility Education Trust in 2021 and succeeds Prof Nongxa as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees with effect from September 2024.
