Board Members

Chairperson of Seriti Institute

The Chief Economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) ,the author of
“Finding Common Ground: Land, Equity, and Agriculture, published by Pan Macmillan in March 2020
and A Country of Two Agricultures: The Disparities, The Challenges, The Solutions..

He is also a Visiting Research Fellow at the Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Fort Hare and a Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from Stellenbosch University.

Sihlobo was appointed as a member of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Presidential Economic Advisory Council in 2019, having saved on the Presidential Expert Advisory Panel on Land Reform and Agriculture from 2018. He is also a member of the Council of Statistics of South Africa (Stats SA) and a Commissioner at the International Trade Commission of South Africa (ITAC). Sihlobo is a columnist for Business Day and Farmers Weekly magazine.

He is also a member of the Council of Statistics of South Africa (Stats SA) and a Commissioner at the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC). He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Fort Hare and a Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from Stellenbosch University.

With a BCom (Rhodes University) and a master’s degree in Business Leadership (UNISA), Pam is also a Certified Coach with the Coach Training Alliance and is accredited in the Integrative Accredited Practitioner.

Currently Pam is a Managing Director of Zenande Leadership Consulting (Pty) Ltd and brings more than 14 years of professional and consulting experience in leadership, organisational strategies, people management, financial management, change management, and coaching to the table. She has worked with organisations in both the public and private sector. Her experience encompasses posts as Municipal Manager and Director General for two national departments. As a member of the Coaches and Mentors Association of South Africa (COMENSA) she is qualified as a coach, change-maker and a speaker on issues of organisational management and leadership. She is also an entrepreneur running her own business and a consultant in leadership and coaching.

Sakhile Masuku is a Chartered Accountant and an entrepreneur with businesses in the Healthcare manufacturing industry.

Sakhile has gained extensive experience sitting on Audit Committees in both the public and private sectors and has been an audit partner on Financial Services and public sector clients, including, ABSA, Standard Bank, Alexander Forbes, Government Employees Pension Fund, Zurich Insurance Company, National Empowerment Fund, and South African Post Office, PwC in the Financial Services division and at Masuku & Associates. In addition, he has also occupied financial management positions at the IDC, Eskom, Premier Foods, and National Sorghum Breweries.

Shenilla Mohamed is Executive Director for Amnesty International South Africa. She is a media, human rights and development practitioner and her career spans over 30 years.

She has worked as Bureau Chief Northern Emirates for the Gulf News in Dubai, Deputy Director of the BBC Trust African Media Initiative, Europe, Middle East and Africa Editor for Inter Press Services, South Africa Director for Oxfam GB, Principal Advisor to the Hivos-International Media Support-Dfid Programme on Media and Governance in Zimbabwe and Africa Director for OutRight Action International in New York.

Shenilla has won numerous awards including the Ruler of Sharjah Award for Reporting on Women’s Affairs, numerous Journalism awards including Medical Writer of the Year, Women’s Affairs Writer of the Year, Feature Writer of the Year. Awarded the Womandla Women of Inspiration 2019 award.

Mmadika Moloi holds the degrees of BA and LLB from the University of the Witwatersrand, a certificate in Competition Law from the University of the Witwatersrand, a certificate in Competition Economics from the University of Johannesburg, and a certificate in the Women in Leadership Programme from the Wits Business School.

Mmadika has sat on the board of directors of TGR Attorneys as well as Lidwala Consulting Engineers. She currently sits on various Board sub-committees at Webber Wentzel, which include amongst others, the Africa Coordination Committee, the Gender Strategy Committee, Transformation Committee and Catering Committee. She also sits on the Boards of the Bapo Ba Mogale Community (Sibanye Stillwater mines in land belonging to the Bapo Ba Mogale Community), Seriti Institute and Flic_SA Proprietary Limited.

Over the years, she has gained relevant legal experience in South Africa as well as in other African jurisdictions which includes advising on merger control, prohibited practice investigations, compliance as well as drafting opinions and legal agreements.

She has also conducted transactions in various industries ranging from insurance, mining and related businesses, telecommunications, healthcare, banking and financial services, food and agro-processing, intermediate industrial input, construction and infrastructure, information and communication technology as well as in energy sectors. Mmadika is a fashion designer with her own fashion studio. She is also an entrepreneur that is involved in the agricultural, and pharmaceutical sectors.

Juanita Pardesi has a tremendous track record across the development and non-profit sectors.

As CEO of Seriti Institute, she leads with a passion for achieving social impact, creating work opportunities, and supporting pro-poor policies. She has advanced expertise in project design and implementation. These competencies are further enhanced by her ability to understand complex information and reporting systems. She has vast expertise in financial appraisal, implementing value-for-money frameworks, contracting, grant management, reporting and business process configuration. Juanita is highly skilled at providing technical advisory services in projects that achieve development results for poor and marginalised communities, with experience in creating work opportunities, land rights, mediation, and improving social relations in rural communities.

She has provided management, finance and technical assistance to various large projects over the years including the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), the Community Work Programme (CWP), the Apparel Lesotho Alliance to Fight Aids (ALAFA), the Lesotho Textiles and Apparel Training and Productivity Fund, ComMark Regional Standards Trade Programme, Eastern Cape Red Meat Project, and the Private Sector Innovation Fund, technical assistance to GTAC (National Treasury). In addition, Juanita has worked extensively with international development agencies, donor agencies, national governments, local government authorities, business membership organisations, and consulting and non-governmental organisations. She served as Financial Manager for Sangoco and the ComMark Trust, Chief Operations Officer at The ComMark Trust and Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS), Director at Circles Squared Consulting (Pty) Ltd, and Project Manager of Land Rights Management Facility at Cheadle Thompson & Haysom Inc. (CTH); and is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Seriti Institute. She holds a Master of Business Administration (Open University) and Management Development Programme (Graduate School of Business Leadership, UNISA).