Sandile Swana (Sandile)

After matriculating at St. John's College in Umtata, Sandile first completed a B.Comm through Wits under the Anglo American Scholarship Programme and later the Business Advisors Programme at the WBS Centre for Developing Business. Sandile also graduated from the University of Pretoria with an MBA and from UNISA with a B.Th in Ethics. He was then offered a sponsorship from the Department of Transport for part of a B. Comm. Honours (Logistics), which he completed through UNISA. Sandile prepared and presented several conference papers for IPSA, the Supply Chain Council and SAPICS over the years. He also spent seven years in the retail sector with both Caltex Oil and Zenex Oil where he gained valuable experience in business planning, oil retail and general management. Sandile also served as group operations manager with the JSE-listed Don Group for a time. At present, Sandile serves as non-executive director on the boards of two JSE-listed companies, namely Aflease Gold and Matodzi Resources. He is also a member of the Institute of Directors.