{"id":269528,"date":"2023-08-17T01:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T00:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/?p=269528"},"modified":"2023-08-17T01:43:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T00:43:05","slug":"mpho-makwana-biography-qualifications-and-net-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/mpho-makwana-biography-qualifications-and-net-worth\/","title":{"rendered":"Mpho Makwana Biography, Qualifications and Net Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mpho Makwana is a 53-year-old famous South African business leader born in June 1970. He serves as the Chairman of the Eskom Board of Directors and his net worth is unknown, but he is believed to be worth over $1 million (over R18 million).<\/strong><\/p>\n

An accomplished business person, Mpho Makwana has played executive and C-Suite roles in the public and private sectors for decades. Not only has he been on the board of over 10 companies, but he has gone ahead to establish his own investment company, Epitome Investments. He was appointed Chairman of the Eskom Board of Directors in September 2022.<\/p>\n

Mpho Makwana’s Biography Summary<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • Full name:<\/strong> Paul Mpho Makwana<\/li>\n
  • Gender:<\/strong> Male<\/li>\n
  • Date of birth:<\/strong> June 1970<\/li>\n
  • Mpho Makwana’s Age:<\/strong> 53 years old<\/li>\n
  • Ethnicity:<\/strong> Black<\/li>\n
  • Nationality:<\/strong> South African<\/li>\n
  • Sexual Orientation:<\/strong> Straight<\/li>\n
  • Religion:<\/strong> Christian<\/li>\n
  • Marital Status:<\/strong> Married<\/li>\n
  • Mpho Makwana’s Wife:<\/strong> Tshiamo Makwana<\/li>\n
  • Mpho Makwana’s Children:<\/strong> 1 daughter; More Makwana<\/li>\n
  • Mpho Makwana’s Net worth:<\/strong> $1 million+ (over R18 million)<\/li>\n
  • Famous for:<\/strong> Being the founder and chairman of Epitome Investments and chairman of Eskom Board of Directors<\/li>\n
  • Mpho Makwana’s Instagram:<\/strong> @goseboliii<\/li>\n
  • Twitter:<\/strong> @lionthree7<\/li>\n
  • Facebook:<\/strong> @MphoMakwana<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    What Is Mpho Makwana’s Age?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    Mpho Makwana is 53 years old. He was born in Atteridgeville, Pretoria,<\/a> in June 1970. He grew up in Jane Furse in the Sekhukhuneland District Municipality of the Limpopo Province.<\/p>\n

    He began taking up executive roles in his 20s. At the age of 24 (in 1994) he was employed by the Black Management Forum (BMF) as the Head of Organisational Transformation. Also, in 1996, at the age of 26, he was appointed the first director for Equal Opportunities in the Department of Labour.<\/p>\n

    Mpho Makwana Qualifications<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    For his high school education, Mpho Makwana attended S J van der Merwe Technical High School located in Jane Furse, Lebowakgomo, and Promat College in Kempton Park. Then in 1988, he enrolled in the University of Zululand<\/a> and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration and Political Science in 1990. In the next year, he acquired B.Admin (Hons) at the University of Pretoria<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    At the time, he was the only Black person in the class of 1991 at Tukkies. And the terms of the policy of the university made his study very challenging. They had lectures in Afrikaans and wrote exams in English. Nevertheless, he successfully completed his postgraduate program in December 1991.<\/p>\n

    Mpho further obtained an Executive Development Program (EDP) certificate from the Chicago-based Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in the year 2000. From 2006 to 2008, he completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Retail Management at the University of Stirling in Scotland. He also earned<\/a> an MBA from the same university.<\/p>\n

    Highlights of Mpho Makwana’s Qualifications<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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    • B.Admin – the University of Zululand (1988-1990)<\/li>\n
    • B.Admin (Hons) – the University of Pretoria (February 1991-December 1991)<\/li>\n
    • Executive Development Program Certificate – Kellogg School of Management in Northwestern University, Chicago (2000)<\/li>\n
    • Post Graduate Diploma in Retail Management – the University of Stirling, Scotland (2006-2008)<\/li>\n
    • MBA – the University of Stirling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Mpho Makawana’s Business Career Has Spanned Over 30 Years<\/strong><\/h2>\n

      In the year 1991, Mpho Makwana began his career as a Personnel Officer in the then Department of Post & Telecommunications. He was the first black postgraduate<\/a> in the Department. Three years later, he joined the Black Management Forum (BMF) as its Head of Organisational Transformation. Consequently, he represented the forum in the RDP Council.<\/p>\n

      Then, in 1996, he was appointed the first Director for Equal Opportunities in the Department of Labour. He had the role of defining public policy to shape legislation on employment and occupational equity. Mpho Makwana later served as the President of the Institute of People Management (IPM) for five years (from 1999 to 2004). During that time, he was a speaker at the Chartered Institute of People Development (CIPD).<\/p>\n

      Afterward, he got invited to the Global Alliance for a New Humanity as an honorary member. Thus, Mr. Makwana was one of the first two Africans to be honorary members of the Founding Council. Meanwhile, he joined Monitor Group SA in April 2002 and worked as a director for over seven years. Between 2006 and 2009, he was a Group Executive Transformation Member at EDCON.<\/p>\n

      Also, the Pretoria-born was a member of FutureWorld for more than eight years. FutureWorld is a global network of business practitioners. During his time there, Mpho Makwana helped organizations understand their future business context, choosing their ideal future. Furthermore, he was the non-executive director of Sephaku Holdings Ltd. from January 2013 to September 2018.<\/p>\n

      He was also the independent non-executive director of Adcock Ingram and equally served on the Risk Committee and TSEC – Sustainability Committee between February 2012 and November 2018. He further got associated with BioTherm Energy Ltd – one of the leading renewable energy developers in South Africa, as a non-executive director from September 2011 to October 2022. Since November 2011, Mpho Makwana has been working as the non-executive director of LR Management Group.<\/p>\n

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      pic.twitter.com\/IGxyKFSgQU<\/a><\/p>\n

      — Mpho Makwana (@lionthree7) February 1, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n