Carol is a social activist at heart. She is a firm believer in the role of technology to disrupt inequalities and to bridge gaps in literacy, numeracy and learning. Carol spent 14 years at Investec Bank working within the Recruitment and Employee Relations division engaging with staff and employees on various Human Resources matters. She also spend 7 years as a senior consultant within the Corporate Social Investment Division (CSI) driving high school and tertiary education, bursary flagship program including , mentorship and work readiness projects. Amongst her successes was digitising archaic processes, streamline projects and ensuring that young people were capacitated for a career in education and entrepreneurship equally. Her focus on ECD access for educators and black children from low income households, comes from first hand experience of Investec’s education portfolio. Carol noticed a recurring theme that when ECD exposure was lacking, young people struggled with numeracy and literacy throughout their school and education careers. Carol is trustee of the Theo Jackson Scholarship Fund (that provides bursaries to children from low income households to attend Jeppe High School for Boys).

Namhla (CA)(SA), graduated with a B.Acc from Wits, completed her articles in the Financial Services and worked as a Tax manager for two years. In 2011, she became CSI consultant at Investec Bank and is currently working in Wealth and Investment Philanthropy at Investec. She is founder of NGO Khazim’lani working to provide career guidance to learners in rural areas of SA, a board member of Kutlwanong a Maths, Science and Technology NGO and a board member on the Global Teachers Institute.

Thabo (CA)(SA) and has worked in the banking industry for 10 years, serving articles at Investec Bank and pursuing a career at Barclays Africa Group CIB (Absa in SA). Thabo is also a social activist and sits on the Employment Equity Forum; Transformation Diversity & Inclusion Forum, is Chairman of the Investec CSI Alumni Committee, a mentor to an Investec bursary recipient and a sportsman (represented SA in Taekwondo in 2009 and 2011 World Championships).