Dr Maureen Tong

The Governance & Gender Powerhouse, Leadership Coach & Institutional Reform Specialist

Dr Maureen Tong

Dr Maureen Tong is a professional coach, an international lawyer, a published author; and a business woman. She lectures Leadership; Cultural Intelligence; Talent Management; Diversity & Inclusion; as well as Change Management at Wits Business School. She is Vice President of the Pretoria Chapter of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa (PSASA) and Deputy Company Secretary of Coaches and Mentors of South Africa (COMENSA). She is the CEO of Coach Companion South Africa and member of the International Coach Federation (ICF). She is Technical Advisor to the Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform and Agriculture. She established the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute (TMALI) and served as Project Manager for the establishment of the Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library (TMPL); both of which are partnerships between the Thabo Mbeki Foundation and the University of South Africa (Unisa).

Dr Tong is the Chairwoman of the InvesTong Group and Executive Chairwoman of Kutlwelo Resources. Previously she was Chairperson of the Board of the Health Systems Trust (HST) and Chairwoman of the Board of the YWBN Corporate Finance Institution, whose application for a Mutual Bank licence is currently being considered by the South African Reserve Bank. She served as Research Manager at the Women’s Development Bank (WDB) Trust. She was the first COO at the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform; Chief of Staff at the Ministry for Agriculture and Land Affairs; and as Operations Manager at the UNDP. She worked as Project Officer for Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa and Namibia at the African Management Services Company (AMSCO) a Project of the African Development Bank; the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

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