Nompumelelo Zikalala, CEO, Kumba Iron Ore

Mpumi is the CEO of Kumba Iron Ore Limited. She is on the Kumba Board as an executive director and Chairman of the operating entity, Sishen Iron Ore Company (Pty) Ltd. Mpumi started her career at De Beers in 2001 as a process engineer and worked in various leadership levels within production management. In 2007, she was appointed General Manager at De Beers Kimberley Mines, becoming the first female General Manager in the De Beers Group. In 2010, she was appointed General Manager of De Beers Voorspoed mine and three and a half years later became Senior Vice-President of De Beers Sightholder Sales South Africa. Mpumi was promoted to Deputy CEO of De Beers Consolidated Mines in November 2017 and to the position of Managing Director, De Beers Group Managed Operations, in April 2019, covering De Beers Group's operations in South Africa and Canada.

Mpumi holds a BSc in chemical engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand and completed leadership development at the London Business School.

Mpumi serves as a Trustee of the University of Johannesburg Trust and is the Chairperson of the Private Sector Forum of the South African National AIDS Council. She was a winner of the 2018 Top 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining awards issued in Mayfield, London.