Who Is Vumile Msweli
Vumile is the Chief Executive officer for Hesed Consulting which a coaching and consulting firm specializing in commerce acceleration; career coaching; women empowerment; facilitation and training on the African continent, with presence in Nigeria; South Africa; Botswana; Rwanda and affiliates in Namibia; Ghana and Uganda. She has previously worked for reputable multi-national institutions such as Barclays, Investec, Nedbank, First National Bank and Vodafone. Vumile is an Operations; Finance and Strategy executive with experience in both the telecommunications and finance sectors. She has successfully led global teams in Africa (Nigeria; Kenya; Democratic Republic of Congo; Zambia; Lesotho; Ghana; Tanzania; Mozambique and South Africa); and Europe (Scotland; Isle of Man and England).
As a coach Vumile has carved a niche for herself in career coaching. She also services clients in Executive; Financial; Speaking and Mentoring coaching. Vumile is an avid coach and international speaker having spoken in conferences; expos; workshops around the globe on topics such as leadership; women empowerment; finance matters and conducting business in Africa. She is the host of Vumi and Veuve host Women in Commerce as well as has her own regular columnin Nigeria’s largest publication The Guardian and Africa’s largest blog BellaNaija. She also has her own radio slot in Botswana’s Duma FM and South Africa’s Kaya FM.
Vumi has global experience working with a diverse range of cultures and is a results-oriented leader. She has led and managed a team of multi-skilled operations and service executives across Middle East and Africa. She is a regular contributor on Kaya FM and Nigeria’s The Guardian Newspaper columnist.
Keynote Topics:
The African Millennial – Your next customer
The future is female. The future is Africa
I am not the desert I was born into
Leadership lessons from Zululand
Experience
2012 - Current
2021 - Current
2018 - Current
2018 - Current
2020 - Current
2019 - Current
2019 - Current
2019 - 2020
2018 - 2020
2016 - 2018
2015 - 2017
2013 - 2014
2010 - 2012
2011 - 2012
2011 - 2012
2010
2007 - 2010
2007
2007
CEO - Career Coaching | Keynote Speaker | Career Advancement | Recruitment | Corporate Training at Hesed Consulting
Specialists in recruitment consulting, coaching and acclimatisation
Forbes Women Forum Member
Brand South Africa Play your part Ambassador
Resident Career Coach, World of Work Segment at Kaya FM 95.9
Contributing Writer at BusinessDay
Resident Career Coach at Duma FM
Board Member at South African Strategy Association
Contributing Columnist at BellaNaija
Contributing Columnist at The Guardian Nigeria
Member of the Board at South African Association for Youth Clubs
Executive Head : Client Services Partner Africa at Vodafone
Head Client Services at FNB South Africa
Head Business Support / Operations at Barclays
Acting Head : Business Development at Barclays
Acting Head : Risk at Barclays
Private Banker at Nedbank
Cash Investments Specialist at Investec
Junior Accountant at Rand Merchant Bank
Internal Inventory Auditor at South African Breweries
Media Room
Achievements and Accolades
2021 Santam Women of the Future Award issued by Santam Insurance
2021 Reader’s Choice Award Top Empowered Young Achiever issued by Topco Media Top Empowerment Awards
2021 Under 40 Top Empowered Young Achiever 100 Most Influential Young South Africans Issued by Avance Media
2021 Rotary African Centennial Award issued by Rotary International
2021 Nigeria CIPM 52nd Annual Conference Award Recipient issued by Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria
2020 WeConnect and EY Entrepreneur Pitch award winner Issued by WeConnect and EY
2019 TedX Lyttleton Women Speaker issued by TedX Lyttleton Women
2019 St. Mary’s D.S.G National Old Girl of the Year issued by St. Mary’s DSG
2019 African Leadership University Expert in residence issued by African Leadership University Rwanda
2019 Africa’s most influential women in business and government Top Pan African Award Small Medium Enterprise issued by Pan-Arican Awards
2019 Leading Ladies Africa Lady Boss of the week issued by Leading Ladies
2018 Power of 40 issued by Destiny Magazine
2018 Young Professional of the Year issued by Black Management
2018 Game Seven CEO issued by Nedbank
2018 Leaderex Speaker issued by Leaderex
2018 Massiv Metro Women Crush Wednesday recipient issued by Massiv Metro Radio Station
2018 Brand South Africa Play your part Ambassador issued by Brand South Africa
2018 One of 1000 African Voices Influential Voices issued by 1000 African Voices
2018 15th feature of 1000 African Voices Women of Excellence issued by Women Economic Forum
2018 Every Girl Has A Dream Speaker issued by Every Girl Has A Dream
2018 Junior Achievement Africa Company of the Year Judge issued by Junior Achievement
2017 100 Most Influential Young South Africans issued by Avance Media
2017 African Union Africa Talks Jobs inaugural candidate issued by African Union
2017 Gauteng Premier Special AwardGauteng Premier Special Award issued by Gauteng Premier, Government of South Africa
2016 Elle Boss of the Year : Corporate Category issued by Elle
2016 United Kingdom Pharside Leading Lady issued by Pharside
2016 Top 200 Young South Africans issued by Mail and Guardian Newspaper
2015 Gamechanger issued by ABSIP
“Vumile gave the women of the Sub Saharan African Region at Google a powerful and engaging session on navigating the new world of work and consciously managing your career, beyond technical expertise. Combining her unique story telling abilities and capacity to inspire, she gave us all food for thought and practical tools to discover and work towards becoming better versions of ourselves!”
- Bridget N. Finance Industry Manager & Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Coach at Google -
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