Nolulamo Nobambiswano Gwagwa

Lulu was appointed as Chairman of the Barloworld Board in October 2021. She is an accomplished development planner, business leader and philanthropist. She has experience as an Independent Non-Executive Director on Afrox Limited, Sun International, First Rand Group Limited, Tsebo Outsourcing, South Point, Development Bank of South Africa and Airports Company South Africa. She is the CEO of Lereko Investment, a black-owned investment company. She currently chairs the FirstRand Foundation. Lulu's passion for spatial equity has driven her philanthropic work. Two decades ago, she founded the Mhakazi Trust to empower the young people of Umzimkulu, some of whom have even graduated from tertiary institutions. In 1996 she founded Traversing Liminality to empower young African women between the ages 21-30.