Buntu Simo Pato

Buntu Simo Pato currently serves as the Acting Unit Head: Legal Services and Legal Services Manager at Coega Development Corporation since August 2022, overseeing legal projects within the in-house legal office. Prior experience includes serving as Executive Head and Director at Buntu Pato Incorporated, providing legal advisory services, and working as a Legal and Policy Officer for the National Film and Video Foundation, focusing on the audio-visual industry's legal and regulatory aspects. Additional roles encompass compliance administration at Mandela Bay Development Agency, associate attorney at Kuban Chetty Incorporated, and candidate legal practitioner at Legal Aid South Africa. Buntu Simo Pato holds several educational qualifications, including an LLB from Nelson Mandela University and certifications in Business Risk Management and Compliance Essentials from the University of Cape Town.