Anna Mokgokong

Dr Anna is a co-founder and the executive chairman of Community Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd. She is a renowned business figure in South Africa and globally, with widespread experience in healthcare, academia and commerce. She is recognised as a senior director of companies on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, as she serves on the boards of various listed companies.

She also serves on several non-listed entities. She has received numerous local and international accolades as a community and business leader, including SA Businesswoman of the Year (1999) and one of the Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World (1998). She received a Lifetime Achievement Award (2018) from Premier David Makhura at the Township Entrepreneurship Awards.

She has served in numerous councils of academic institutions and civil society commissions, such as The Independent Commission for Remuneration of Public Office Bearers, where she was appointed as deputy chairman by the former President Mr Thabo Mbeki (from 2004 to 2009). She was also a commissioner of the Interim National Defence Force Commission (from 2009 to 2013). She is a social activist and passionate about women’s empowerment and transformation to create equality in the economy of South Africa.

She was appointed as Honorary Consul General of Iceland in Pretoria in 2017.