Sakhumnotho Group Holdings
Thato Mashao is an accomplished executive with extensive experience in leadership roles across various companies. Currently serving as the Executive Director at Sakhumnotho Group Holdings since January 2008, Thato is responsible for determining strategic objectives, monitoring progress, and overseeing senior management appointments. Previous roles include Managing Director at Sakhumnotho Logistics, where Thato was active from April 2016 to April 2017, and Manager in the Office of the Chairman at Sakhumnotho Group, managing correspondence and assisting the Chairman from January 2011 to January 2012. Additionally, experience as Business Development Manager at SADC Chambers of Commerce and Industry, focusing on expanding business opportunities from January 2007 to January 2011, and as a Sales Executive at Gestetner from January 2006 to October 2007, supports a solid foundation in strategic management and business development. Thato's educational background includes a Higher Diploma in Sound Engineering from Allenby Campus, completed in 2005.
Sakhumnotho Group Holdings
Sakhumnotho Group Holdings (Proprietary) Limited (‘Sakhumnotho Group Holdings’, ‘the company’ or ‘the group’ or ‘SGH’) was founded in late 2000 by a group of four black professionals with experience and expertise in financial services, legal services, merchant and investment banking. The company initially focused on corporate advisory services and consulting, focusing mainly on structuring black empowerment transactions, valuations, due diligence, capital raising and documentation. From 2004 the company changed its focus from being an advisory services firm to being a diversified investment holding company with interest in financial services, mining, properties, oil and gas, education, surveillance, security systems, ICT and other strategic investments. Sakhumnotho has thus far exclusively been funded by its active shareholders, taking a conservative approach towards debt funding and a very lean head office structure was created and is maintained. Sakhumnotho has signed Memorandums of Understanding with various Black Economic Empowered Companies to further enhance the broad based empowerment profile of the group in certain large investment transactions. A similar arrangement has been put in place between Sakhumnotho and businesses in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Ghana, Francophone West Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwandaand SADC region countries to increase the Group’s footprint on the African continent. It is the Boards intention to further create strategic alliances throughout the continent as we believe that this is the African century.