Sindi Zilwa

Biography

Sindi, a Chartered Accountant by profession, is an expert in the areas of accounting, auditing and business management. She is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Nkonki Incorporated. Sindi is a Chartered Director (SA) and has had vast experience as a director in the public and private sectors and currently serves as a non-executive director of Discovery Holdings Limited, Metrofile Limited and Gijimi Limited. She is an author of “The ACE Model-Winning Formula for Audit Committees”, used by the Institute of Directors to train audit committee members in South Africa. Her second book, “Creating Board and Committee Effectiveness” has recently been published by KR Publishing. She is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors. Sindi was previously Non-Executive Chairman of Airports Company South Africa and a non-executive director of Woolworths Limited, Primedia Limited, Wiphold Limited, Ethos Private Equity, Institute of Directors, Alexkor Limited, Rebosis Limited, ATNS SOC Limited and previously chaired the BUSA Standing Committee on Transformation. Among her awards is the “Business Woman of the Year Award”, Sindi won in 1998. In 2008 she was named the “Woman of substance” by AWCA and in 2014 she received the “Woman of Professional Integrity Award” from the South African Professional Services Awards. Sindi serves as chairman of the Social & Ethics Committee and is a member of the Audit & Risk Committee.

Research Interest

Pharmaceutical Sciences & Emerging Drugs