MBChB(Ntl), DOH(UFS), MBA(Wits), DBL(UNISA), Cert. Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Stanford)
Judy a medical & academic doctor, business woman, author, and philanthropist; has worked
in different sectors of the economy. She is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Mbekani
Group, Wits University Chancellor, co-founder, sponsor and trustee of Mkhiwa Trust, her
family’s PBO used for social upliftment, focusing on rural development, health and
education; and founder of Female Academic Leaders Fellowship NPC, a PBO for developing a
pipeline of black women leaders in academia. She chairs the board of Wits Donald Gordon
Medical Centre, GBVF Response Fund and is a director of SA SME Fund. Her Doctoral thesis
investigated the intersection of race, gender and social class in women CEOs’ career
progression and strategies for gender transformation at leadership level. She is a recipient
of Honorary She is the former Chairman of Aspen Pharmacare Limited, former board
member of Anglo-American plc, Discovery Holdings Ltd, Woolworths Holdings Ltd, and
Northam Platinum. She is a published author of ‘’Equal but Different”, “The Other Story”
and “Grow to be Great”.