Chief Executive Officer, Energy and Water SETA
Mpho Mookapele is a Chartered Accountant with over 17 years of experience in the Private and Public Sector in the Finance, Strategy Development and Regulatory Environment and Skills Development. Through her career, she has served in different spheres of the South African Government, the Private Sector and in the United Kingdom.
Mpho worked for Ernst & Young South Africa and Ernst & Young United Kingdom as a trainee accountant and worked through to senior manager in the finance and accounting advisory service division. She joined the public sector as a Chief Financial Officer at Energy & Water SETA in 2017 and served for 2years as acting Chief Executive Officer for 2years and was officially appointed as a Chief Executive in 2020.
Her passion for the development of the country, and its youth has served as the driving force for her dedication to the public sector.
Ms. Mookapele was awarded the 2019 overall winner of the SAICA Top-35-under-35 CA (SA) Competition and in 2021 she was awarded Public Sector leader of the year by African Women Chartered Accountants and is One Young World Ambassador.
Ms. Mookapele also serves as a member of the following governance committee
• Novo Energy Audit & Risk Committee Chairperson
• SAICA Ethics Committee Chairperson Member
• SARETEC Advisory Board
• UKZN Council Member