Nthabiseng N Ntsele
Education: BA and LLB at the University of the Witwatersrand
Current Role: Head: Legal Services Department, Industrial Development Corporation of SA Limited
Expertise: corporate law (including mergers and acquisitions), commercial law, banking and finance (including without limitation transactional banking, cross border finance laws and project finance)
Business, Commercial and Corporate law, Corporate Governance and Risk Management
She’s currently leading a department of 40 people divided into six teams (and tax specialization). The teams are managed and lead by seasoned attorneys with a combined experience of over 100 yea
Being an admitted attorney for more than two decades in the corporate commercial and financial services sector for two decades. She is a non-executive director for a number of private companies ranging from a luxury motor vehicle dealership, venture capital trust to a renewable energy project company. That notwithstanding she is working on being a certified directors through the Institute of Directors.
Nthabiseng plays a crucial role in her company in identifying potential legal risks in the business operations and transactions and advises on how to mitigate those risks
Nthabiseng also has experience in all aspects of broad-based black economic empowerment (BEE) which is a government policy to increase the participation of disadvantaged South Africans in the local economy.
In the legal profession, she has worked to be in a position of authority to uplift young legal advisors and exposing them to transactions they would otherwise not been exposed to. Upliftment and empower the youth is something she has always been passionate about having mentored not only the team she leads but other young legal professionals.
Interests: Reading autobiographies, traveling, Royal Match addict