Thomas Kgokolo

Mr Thomas Kgokolo CA (SA), assumed the position of Interim Chief Executive Officer of the South African Airways SoC from April 2021 and was responsible for transitioning the airline out of business rescue. Currently he is the CEO of Finequity Pty Ltd, a company responsible for business turnarounds and finance strategies of business.

Mr. Kgokolo has extensive senior management experience, having been CEO at both Air Traffic Navigation Services and South African Airways. He has more than 10 years’ experience at a Non-Executive Director level. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), where he is also an award-winning lecturer in finance and strategy. He is currently studying towards P.hD in business turnarounds strategies.

Mr. Kgokolo, is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including, attaining the Top MBA student in Leadership and Accountability Award in 2017 and more noteworthy he was honoured with the Emerging Leader Award by the University of South Africa’s School of Business Leadership in 2018. In 2021, he was awarded top public sector CEO by ABASA.

He was previously Chief Financial Officer at the Competition Commission of South Africa. Some of his current roles is that of Board Chair at Mineworkers Provident Fund and Non-Executive Director at Sizwe-Hosmed Medical Fund.

Qualifications

• MBA (GIBS)
• BCompt Hons (CTA) (UNISA)
• BCom Accounting (UP)
• CA(SA) (SAICA)

Core Discipline

Finance

Work Experience

• Managing Director (South African Airways )
• Chief Executive Officer (South African Airways )
• Non- Executive Director (Airports Navigation System SOC Ltd)
• Chairperson (Financial Intelligent Centre)
• Chairperson (Airports Navigation System SOC Ltd)
• Chairperson (National Consumer Tribunal)
• Faculty (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Deputy Chairperson (Mineworkers Provident Fund)
• Chairperson (Bankseta IEDP)
• Managing Director (Finequity Advisory)
• Chairperson (Mineworkers Provident Fund)
• Chief Financial Officer (Competition Commision of South Africa)
• Technical Manager (Office of the Audit General)
• Faculty (School of Government)
• Trainee Accountant (Office of the Audit General)
• Trainee Accountant (Price Water House Coopers (Pvt) Ltd.)

Significant Achievements

• Awarded 2018 emerging young leader by Unisa Business School (University of South Africa (UNISA))
• Part Time/Adjunct Faculty Award for Corporate Finance on the Part Time/ Modular PGDip/MBA Programme (Gordon Institute of Business Science )

Teaching/Coaching Experience

• Decision Making (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Financial accounting (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Management accounting (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Executive Education (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Managing high performance teams (Gordon Institute of Business Science )