Ms. Zandile Mposelwe

Zandile Mposelwa is a communications and public affairs expert, diversity and inclusion advocate, moderator, keynote speaker, and leader focused on helping others achieve their goals by identifying and aligning with their purpose. She strongly believes that every action should align with a greater purpose and aim at creating a positive impact.

She has over 25 years of leadership experience in various roles within the FMCG, retail, petrochemicals, and packaging sectors at companies such as Home Choice, Woolworths, BP, Nampak Tetra Pak, and Kellogg’s.

Currently, she leads the Corporate Affairs team at Kellanova South Africa (previously Kellogg’s), where she is responsible for building resilience, fostering growth, and enhancing reputation to strengthen the organisation’s licence to operate. She leads the company’s large-scale social impact programme—the Kellanova Better Days Promise that has donated over 62 million meals since inception in 2014.

She holds an MBA from Henley Business School.

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES

What We Aim to Achieve

The conference is designed to:

Promote Research and Evidence-Based Planning: Strengthen the role of research in informing skills planning, policy development, and programme implementation across the sector.
Drive Sector Innovation: Explore innovative approaches that improve competitiveness, productivity, entrepreneurship, and sustainability.
Strengthen Skills Development Systems: Align education and training with current and future labour market needs within the wholesale and retail sector.
Encourage Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration: Create opportunities for engagement between government, industry, labour, academia, research institutions, and development partners.
Shape the Future of Work: Generate practical insights on digital transformation, automation, data-driven retail, and evolving workforce demands.