Mpumi Zikalala

CEO Kumba Iron Ore

  
Mpumi Zikalala is the CEO of Kumba Iron Ore and Chairman of the operating entity, Sishen Iron Ore Company (Pty) Ltd. Mpumi started her career at De Beers in 2001 as a process engineer and held various leadership roles within production management. In 2007, she was appointed General Manager at De Beers Kimberley Mines, becoming the first female General Manager in the De Beers Group. In 2010, she was appointed General Manager of De Beers Voorspoed Mine and in 2013 became Senior Vice-President of De Beers Sightholder Sales South Africa. Mpumi was promoted to Deputy CEO of De Beers Consolidated Mines in 2017 and to Managing Director, De Beers Group Managed Operations, in 2019, covering operations in South Africa and Canada. 

Mpumi holds a BSc in chemical engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand and completed a leadership development programme at the London Business School.