Mustak Ally

Head of Skills Development and HR Minerals Council of South Africa

Mustak Ally is currently Head of Skills Development & HR at the Minerals Council South Africa. He has more than 25 years’ local and international experience in the holistic HR value chain. 
He currently represents the South African organised business constituency on the Human Resource Development Council of SA (HRDC), he is the Deputy Chairperson to the National Skills Authority (NSA) and the business representative to the board of the Quality Council for Trades & Occupations (QCTO). He is also the Chairperson of the Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) Sub-committee on Education & Training. Mustak is also the current Co-Chair of the International Council Metals & Mining Skills Initiative Working Group. 
He has also served as Board member to several Sector Education & Training Authorities (SETA) across different economic sectors and is a regular business representative to the SA NEDLAC platform, in the space of social policy.
He is widely considered as a skills development expert who has guest lectured at the University of Johannesburg, been instrumental in crafting, lobbying and advocating business positions on policy, legislation, and regulation and has regularly commented on human capital and skills development issues through mainstream media, opinion pieces and other platforms.