Bongi Ntsoelengoe

Executive Manager, Mining Cluster The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Sibongile has over 15 years of experience in the mining industry focusing on iron ore and base metal commodities. She has gained extensive experience in the development of integrated innovation strategy roadmaps across the mining value chain and held several leadership roles where she has led multidisciplinary teams in the development, deployment, and adoption of appropriate innovations across mining operations. She is currently the Executive Cluster Manager for CSIR’s Future Production: Mining, at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and serves as Non-Executive Director (NED) at Fraser Alexander and as a council member of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM). 
She provides thought leadership in building diverse capabilities including digital capabilities that are required to identify and develop bespoke mining solutions in support of a safer, modernised, and sustainable mining industry. Her latest achievements include delivering a research and innovation strategy roadmap for the revitalisation of the South African Mining industry and rebuilding the mining Research Development and Innovation (RDI) ecosystem.  
Master of Business Administration (GIBS), BSc Metallurgical Engineering (Hon) (University of Pretoria), BSc in Metallurgy and Material Engineering (University of the Witwatersrand), Advanced Management Programme Certificate (University of Navarra, IESE Business School).