Thabani Mlilo

Director UCT LEAD Programme University of Cape Town

Professor Mlilo the Managing Director of Moahi Sustainable Solutions, a boutique sustainability advisory company is a Senior Associate at the Institute of Sustainable Leadership at Cambridge University, , and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Cape Town, Chemical Engineering Faculty, Mining to Minerals Initiative. He has over 23 years’ experience in the Sustainability field. Thabani’s previous roles have included Executive Head of Sustainability at KAP, Executive Head of Safety, Health and Sustainability at ERG Africa, Head of Sustainability at Anglo American Platinum, and Sustainability Manager at AngloGold Ashanti. Thabani works with early career African leaders to shape policy, develop strategy and implementation frameworks at a country, regional and continental level on developmental topics linked to environment, social, economical and governance paradigms in the extractives sector. His main areas of experience are, Sustainability Strategy integration, Decarbonization and Low Carbon Economy, Critical and Transitional Minerals, Responsible Sourcing, and Leadership development. Thabani was the Co-Lead of the Sustainable Development Advocacy Stream for the Values 20 (V20) Initiative under the South African G20 Presidency. His focus was bringing values-centered leadership into the extractives industry, advocating for change in across the continent and contributing to the V20 communique.