Meet the founder

Mpume’s career has taken her through both public and private sectors, as much as it has equally taken her through rendering inhouse legal advisory services as it has, in more recent years, also seen her being impactful in rendering inhouse compliance and governance services.

During her tenure at the South African Civil Aviation Authority (“the SACAA”), she was privileged to represent the Republic of South Africa in Legal Committee meetings of the International Civil Aviation Organisation, where she was even elected as a Deputy Chair of one such meeting. Her legislative drafting skills, regulatory enforcement, and stakeholder engagement skills were honed a little bit more during her years at the National Department of Land Affairs and SACAA.

During her tenure at Denel (Pty) Ltd, she oversaw the development and roll-out of the Group’s Compliance Manual, in line with recommended compliance practice.

Whilst heading the compliance function, at Santam Limited, she pioneered the implementation of a proactive compliance framework, which resulted in the implementation of a Competition Compliance Programme, amongst others. She constantly and extensively advocated for the regulatory interests of Santam’s and what was then referred to as the short-term insurance industry, both through the Legal, Compliance, and Micro-Insurance Committees of the South African Insurance Association (“the SAIA”) and directly with regulatory authorities as well as Parliamentary Committees. Her consistent contribution saw the SAIA recognise her as a Committee Member of the Year in 2010.

Most recently, whilst heading the Compliance Services Sub-Unit, at the Gautrain Management Agency, not only did she co-ordinate the negotiation and drafting of the Settlement Agreement that facilitated the settlement of all development contractual disputes between the Gauteng Provincial Government and Bombela Concession Company; and (yet again) pioneer the implementation of a proactive compliance framework. She, also, implemented innovative organisational campaigns that had the outcome of conscientizing the staff about their individual role in upholding the Gautrain’s good brand and sustainability; and poured herself into penning submissions aimed at minimising unintended consequences in draft legislation with an impact on either the Gautrain Rapid Rail Link or the Gautrain Management Agency.