ABOUT

She has always wanted to explore and follow her passion of self-development and growth. An opportunity arose when she took a redundancy package from her previous employer where she was Vice President Corporate Affairs for the entire Africa Region of this global mining company. Patience realized during her executive journey that effective leadership was key to changing the culture of an organization, to increase productivity, to unlock people’s potential so that they bring their 100% to work. As a former executive, she also knows the importance of right leadership in creating value for self, others or business. Hence she created Peak Performance with Patience. Hence her mission as a Global Leadership and Business Coach, is to help bring out the unique strengths and talents of business leaders and their teams, empowering them to lead from their hearts, mind, body and spirit with influence and impact. She will help you gain self-awareness, clarify goals, achieve your development objectives, unlock your potential, and act as a sounding board for decision making.

She is one of the 36 Women leaders selected from around the world to take part in the 2018-2019 International Women’s Forum Fellows Program, a customized leadership training including Executive education components at Harvard Business School and INSEAD. In 2019, Patience was the winner of both the CEO Most Influential Woman in Business and Government in South Africa and SADC region. 

Patience is passionate about entrepreneurship. She was previously awarded Best Entrepreneurship award during her MBA Elective Programme.

Patience is a frequent global speaker who successfully represented in key global events such as the Mining Indaba and International Mineral Processing Congress in Cape Town and International Colloids and Surfaces Conference in Brazil. She is passionate about helping women advance in their professions and businesses especially in STEM related professions (Science Technology Engineering and Maths). She was involved in launching various events aimed at empowering women and youth in this field. 

She launched the first ever Women in Mining luncheon at the Mining Indaba, in 2017, attracting more than 300 various senior government officials, NGOs, Industry influencers and key note speakers such as the Minister of Women in the Presidency of South Africa and then Senator for Western Australia. She was also a panelist at this luncheon discussing challenges of diversity and inclusion in the mining workplace. She was also a panelist for the Youth Development Forum at the 2017 Mining Indaba. In addition, she was invited as one of the key-note speakers for the Brilliants Program in 2018 and 2019, a Top Science Student Awards event organized by the National Science and Technology Foundation (NSTF), hence inspiring and motivating the students to keep aspiring and achieving the STEM careers. She was thus, selected by the Executive Director of UN Women, as a member and ambassador of the UN Women Global Innovation and Coalition Change (GICC) (2017-2019), focused on accelerating and removing barriers to the advancement of women and girls using innovation technology as one of the drivers of change. Providing strategic advice and participating in various programs to advance women in STEM. 

Patience thus has significant experience with various stakeholders including government, non-governmental organizations and international organizations globally. An accomplished successful global leader who at heart is a philanthropist and want to make a difference in partnership with likeminded global leaders and companies.