Genevieve Jozaffe-Naidoo takes on group people executive role at Libstar

Sphumelele Khumalo 13 August 2025

Libstar has appointed Genevieve Jozaffe-Naidoo as its new group people executive.

She joins the company after spending 10 years at Continental, where she served in various leadership positions, including human relations director, director of transformation and diversity and TMOD manager.

Her previous experience includes roles as senior HR business partner at ATS Group, HR manager at Shatterprufe, and HR officer at both Continental and ITP SA Human Resource Holdings.

Genevieve holds a BA in sociology and psychology and an honours in HR management from Nelson Mandela University. She also holds a master’s in business and executive coaching from Wits Business School.

Sphumelele Khumalo

Sphumelele Khumalo is the senior writer for CHRO South Africa. With a background in health journalism, she brings a passion for storytelling and an interest in exploring the human side of every story, one word at a time. When she’s not meeting deadlines, you might find her experimenting in the kitchen, or chasing sunsets.

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