Job Title: CHRO
Company: Vodacom Group
Matimba Mbungela is the CHRO at Vodacom Group, a role he has held since 2014.
Before this, Matimba served as managing executive: HR at Vodacom South Africa.
He previously held several leadership roles within the Vodacom and Vodafone businesses, including regional head of organisation effectiveness and change for Vodafone, head of talent for Vodafone’s Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific region, group executive: learning and development at Vodacom Group, managing executive: HR and executive head: HR at Vodacom.
Earlier in his career, he served as HR operations manager at BMW South Africa, HR manager and senior HR officer at Unilever, and HR officer at Mondi.
Matimba holds an MBA in strategy and HR from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, a postgraduate diploma from the University of Cape Town and a bachelor of administration in politics, public administration and economics.
Work:
2014 – Present CHRO, Vodacom
2013 – 2014 Managing executive: HR, Vodacom South Africa
2011 – 2013 Regional head of organisation effectiveness and change, Vodafone
2010 – 2011 Head of talent: Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific region, Vodafone
2009 – 2010 Group executive: learning and development, Vodacom Group
2004 – 2009 Managing executive: HR, Vodacom
2003 – 2004 Executive head: HR, Vodacom
2000 – 2003 HR operations manager, BMW South Africa
1998 – 2000 HR manager, Unilever
1996 – 1998 Senior HR officer, Unilever
1994 – 1996 HR officer, Mondi Cartonboard
Education:
2003 – 2006 MBA in strategy and HR, University of KwaZulu-Natal
1993 Postgraduate Diploma, University of Cape Town
1988 – 1990 Bachelor of administration in politics, public administration and economics
About company: Vodacom is a leading African telecommunications provider offering mobile and fixed connectivity, financial services, cloud solutions and digital technologies. The company serves millions of customers across multiple African markets and is majority owned by Vodafone.
