Job Title: HR Director
Company: Saint-Gobain
Menushka van der Westhuizen is the human resources director at Saint-Gobain.
She has spent a significant period at Saint-Gobain, having been promoted to her current position after serving as head of HR & reward - africa hubs, following an international shift as group compensation & international mobility manager france. Before joining Saint-Gobain, she became a specialist in compensation and benefits at Business Connexion (BCX). She was promoted there, moving from being a principle practitioner to a reward manager. Her career started at Cadbury, where she worked for four years, beginning as an HR graduate trainee.
Work:
2025 – Present HR Director, Saint-Gobain
2022 – 2025 Head of HR & Reward - Africa Hubs, Saint-Gobain
2018 – 2022 Group Compensation & International Mobility Manager France, Saint-Gobain
2013 – 2015 Reward Manager, Business Connexion (BCX)
2012 – 2013 Principle Practitioner Remuneration & Benefits, Business Connexion (BCX)
2009 – 2012 Compensation & Benefits Specialist Southern and Central East Africa, Cadbury
2008 – 2009 HR Graduate Trainee, Cadbury
Education:
2014 – 2014 Global Remuneration Professional (GRP), Compensation and Benefits, World at Work
2005 – 2007 BSocSci, HR & Psychology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
About company: Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes materials and services for the construction and industrial markets.
