Job Title: Chief Human Capital Officer
Company: SIU
Neptune Masombuka is the chief human capital officer at the Special Investigating Unit.
Before joining the Special Investigating Unit, Neptune served as senior HR manager at Group Five and Intertoll.
She previously served as managing director of KLMM, providing commodity trading, HR and employee relations consulting services, and as divisional HR business partner at Absa.
Earlier in her career, Neptune held roles including HR manager at the Johannesburg Development Agency, senior HR business partner at Liberty Life, group HR officer at Bidvest businesses Steiner Hygiene and Kimberly-Clark, and IR/HR officer intern at the Water Research Commission.
Work:
2024 – Present Chief human capital officer, Special Investigating Unit (SIU)
2023 – 2024 Acting head, Brigitte Mabandla Justice College
2016 – 2019 Senior HR manager, Group Five/Intertoll
2012 – 2016 Managing director, KLMM
2007 – 2012 Divisional HR business partner, Absa
2004 – 2007 HR manager, Johannesburg Development Agency
2002 – 2004 Senior HR business partner, Liberty Life
1998 – 2002 Group HR officer, Bidvest Group (Steiner Hygiene and Kimberly-Clark)
1996 – 1997 IR/HR officer intern, Water Research Commission
Education:
Master of Accounting Sciences (Forensic Auditing), University of South Africa
1997 BA honours in industrial sociology, Rand Afrikaans University
1992 – 1995 BA in social sciences, University of the North
About company: The Special Investigating Unit is an independent statutory body mandated to investigate serious maladministration, corruption and malpractice in state institutions. The SIU conducts investigations on behalf of the South African government and works to recover financial losses, institute civil litigation and strengthen governance across the public sector.
