Job Title: Group executive of human capital and facilities
Company: Small Enterprise Development & Finance Agency
Nozuko Hlefana is the group executive of human capital and facilities at the Small Enterprise Development & Finance Agency.
Before taking on her current role in 2026, she served as a senior culture and inclusion specialist at Sasol. Prior to this, she was a transformation and organisational effectiveness specialist at Anglo American.
Earlier in her career, she spent 12 years at SARS in various roles, including organisational effectiveness specialist, senior project manager of taxpayer services, and project manager of organisational effectiveness and corporate services. She began her career as a consultant at PwC.
Nozuko holds a master of business leadership from the Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership, a bachelor of technology in human resource development from the University of South Africa, and a bachelor's degree in human resources management and services from the Tshwane University of Technology. She also holds a postgraduate diploma in coaching from the South African College of Applied Psychology and is currently pursuing a doctor of business leadership at The DaVinci Institute.
Work:
2026 – Present Group executive of human capital and facilities, Small Enterprise Development & Finance Agency
2023 – 2026 Senior culture and inclusion specialist, Sasol
2019 – 2023 Transformation and organisational effectiveness specialist, Anglo American
2016 – 2019 Organisational effectiveness specialist, South African Revenue Service (SARS)
2009 – 2016 Senior project manager taxpayer services, South African Revenue Service (SARS)
2007 – 2009 Project manager organisational effectiveness and corporate services, South African Revenue Service (SARS)
2006 – 2007 Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC)
Education:
2024 – 2027 Doctor of business leadership, The DaVinci Institute
2021 – 2024 Postgraduate diploma in coaching, South African College of Applied Psychology (SACAP)
2010 – 2012 Master of business leadership, business administration and management, Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL)
2003 – 2005 Bachelor of technology in human resource development, University of South Africa
2000 – 2002 Bachelor's degree in human resources management and services, Tshwane University of Technology
About company: The Small Enterprise Development and Finance Agency is an agency of the Department of Small Business Development; which provides financial and non-financial support to MSMEs & Coops.
