Job Title: Executive Human Capital and Facilities Management
Company: Old Mutual Insure
Palesa first joined Old Mutual Insure in 2023 as human capital executive and assumed additional responsibility for the facilities portfolio in 2024.
Prior to that, she served as HR director at the JSE. Her career foundation was built a Standard Bank, where she held a series of senior roles – from HR consultant and talent manager for IT and operations, to head of human capital for personal and business banking and finally as people and culture lead for the Southern Region.
She also spent time at Deloitte as a senior consultant in the human capital practice, and earlier in her career, fulfilled various HR roles at KPMG and Safcor Panalpina (now known as Bidvest International Logistics), where her career journey started.
She holds a BCom in management and commercial law from Rhodes University, and a postgraduate management diploma from GIBS Business School.
Work:
2024- Present Executive Human Capital and Facilities Management, Old Mutual Insure
2023 - 2024 Human Capital Executive, Old Mutual Insure
2022 - 2023 Human Resources Director, Johannesburg Stock Exchange
2018 - 2022 People and Culture Lead, Southern Region, Standard Bank
2017 - 2018 Head, Human Capital Personal and Business Banking, Standard Bank
2016 - 2017 Business Partner, Human Capital, Standard Bank
2013 - 2016 HR Business Partner, Group Card and Emerging Payments, Standard Bank
2012 - 2013 Senior Consultant - Human Capital Division, Deloitte
2011 - 2012 Talent Manager for IT and Operations, Standard Bank Group
2010 - 2011 HR Consultant, Standard Bank Group
2007 - 2008 Junior HR Consultant, Standard Bank Group
2006 - 2007 Immigrations Trainee Consultant, KPMG
2006 - 2006 HR administrator, KPMG
2004 - 2005 HR Administrator , Safcor Panalpina
Education:
2016 - 2016 Post Graduate Management Diploma, GIBS Business School
2001 - 2004 BCom in Management and Commercial Law. Rhodes University
About Old Mutual Insure: Old Mutual Insure provides insurance services to personal, commercial and corporate clients in South Africa, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Old Mutual Group. It has operations in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Nigeria under the Old Mutual brand.
