Job Title: HR Executive: Talent and D&I
Company: RCL Foods
Tembi Topham currently serves as the HR executive for talent and DEIB at RCL Foods, a role she started in May 2025.
Before this, Tembi spent nearly 20 years at The SPAR Group, where she steadily rose through the ranks. Her most recent role there was as group HR development executive. Prior to that, she was the divisional HR executive at SPAR Lowveld DC, HR and development manager, and earlier held marketing roles within the organisation.
Tembi has completed multiple leadership development programmes, including the International Executive Development Programme for Women at GIBS and executive courses at Stellenbosch Business School.
She is currently pursuing an MBA at Regenesys Business School and holds a BCom in marketing management from UNISA, along with a postgraduate diploma in labour law from the University of Johannesburg.
Work:
2025 - Present HR Executive: Talent & DEIB, RCL FOODS
2020 -2025 National Human Resource Development Executive, The SPAR Group Ltd
2015 - 2020 Divisional HR Executive, SPAR Lowveld DC
2012 - 2015 HR & Development Manager: Retail, SPAR Lowveld DC
2010 - 2012 HR Development: Retail, SPAR Lowveld DC
2005 - 2010 Marketing: Promotions & Advertising, SPAR Lowveld DC
Education:
2023 - Ongoing MBA, Regenesys Business School
2022 - 2022 SPAR Executive Development Programme, Stellenbosch Business School
2021 - 2021 Women in Leadership, Stellenbosch Business School
2019 - 2020 International Executive Development Programme for Women, GIBS
2014 - 2015 Postgraduate Diploma in Labour Law, University of Johannesburg
2010 BCom in Marketing Management, University of South Africa
About RCL FOODS:RCL FOODS is one of South Africa’s leading food manufacturers, producing a broad basket of branded and private label food products in multiple categories, from household staples to value-added and speciality offerings. Included in their portfolio are well-known South African brands such as Selati sugar, Supreme flour, Rainbow and Farmer Brown chicken, Pieman’s pies, Mageu Number 1, Ouma Rusks, Yum Yum peanut butter, Catmor, Canine Cuisine and Molatek animal feed.
