Khutso Sekgota

Successfully led the establishment of a private sector participation model for the development and delivery of renewable energy projects, to enable Eskom to fast-track delivery of the competitive projects and raise the required capital to fund their development.

Established a go-to-market that embracing both direct power purchasing agreements market and dispatch of power into the grid through NTCSA as the buyer of renewable energy produced.

Serving the Managing Executive of Questro. At Questgro, we integrate strategy and transformation advisory capabilities with Long-Term Investments in Manufacturing, Automotive, and Mining Sectors for Sustainable Growth.

Senior Principal with extensive experience in strategy and operations excellence across the metals, energy, and infrastructure sectors. Proven track record of partnering with senior client executives to identify priority missions, craft strategic interventions, and lead consultant teams to deliver targeted outcomes. Adept in nurturing talent and coaching the next generation of leaders to become impactful and trusted advisors.

Key engagements include

• Growth strategy in Mining and Metals: Developed growth strategy for metals client, targeting 2x growth through combination of operations excellence, brownfield and greenfield expansions across three mineral groups
• Technical and Commercial Due Diligence: Led technical and commercial due diligences for assets across LNG, Petroleum Fuel, Metals
• Business & Operational Readiness: Led operational readiness for various assets including mineral sands, PGMs, copper processing,
• Project Value Improvement: Led project value unlock in capital projects across renewable energy & storage, minerals sand and coal processing,

Served as leader of the Energy, Resources, and Industrials Practice at Deloitte Consulting Africa, with responsibilities including:

• Setting and spearheading the achievement of the practice’s strategy and objectives.
• Leading the management of key client relationships across the sector and continent.
• Partnering with senior client executives to prioritize core business issues and guide engagement teams in delivering mission-critical outcomes.
• Coordinating and tailoring consulting capabilities for the Energy, Resources, and Industrials sectors across Africa.

Partnered with Senior Client Executives in Mining, Energy, and Manufacturing to Unlock Business and Shared Value. Key Engagements Included:

• Defining and Executing Future-Fit Enterprise Strategies and Operating Models: Developed and implemented innovative strategies to ensure long-term business success.
• Developing Enterprise ESG Strategies: Created and integrated Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategies into the core business strategy and purpose for numerous client in mining, hydrocarbons energy, telecommunications, manufacturing and mining equipment supply.
• Defining and Implementing Supply Chain and Localization Strategies: Designed and executed fit-for-purpose supply chain and localization strategies to enhance operational efficiency.
• Establishing Category Management and Value Unlock: Led strategic sourcing and procurement initiatives to unlock value through effective category management.
• Developing Regional and Sector Collaboration Structures: Streamlined socio-economic development, localization, and collaborative infrastructure development through regional and sector collaboration including the design and establishment of a R6bn industry transformation fund .

Partner with various client in the design and delivery of large scale supply chain transformation programmes across:

• Capital Infrastructure Procurement Transformation: Resulted in >60% reduction in irregular expenditure, increased spend vs budget, increased spend under contract and streamlined P2P, establishment of single version of truth, and WIP visibility.
• Enterprise and Supplier Development: Development and implementation of ESD strategies & operating models for major mining and energy clients; including management of the development fund
• Strategic and Tactical Sourcing Execution to unlock third party spend savings, streamline P2P and reduce maverick spend.

Responsible for client relationship management and delivery of supply chain management solutions. Areas of focus included:
- Supply Chain Strategy: Capability Assessment & Operating Model Design
- Demand Management and Planning
- Supply Chain Reporting and Performance management
- Category Management & Strategic Sourcing
- Warehouse and Logistics Management.

Responsible for the delivery of projects aligned to the Accenture Management Consulting - Operations capability area. In this role I have delivered projects for clients in Utilities and Mining industries. My areas of expertise are:
- Capital Programmes Management
- Utilities Tariff & Financial Modelling

- Sourcing & Procurement: Capability Assessment & Operating Model Design
- Sourcing & Procurement: Strategic Sourcing
- Business Process Optimisation

Director and co-owner of privately owned company focused on airport-based autobody & car care services. Provided operational oversight to functions such as workshop management (work planning, scheduling & execution) and customer services, finance and accounting, sales and customer services.

Responsible for the delivery of projects aligned to the Accenture Management Consulting - Operations capability area. In this role I delivered projects for clients in Utilities, Consumer, and Mining industries. My areas of expertise are:

• Set up of a Finance Transformation Programme Office for a Global Mining client integrating finance functions across multiple continents
• Sourcing & Procurement: Develop a Supply Chain Operating Model for engineering and maintenance refurbishment operation focusing on large scale industrial machinery
• Design global integrated centre-lead operating model for a global mining entity, with operations across Africa, Australia and South Africa. Standardised ways of working and business process across the multiple regions and commodity groups.
• Designed standardised business process across HR, Finance, SCM and lead the functional design & system testing for key business intelligence capabilities required across a consumer business with operations across North America, Europe, South America and Africa.

• Served as continuous improvement engineer for the Kimberly Clark baby care high speed production and packaging line.
• Developed and implemented maintenance and asset care strategies for the production line
• Conducted root cause analysis on repeat failures and utilisation losses and developed
• Reduced production downtime by conducting thorough root cause analyses and implementing corrective actions.
• Provided technical support for troubleshooting equipment issues, maintaining plant reliability and minimizing operational disruptions.
• Developed documentation, diagrams, and specifications to meet project requirements and regulatory standards.
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• Reduced downtime through efficient troubleshooting and root cause analysis of equipment failures.
• Performed root cause failure analysis on critical equipment, leading to more effective preventative measures.
• Developed preventive maintenance schedules to minimize downtime and optimize performance.
• Supported process and production teams to minimise production downtimes and improve overall process efficiencies and product quality.
• Managed delivery of stay-in-business capex and operational budgets relating to area of responsibility
• Managed and optimised maintenance cost in line with production patterns and budget

I began my career at Unilever as a Project Engineer, where I led programs focused on process optimization and capacity enhancement across chemical manufacturing and high-speed packaging processes. My areas of responsibility included:

Project Management and Process Optimization

• Managing and implementing capital engineering projects from conception to delivery.
• Collaborating with internal customers to identify process improvement opportunities.
• Leading the development and implementation of manufacturing process optimization initiatives for batch process manufacturing and packaging engineering facilities.
• Managing project timelines and budgets, utilizing best practice systems and methodologies.

Product Development and Innovation Engineering

• Identifying product development opportunities to reduce costs, improve operational efficiency, and enhance product quality.
• Leading cross-functional teams in delivering manufacturing capacity for new products and product improvement projects.
• Managing project budgets and timelines in alignment with go-to-market program plans.