Matthew Mflathelwa

General Manager Strategy and Planning at Eskom reporting to the Group Chief Executive, responsible for formulating the Corporate Strategy. Role recently expanded to include, Risk, Sustainability and Research divisions as part of Eskom’s new structure with a staff complement more than 300 employees. Proud South African, with a vision to create a sustainable growth path for the business, while navigating the rapid change and uncertainty in the energy sector. Seasoned engineering and leadership professional passionate about creating value and a penchant for overcoming challenging issues. Held multiple roles within Eskom, starting as an operating and maintenance engineer at a 3000MW coal power station, moving into Eskom's prestigious Top Engineers (management consulting) Programme, focused on strategic transformation projects across the electricity value chain. Collaborative thought leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings. One of the youngest Executive committee member in Eskom’s history.

• General Manager Strategy, Sustainability and Risk, 09/2020, Current, Developing Eskom’s Corporate Strategy and associated Corporate Plan, Aligning the long term strategy with sustainability goals, Ensuring efficient allocation of capital in line with strategic objectives, Providing functional leadership in the areas of safety, health, environmental and quality aspects of the organization, Overseeing and managing Eskom’s risk and resilience framework to mitigate impact on the orgnaisation, Integrating Research and development into the corporate strategy and sustainability goals, Providing business intelligence services to the Eskom group, Mention something from risk and sustainability here (projects or initiatives that you have overseen in the time), Strategy development, Development of Eskom’s 2035 Corporate strategy as a long term response to the industry dynamics, Integrating, environmental, financial and social considerations into Eskom’s overall strategic direction, Developing the case for Eskom’s optimized emissions compliance approach to leverage the transition while ensuring compliance to, Developing key messaging and communication packs to improve communication of Eskom’s strategic direction, Board approved long term Corporate Strategy, Development and approval of business charters, Representing Eskom at various conferences and stakeholder engagements (e.g. Africa energy forum, World energy council, SA energy association), Corporate planning and Compacting, Contributed to the development of the Energy Action Plan with Government, Leading the development of Eskom’s corporate plan and associated capital allocation in line with the long term strategy, Achieving alignment with Shareholder and on Eskom priorities and key performance indicators, Supporting the Group Chief executive in aligning and cascading organizational goals across the business areas, Energy action plan announced by the president, Implemented optimized capital allocation process, Research & Development, Creating closer alignment and focus between research priorities and business challenges, Streamlining research process and executing to improve progression of research into implantable solutions, Improvement in Eskom research and development spend, Risk and sustainability focus, Reviewing Eskom’s environmental, sustainability and governance framework against latest benchmarks and Eskom’s strategic objectives, Overseeing Eskom’s risk and resilience planning and management framework including reporting process, Improved focus on priority risk management, Business intelligence and performance improvement, Established Business Intelligence and Enterprise Performance Improvement function to improve data driven decision making, Conducted a number of deep-dives to identify areas of value leakage with recommendations to arrest decline, Developed “top six” station generation recovery strategy
• Department head Eskom Top Consulting Group, 03/2019, 09/2020, Providing overall strategic direction and guidance to the business unit, Managing relationships at the senior level to ensure continuous alignment of projects with Eskom objectives, Development and execution of the division’s strategy to improve impact, Portfolio optimisation, Restructured entire division’s project portfolio to align with strategic direction for the company, Implemented mechanisms to quantify and drive focus on value creation across all projects, Over R100m in value created in multiple projects across the organization, Reduction in staff turnover, Implementing internally focused initiatives to improve staff moral, 50% reduction in staff turnover, Formalisation of business process, Rolled out service level agreement and cost recovery mechanism across all projects to commercialise services, 80% recovery in all projects executed by Top Consulting group
• Programme Manager - Eskom Top Consulting Group, 08/2016, 03/2019, Providing leadership within the project team during execution., Coordinating work-streams in a single team to achieve a specific output, Managing performance and assisting in the development of team members, Providing content development support to the business in the formation of strategies, business process improvements and the delivery of strategic projects, 2018 Eskom Strategy review, Supported review of Eskom’s long-term strategy and development of the short-term turnaround plan, Establishing of phase 1 PMO to oversee review and development of the strategy, Delivered framework for Eskom turnaround plan, Presented SR18 concept vision to Eskom Exec committee, Medupi Construction support, Identifying operational challenges, increase visibility, and develop fact base to assist Construction Management with informed decision making, Support the Project Director in addressing construction delays, Improved collaboration of subcontractors and reduction in overall project timeline, Eskom Performance Execution office, Establishment of an implementation process to drive Corporate Plan objectives (Design to Cost), Supporting the Group Executive and General manager by highlighting key areas of intervention, Development of Eskom’s first inhouse strategic initiative management tool – SET tool, Primary Energy Coal cost optimization project, Identifying opportunities and strategies to reduce Eskom’s average coal cost, Supporting primary Energy Department drive implementation of cost optimization initiatives, Contributed to the reduction in coal cost escalation through PED cost saving initiatives
• Senior Consultant – Eskom Top Consulting Group, 11/2013, 08/2016, Develop distinctive consulting knowledge in core area within Eskom, Begin apprenticeship for project manager role, Provide project guidance and coaching to junior consultants, Support to project manager in development of junior consultants, TCG Central and Executive Support, TCG executive support and establishment of the internal consulting department business model and governance, Establishment of internal consulting department, Eskom War Room, Packaging approval submissions for Internal Executive Committee, Finance Committee and Senior management and Government’s Technical War Room, Supported Eskom leadership in Civil Society engagements, Developed KPI dashboard for Government War Room, Group Commercial, business productivity programme initiatives, Conduct root cause analysis/deep dives into poor performance issues for reporting, Kusile construction support, Establishment of Outage performance Improvement center, Identified and quantified cost variance levers of over R50m in tactical procurement spend, Implementation of lean planning tool
• Eskom Power Station Operating and Maintenance Engineer, 2010, 2013, Responsible for high pressure pipping and valves, Continuously refining existing processes to improve efficiency and delivery, Implementation and improvement of the failure monitoring system to extend life of plant

• Date of Birth: 12/19/84
• Nationality: South African

• Eskom, Calib Cassim, Previous Acting Group Executive Officer / Chief Financial Officer, 082 870 5594, cassimc@eskom.co.za
• Eskom, Bheki Nxumalo, Group Executive – Generation, 082 922 8861, nxumalbj@eskom.co.za
• Eskom, Monde Bala, Group Executive – Distribution, 082 826 6856, balam@eskom.co.za