Sandisiwe Gwele-Gush

• Managed the partner engagement and risk workstreams for a $1 billion pan-African healthcare programme involving 18 regional partners, providing strategy development, execution, and performance management support.
• Directed a multi-country organisational transformation for a leading African bank, engaging 200+ senior managers and 500 staff across 12 countries.
• Advised a leading African telco on its fintech strategy and 5-year implementation roadmap, resulting in double-digit year-on-year growth.
• Supported a multinational manufacturer in developing its end-to-end network optimisation strategy and 3-year implementation plan, with R400 million annual savings potential.
• Assisted an education non-profit in developing a long-term fundraising strategy, optimising organisational structure for implementation.
• Developed a comprehensive market sizing model identifying $1 trillion market potential across 21 LMICs.
• Led a research study on private sector roles in African health systems, resulting in publication in a global peer-reviewed journal.

9 months, for medical reasons

• Led the development of a gender equity e-learning curriculum involving multi-disciplinary teams, in partnership with Stanford University and the University of Pretoria.

• Led multi-disciplinary teams on high-value fundraising and partnership development initiatives, raising $6 million for the organisation's largest programme and $10 million for the Academy's endowment.
• Optimised executive decision-making processes by developing and implementing new management practices, such as executive dashboards, KPI tracking and reporting, managing cross-divisional initiatives – resulting in 10-15% improvement across key financial and operational KPIs.

• Led key components of strategy development and execution for the Women's Economic Empowerment programme, collaborating with multinational private sector companies and state institutions.
• Facilitated a R2 million fundraising initiative for gender-related technical and strategic support to the Presidency.

• Developed a tracking tool to resolve backlogged document control activities, enabling the closeout of 1,000 data books in three months.
• Supported a global IT services company in entering the APAC banking sector, later replicated in other regions.