PIVOT POINT– In conversation with with Influential businessman, Sandile Zungu

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GUEST – Sandile Zungu, Chairman of Zungu Investments Co. Sandile is the Chairman of Zico. He has a BSc Mechanical Engineering degree as well as a
Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from UCT.
In 2000 he completed the Program for Global Leadership certificate at the Harvard Business
School in Boston, USA. After six years in engineering, Sandile joined African Merchant Bank
and was appointed associate within the corporate finance division. He left in 1997 to
establish SARHWU Investment Holdings, growing the company from a zero asset base to
more than R400 million, in net asset value.
As executive director responsible for strategy and empowerment, he was intimately
involved in developing and implementing plans by NAIL to distribute its interest in
Metropolitan Life Limited (METLIFE). He left NAIL at the end of 2001 after its complete
transformation to a R1 billion media company.
Sandile is past chairman of a number of companies, including Denel, Barnard Jacobs Mellet
Holdings and Spectrum Shipping. He is non-executive director of, amonst others, Grinrod
Ltd, Cipla Metro Ltd, Autozone, Supercare, Taquanta and Outdoor Network.
His many notable achievements include representing South Africa in 2000 at the 6th finals
6 Feb 2024 12PM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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