Bongumusa Makhathini is the Chief Executive Officer at Primedia Outdoor, a division of Primedia Group. He is a seasoned executive with more than 16 years’ experience in strategic, operations and business management, specialising in board governance, corporate affairs and stakeholder development, business turnarounds and legal/commercial/risk management in the private and public sectors. Bongumusa has worked on major merger and acquisition deals, including the ABInBev acquisition of SABMiller and the Coca-Cola Beverages Africa deal. He held a senior management position at Accenture.
Bongumusa is a Harvard graduate, holds a Masters of Commerce (UJ), a BA Honours (UniZulu) as well as a Bachelor of Education (UniZulu).He has an Executive Leadership Development Certificate (Cambridge Business School); and a Scenario Planning and Strategic Thinking Certificate (Gordon Institute of Business Science).
Bongumusa Makhathini has served as Board Chairperson of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). He was Executive Board member of British American Tobacco Southern Africa (BATSAA); and of the South African Breweries. He served on the Board of The Sport Trust and the Industry Association for Responsible Alcohol Use (ARA). Makhathini was the President of Convocation at the University of Zululand and a member of the University of Zululand Council.
He currently serves as Chairperson on the Boards of PinkDrive and SAtion; as Non-Executive Director of Empowerment Capital; and he is a board member of the Ekurhuleni World Outreach Centre Advisory, Kinektek and ZULZI.