Mapule Mzimba

Background

About Mapule Mzimba

Mapule Mzimba is a scientist, management consultant, and now a banking executive and Chairperson of the Advisory Board of the UNISA School of Business Leadership. She was appointed Chief Operations Officer of Discovery Bank in 2017. Prior to joining Discovery, Mapule held various strategic roles at Absa/Barclays Bank, including Director in Corporate & Investment Banking for Transactional Products, a business serving Corporate and Business Banking clients. She was a COO of Transactional Banking prior to running the business. She joined Absa in 2010 as the General Manager: Services Cluster Integration Programme and led the implementation of “Simple, Streamlined Group Processes” to sustainably take costs out of the business and improve customer experience. In less than a year she was promoted to lead a Business Unit of about 120 professionals that drive the "change the Bank" agenda (Group Projects). Prior to joining Absa, Mapule was a Senior Manager in Accenture responsible for business development and account management as well as delivery of large scale complex programmes. While at Accenture, Mapule conceptualized and implemented a Future Leaders Programme which today is a flagship programme at the heart of their attraction and retention strategy. She was also selected from 48 countries to serve on the Accenture Global Executive Development of Women Leaders Faculty. Prior to joining Accenture, Mapule was a researcher and Project Manager at CSIR. Mapule has a Masters and Honours degree in Science and a Post Graduate qualification in Business Management, all attained in Cum Laude. In 2009, Mapule was a recipient of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu African Leadership Award and underwent leadership training at the Oxford University Said Business School. In 2016, PASA awarded her the top student of the year across Africa, for a Foundational Payments qualification.