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Leading light appointed to the board of Sparks & Ellis

Cape Town: 23 June 2017:  Nobuzwe Mbuyisa has been appointed to the Board of Sparks & Ellis as a director.  The Thebe Investment Corporation executive who is in charge of the supply chain portfolio will bring her considerable experience to the board of Sparks & Ellis, the country’s oldest uniform manufacturer. With over 10 years’ experience in senior management and executive levels, and previously the Chairman at Chevron, Nobuzwe is the ideal candidate to bring a diversity of experience, foresight, and energy to the Cape Union Mart subsidiary, of which Thebe Investment Corporation is a 30% shareholder.

As a shareholder representative herself, Nobuzwe fully understands and appreciates the need for adding value for shareholders and this, coupled with what she describes as a ‘soft spot for transformation’, will ensure that she injects new inspiration and vision for the company.   She is highly motivated by how businesses can play a major role in creating sustainable value for all.  “One should never underestimate the impact businesses can have on the man in the street through transformative and inclusive value creation”, she says.

Besides working a 10 hour day, Nobuzwe is also a wife and a mother to her three children aged 22, 9 and 7 and lives in Johannesburg.  She obtained her Honours Bachelor’s degree in Science from the Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science and has completed many management courses, such as Management Advancement Programme, Applied Financial Management at Wits Business School and the Leadership Coaching Programme at UCT business School.

She sees Sparks & Ellis as a company with a strong history, given how it was started and its relationship with Cape Union Mart, their solid foundation, highly skilled and engaged staff and niche products all makes for a successful business. Her dream would be to see the rekindling and re-ignition of the clothing & textile industry in SA, and seeing how Sparks & Ellis could play a role in creating that future.

MD of Sparks & Ellis, Sue de Wet says: “We welcome Nobuzwe aboard and look forward to working with her. “

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