Accenture Rising Star Awards 2019 | Accenture | Hilton Sandton, 138 Rivonia Rd, Sandown, Sandton, 2196, South Africa

The overall purpose of this assessment is to identify and publicly recognise ‘Rising Stars’ as having the qualities needed to join a guiding coalition of other Rising Stars able and willing to walk the talk to help themselves and others rise to the top of their game. Our Rising Star Network will be formed from the top 5 finalists in each of the 12 business sectors – making a network of approximately over 500 (over the past 7 years) of the most talented young people in the country. We are very committed to keeping this network alive, by means of personal development and intra network education – In this way we can assist their further development benefiting them personally, the organisation they work for and in turn the wider economy.

2018 Winners

Banking & Financial Services:
• Kenny Madi, Standard Bank

Construction & Engineering:
• Franck Wandji, ArcelorMittal SA

Energy & Environment:
• Simon Pitts, The Dow Chemical Company

Entrepreneur:
• Dinao Lerutla, Maya Group

ICT:
• Oreratile Itumeleng, Telkom

Manufacturing, Retail & FMCG:
• Cebile Xulu , Mondelez

Media & Advertising:
• Boitumelo Mmakou, YFM

Mining & Minerals:
• Musa Mabasa, Exxaro

Professional Services:
• Sabelo Myeni, Mindworx

Service: Public & Private:
• Georges Mturi, CSIR

Tourism, Leisure & Hospitality:
• Sizwe Mdladla, SAA

Transport, Logistics & Security:
• Sinqobile Nkabinde, Transnet