Itumeleng Mahabane

IEJ Board Member

Itumeleng Mahabane

Itumeleng Mahabane is a partner at the Brunswick Group where he focuses on advising leaders on developing social value and collaborative, people-centred institutions and systems. In addition to now serving on the IEJ Board, Itumeleng also previously served on the Board of Trustees of the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC). In 2020, he volunteered for three months as executive head of communications for South Africa’s Solidarity Fund – a private sector initiative aimed at supporting the South African government’s Covid-19 response. Prior to that Itumeleng advised a leading South African coal producer communicating one of the country’s first energy transition plans and advised several other clients on their energy transitions. Formerly a financial journalist, he has contributed to the Mail and Guardian, the Sunday Times, the Business Times, the Financial Mail, and Business Day. He has also written extensively on the South African political economy for some of these publications.