Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management, Warwick UK
B Com University of South Africa (UNISA)
Associate Banking Diploma Institute of Bankers of South Africa
Licentiate Banking Diploma Institute of Bankers of South Africa
International Diploma in Professional Consciousness Coaching, Creative Consciousness Academy
Transnet Executive Women’s Development Programme
Gordon Institute of Business Studies (GIBS)
Strategic HR Management
UCT Graduate School of Business
Board Leadership Programme
Gordon Institute of Business Studies (GIBS)
Thuli is a credentialed Executive coach and an independent contractor and consultant.
She has extensive experience in leading and transforming human capital as a general manager and executive director, spanning over twenty years across industries, including banking, retail, and aviation.
Furthermore, she has had the opportunity to act as CEO for SAA and SA Express Airlines.
Thuli has demonstrated exemplary commitment to RSA, having served and made considerable contributions to corporate South Africa. Lately, she has participated by giving evidence to the Zondo Commission on state capture.
She serves as a non-executive director and Chairperson of Field Band Foundation (FBF) NPC, non-executive director of ReimagineSA NPC and non-executive director of Knysna Institute for Learning and Teaching (KILT) NPC.
Member of the Institute of Directors (IOD)
Member of the International Women’s Forum SA (IWFSA)
HPCSA Registered Clinical Psychologist
Over the years, she has gained credibility as a headhunter in the executive search industry regarding delivery, cross-cultural sensitivity, and being a top biller.
She is a generalist executing primarily Executive level (C-suite), Non-Executive Directors, and specialised skills searches. She has demonstrated an ability to work for clients in various industries such as banking and insurance, energy, fast-moving consumer goods, industrial, mining, telecommunications, agriculture, and parastatals. Furthermore, Gusti has an established client track record with Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) companies and she has gained recognition in the recruitment of executives from different ethnicities.
She has also executed numerous cross-border assignments for various locations in Sub-Saharan Africa, such as Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda. She has an in-depth knowledge of conducting business in Africa. Gusti holds a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology and a Post Graduate Diploma (cum laude) in Industrial Relations from the University of South Africa. She is registered with the Health Profession’s Council of South Africa (HPCSA).
She speaks English, Afrikaans and her Xhosa is fair.
Specialties: Chief Executives, Chief Operating Officers, Financial Directors, Commercial Directors/Marketing Directors, Chief Information Officers, Head of Legal and specialised skills executives such as skills in disruptive technologies, and Competency-Based Assessments and Board Strategy Facilitation.
When she is not in the office, her interests include an appreciation of classical music and spending time in nature with her friends. She’s an enthusiastic cook, collects cookbooks from different countries, cultures, and regions, and keeps her wine cellar well catalogued.
Diploma in Executive Secretary/Personal Assistant from the Academy of Learning
Certificate in Secretarial and Office Administration from Regenesys School of Public Management
Yolandi Coetzee is an experienced Office Administrator with over 20 years of professional experience across the executive search, legal, and private sectors. Over the past decade, she has specialised in executive search, providing comprehensive administrative and operational support on C-suite appointments across a broad range of industries, both nationally and internationally.
Known for her professionalism, organisational excellence and attention to detail, Yolandi plays a key role in ensuring the smooth coordination of executive search assignments from inception to completion.
Yolandi holds a Career Diploma in Executive Secretary/Personal Assistant from the Academy of Learning and a Certificate in Secretarial and Office Administration from Regenesys School of Public Management. Her extensive experience, combined with her commitment to delivering exceptional client service, enables her to provide consistent support throughout the executive recruitment process.
BA in Visual Communication – University of Pretoria
Postgraduate Diploma in Education – University of Johannesburg
Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Marketing Management – IMM Graduate School
Madel Dalla Pria is an accomplished Digital Marketing Specialist and Marketing Strategist with more than 20 years of experience helping organisations build stronger brands and achieve measurable business growth. Her expertise spans a wide range of industries, including Mining & Construction, Wholesale Petroleum, Logistics, Finance, Human Resources, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing, Professional Services and Executive Search.
She specialises in developing data-driven digital marketing strategies that combine search engine optimisation (SEO), paid advertising, content marketing, social media marketing and brand positioning to generate qualified leads and strengthen market presence.
As the Founder and Director of Brandlytix (Marketing Solutions I Communications Company I Brandlytix) , Madel works with businesses to develop strategic marketing solutions that align with commercial objectives and deliver sustainable growth. She combines strategic thinking with practical implementation, helping organisations navigate an increasingly digital marketplace.
She provides an Executive Search service to People Power Placements on a retainer basis regarding target markets, companies and candidate identification across Sub-Saharan Africa.
“Gusti can relate easily to all cultures, races etc, putting people at ease in a professional yet friendly manner, with a great sense of humour!”
“Gusti is a thought leader in the industry given her experience, successful handling of major projects over the years and the professional manner in which she conducts herself.”
“Eish my Big Chief – she is a training academy to all those who have crossed her path. She is the walking encyclopaedia of the recruitment industry! I love her. Tsotsi number one.”