Gcinumzi Qotywa is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Nondzaba Consulting with more than 24 years of professional experience in various fields. He has been involved and led in the facilitation, development and execution of strategies for a variety of organisations and currently runs a few business ventures ranging from Leadership & Strategy Consulting, Hospitality, Transport & Logistics, among others.

Gcinumzi is an accomplished leader in the public sector with a solid environmental management background and has worked for the National Department of Environmental Affairs and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), among others. He is also the founding Chief Executive Officer of the Buffalo City Metropolitan Development Agency (BCMDA, an economic development and investment promotion agency of the Buffalo City Metro Municipality, Eastern Cape. In these organisations and others, Gcinumzi has led, coached and motivated teams of various sizes and when the time for a new challenge came, he left behind very cohesive and purposeful teams.

As a facilitator and motivational speaker, Gcinumzi has facilitated and presented in leadership seminars on a variety of topics including Personal Leadership Development, Leading Without a Title, Time Management, Emotional Intelligence, Principles of Persuasion, Retention & Career Development, etc.

In line with his passion for Corporate Governance, Gcinumzi is also a Certified Director (Cert. Dir.) a designation awarded by the Institute of Directors South Africa (IoDSA) to qualified Corporate Governance practitioners based on their stringent training and assessment criteria. He currently serves in four boards of entities ranging from Economic Development Agencies to Higher Education Institutions and serves as a Chairperson on two of those institutions.

In addition, Gcinumzi is a Harvard South Africa Fellow, a Ford Foundation International Fellow, and an Abe Bailey Bursar. 

In terms of qualifications, he holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), University of Pretoria as well as a Master of Arts (MA) in Environment & Society from the same University of Pretoria. Prior to that, he had accomplished a BA (Hons) in Environmental Studies and a BA (Education) both from the University of Transkei. He has also completed a seven months’ Programme for Leadership Development (PLD) from the Harvard Business School, US, as well as Certificates in Changing the Game: Negotiation and Competitive Decision-Making as well as Strategy: Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage from the same Harvard Business School. Gcinumzi also completed an International Programme on Development Evaluation Training (IPDET) from the Carleton University (in collaboration with the World Bank).