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{{short description|South African engineer, businesswoman and corporates executive}}
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| name         = Nonkululeko Nyembezi
| image        = Nonkululeko Nyembezi at World Economic Forum Davos 2023.png
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| caption      = Speaking at the 2023 [[World Economic Forum]]
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1960|03|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place  = [[Pietermaritzburg]], South Africa
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| alma_mater   = [[University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology]]<br/>([[Bachelor of Science]] in [[Electrical Engineering]])<br/>[[California Institute of Technology]]<br/>([[Master of Science]] in Electrical Engineering)<br/>[[Open University|Open University Business School]]<br/>([[Master of Business Administration]])
| occupation   = [[Engineer]], [[Businesswoman]] & [[Corporate Executive]]
| years_active = 1980 — present
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| title        = Chairperson of [[Standard Bank Group]] and [[Standard Bank of South Africa]].
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'''Nonkululeko Merina Cheryl Nyembezi''', also '''Nku''' (born 22 March 1960), is a South African engineer, businesswoman and corporate executive who was appointed Chairperson-designate at [[Standard Bank Group]] and Standard Bank of South Africa, on 10 May 2022. She assumed office on 1 June 2022, replacing Thulani Geabashe, who retired on 31 May 2022.<ref name="1R">{{cite web|url=https://africanshapers.com/en/nonkululeko-nyembezi-the-first-woman-to-be-appointed-president-of-the-standard-bank-group/ |title=Nonkululeko Nyembezi, The First Woman To Be Appointed President of The Standard Bank Group |date=10 May 2022 |work=AfricanShapers.com |access-date=16 May 2022 | author=Patrick Ndungidi}}</ref><ref name="2R">{{cite web| url=https://www.ceo.co.ug/nonkululeko-nyembezi-named-standard-bank-group-board-chairperson/ |title=Nonkululeko Nyembezi named Standard Bank Group Board Chairperson |work=CEO Magazine Uganda | date=11 May 2022 |author=Nelson Namboole |access-date=16 May 2022 |location=Kampala, Uganda}}</ref> She has been active in steel, telecommunications and finance.<ref name=fmsa>{{cite web| url=http://fsma.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Dr-Scott-Couper_AGM-2015.pdf|title=A Sampling: Artefact, Document and Image|publisher=FSMA: Forum for School Museums & Archives|author=Couper, Scott|date=18 March 2015|accessdate=14 February 2016 |language=}}</ref><ref name=ichorcoal>{{cite web|url=http://www.ichorcoal.com/media/16873/12-Management_Board_Nominee_Nonkululeko_Nyembezi-Heita_IchorCoal_NV.pdf|title=Mrs. Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita|publisher=IchorCoal|accessdate=14 February 2016 |language=}}</ref> Since March 2014, she has been [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]] of the Dutch mining group, IchorCoal N.V.<ref name=bb>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=10387953&privcapId=6866114|title=Nonkululeko Merina Cheryl Nyembezi-Heita BSc (Hons) (Elec Eng), MSc (Elec Eng), MBA|publisher=BloombergBusiness|accessdate=15 February 2016 |language=}}</ref>
==Biography==
Nyembezi was born in [[Pietermaritzburg]], South Africa, to father Aubrey , an attorney and mother Debiya Nyembezi, a nurse from Pietermaritzburg. She has an older brother (Manqoba Nyembezi) and a younger sister (Nontando Nyembezi). Brought up in a Methodist family, she attended a [[Bantu peoples|Bantu]] primary school in [[Clermont, KwaZulu-Natal]], before embarking on her secondary school education at [[Inanda Seminary School]] near [[Durban]]. She obtained exceptionally good results in science and maths, becoming the top student in South Africa in her Junior Certificate year. After receiving her Senior Certificate, she was awarded an Awarded Anglo American Corporation Open Scholarship.<ref name=fmsa/> She went on to graduate in electrical engineering at the [[University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology]] and earned a Master of Science degree from the [[California Institute of Technology]]. She also has an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] from the [[Open University Business School]]. She is currently the Chancellor of the [[Durban University of Technology]].<ref name=ichorcoal/><ref name=bb/>
After first working in various positions with [[IBM]] in the United States and South Africa (1986–98), she moved to [[Alliance Capital Management]] where she headed financial services.<ref name=ichorcoal/> In 2008, she was appointed executive director of [[ArcelorMittal|ArcelorMittal South Africa]] where she remained for six years. In March 2014, she joined IchorCoal as CEO. Nyembezi-Heita has also served on the boards of several other companies.<ref name=bb/>
In 2012, Nyembezi was listed 97th in [[Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/power-women/gallery/nonkululeko-nyembezi-heita|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223170803/http://www.forbes.com/power-women/gallery/nonkululeko-nyembezi-heita|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 23, 2016|title=Nyembezi-Heita|work=Forbes|accessdate=15 February 2016 |language=}}</ref>
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[[Category:South African chief executives]]
[[Category:South African engineers]]
[[Category:21st-century South African businesswomen]]
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[[Category:Alumni of the University of Manchester]]
[[Category:California Institute of Technology alumni]]
[[Category:Alumni of the Open University]]
[[Category:South African women business executives]]
[[Category:South African women engineers]]