C-Suite

CHANGING THE NARRATIVE

Kume Luvhani achieved success early on, testimony to the power of her highly individual approach to life.

17 August 2020

She’s a classic rara avis, the rare bird that breaks accepted stereotypes. At 32, she’s already been a director of a major bank and is the co-founder and executive director of her own company. While she believes female role models have a role to play, she says it’s much more important to choose a mentor who doesn’t look like you.

In a sense, Luvhani began her career at 14, when her entrepreneurial father began taking her to board meetings during school holidays. “I hated him for that at the time, but now I’m grateful,” she laughs. That early exposure gave her a head start when it came to making her way up the corporate ladder, and it also inspired her goal to be a director before she was 30.

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