Interview Iron Mountain
Meet Iron Mountain’s new Operations Director, Kholofelo Sadiki
“I
am excited by the contribution we make in protecting and keeping custody of our customers’ valuable assets,” says Iron Mountain’s newly appointed Operation’s Director, Kholofelo Sadiki. She’s all about people, and brings her collaborative leadership style to her new role, which involves spearheading Iron Mountain’s operations strategy in South Africa. It’s her responsibility to lead the operations team and ensure that their clients have an improved experience. Here she tells us what led her to the role, Iron Mountain’s ESG approach and more.
What has been your career path leading up to your appointment as Operations Director?
Kholofelo Sadiki Operations Director at Iron Mountain
My career started in procurement and supply chain management where I spent a lot of my career in various leadership roles in the manufacturing, real estate, financial services and management consulting industries. I have spent a lot of my career in incredibly dynamic organisations responsible for delivery and teams across Africa and parts of the middle east. I joined Iron Mountain as the procurement lead
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for the South Africa business and after 17 months was afforded the opportunity to lead the Operations team for the business. Throughout my career in procurement and supply chain I have spent time working closely in the operations environment and thus this transition is a perfect fit for the next venture in my career.
What is your “why”? What excites you about what you do?
I am excited by the contribution we make in protecting and keeping custody of our customers’ valuable assets. The importance of data and information and its ability to add value to our customers’ business is what drives me, and how we contribute to the total lifecycle of our customers’ data from storage, retention and secure destruction is what I find most exciting about what I do. I am also very conscious of the role I play as a woman leader in a male-dominated industry and environment. Bringing the voice of the woman to our industry and striving to showcase it as an attractive and vibrant industry for women is also a very big part of my “why”.