ENGINEERING & MACHINERY/ ENGINEERING – GENERAL | SIEMENS | TW ACHIEVERS
The stars at Siemens Siemens, global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering sheds light on the top women who stand out from the rest.
Alex Motshwanetsi Mathole
Sabine Dall’Omo
Rita Nkuhlu
Helen Brown
Alex Motshwanetsi Mathole – Executive Director Sustainability & Corporate Affairs Alex Mathole was born and bred in Atteridgeville, South Africa. She completed her undergraduate legal degree with several distinctions in 1993 at the University of the Western Cape before advancing to her post graduate studies from 1994 -1996 at the University of the Witwatersrand. Mathole completed her Certificate in Legal Practice in 1996, graduating top of the class with eight distinctions including a certificate by the President of the Law Society for Outstanding Performance. She holds a General Management certification from the Siemens Global Leadership Excellence Centre. Mathole joined Siemens in March 2006 to initially lead the legal team. Today, in addition to her Director role, her scope of responsibility extends to managing Corporate Communications, Sustainability, Siemens One, Government Affairs, and Diversity Management for companies in Africa. Among other accolades, Mathole was nominated in 2009 for SA’s Leading Women in Business & Government. She also featured in the Little Black Book and Leading Women in Business magazine. Mathole serves as a non-executive director and audit committee member for JSE Pick n Pay stores. Sabine Dall’Omo – Chief Financial Officer Of German descent, Sabine Dall’Omo has worked at Siemens for over 25 years and is additionally a permanent South African resident. After attaining her Higher Commercial Certificate in 1985, Dall’Omo did her vocational training at Siemens Germany from 1986-1989. Progressing up the ranks, she took on the responsibility of Commercial Officer: Accounting Services, and shortly thereafter as Commercial Officer: Sales Office until 1995. Dall’Omo’s career path at Siemens then led her to California, USA as a Financial Analyst for Siemens Rolm Communications after which she returned to Siemens Germany as a Senior Financial Officer: Corporate Planning & Controlling. In May 2004, Dall’Omo made the move to South Africa as Head of Performance Controlling for Siemens Southern Africa.
Effective 1 February 2012, Dall’Omo embarked on a new challenge in her career: this time as CFO for Siemens Africa. Rita Nkuhlu – Executive Director Business Development Rita Nkuhlu is a South African citizen of Xhosa and Cambodian descent. She has a commercial background and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Thames Vally University, London. She joined Siemens Transportation Systems in 1997 as a project commercial on railway signalling installations such as the Langlaagte and New Canada stations. From 2000 to 2004 she then joined Siemens AG – Transportation Systems in Germany. Nkuhlu returned to South Africa to take-up a Commercial Manager position at Siemens Enterprise Networks fixed line customer services division. In 2007, she joined the Healthcare Sector to commercially manage the Customer Services after sales support team. In January 2011 Nkuhlu gained experience in Siemens’ corporate environment. In April 2011, she added the responsibilities of enterprise risk management and internal controls to her portfolio by becoming Risk and Internal Controls Coordinator for the Southern African region. Nkuhlu was appointed Executive Director Siemens Southern Africa on 1 April 2012. Helen Brown – CEO Siemens Healthcare, Siemens Southern Africa Helen Brown holds a National Diploma and National Higher Diploma in Medical Technology, a diploma in Purchasing Management and Manager Development Programme, as well as a Masters Degree in Business Leadership. Among her professional associations, she is a member of the Institute of Directors of South Africa, and is registered with the Health Professionals Council of South Africa (HPCSA). Over the past two decades, Brown’s career has spanned laboratory and clinical work through to procurement, information systems, sales and marketing and general management. Today, Brown is responsible for the entire Siemens Healthcare business in South Africa and South East Africa.
TW 113
TWB_thoughleadership-Siemens.indd 3
2012/07/20 11:26 AM