Mandla Mkhwanazi is an accomplished Digital Leader/IT Executive and currently an independent Business Solutions Advisor with a passion in business innovation through new disruptive technologies. He is a former Transnet digital business leader between 2016 and 2021. Prior to this role, he held other executive portfolios like Transnet’s group chief process officer, group CIO and CIO for Transnet Rail Engineering. He holds a Master's in Business Leadership and a BCompt (honour’s degree). In 2019 he obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Business from EMERITUS/Columbia Business School and in 2015 a global Executive Development Programme Certificate from the Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria.