Job Title: Group chief financial officer
Company: Mintek
Thembelihle Mjaji-Mbatha is the group chief financial officer at Mintek, a role she has held since November 2025.
Before joining Mintek, Thembelihle served as an independent consultant for special projects and as the chief financial officer for Community Schemes Ombud Services, where she also briefly acted as the chief executive officer.
She previously served as the chief financial officer at the South African National Aids Council Trust, overseeing the financial administration, supply chain, and compliance management.
Earlier in her career, she held senior finance positions as the chief financial officer at the Inkomati-Usuthu Catchment Management Agency, financial manager at the Mpumalanga Gambling Board, and audit supervisor at KPMG.
Thembelihle is a qualified CA(SA) and holds an MBL, a BCompt honours in accounting, and a BCompt in accounting sciences from the University of South Africa (UNISA).
Throughout her career, she has received numerous accolades, including winning the 2018 Oliver Tambo public sector leader award and being nominated for the Standard Bank Top women award in the public sector in 2023.
Thembelihle currently serves as an independent advisor to the audit and risk committee of the SABC and is a member of the SAICA Public Sector committee.
Work
2025 – Present: Group chief financial officer, Mintek
2025 – 2025: Independent consultant
2021 – 2025: Chief financial officer, Community Schemes Ombud Services
2020 – 2021: Chief financial officer, South African National Aids Council Trust
2013 – 2020: Chief financial officer, Inkomati-Usuthu Catchment Management Agency
2012 – 2013: Financial manager, Mpumalanga Gambling Board
2009 – 2012: Audit supervisor, KPMG Inc.
Education
2016: MBL, UNISA
2011: CA(SA), SAICA
2009: BCompt honours in accounting, University of South Africa
2007: BCompt in accounting sciences, University of South Africa
About company: Mintek is South Africa's national mineral research organisation and one of the world's leading technology organisations specialising in mineral processing.
