MEET KERSHINI GOVENDER, EXECUTIVE HEAD OF TRANSFORMATION AND STRATEGY AT NEDBANK GROUP
PASSIONATE ABOUT TRANSFORMATION, COACHING AND TRAVEL By Fiona Wakelin Kershini Govender was born and educated in Pietermaritzburg, and after completing a B.Com in Business Finance, Economics and Logistics, began her career with Transnet. Kershini then moved to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and after five and a half years joined Nedbank. Sixteen years later, having held previous roles within Group Business Innovation and Group Strategy, she is currently the Executive Head of Transformation and Strategy. Kershini also holds a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Behavioural Change and Coaching, cum laude. We spoke to Kershini about coaching, transformation and going beyond the Codes.
What excites you about your role? It’s diverse and challenging and straddles two very different functions - compliance and strategy. When dealing with compliance issues you must be quite autocratic and rigid, while on the strategy side, you need to be quite creative and open to new ideas there’s just never a dull moment.
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