Zanele is a business executive with extensive corporate professional experience spanning over 25 years in both public and private sector. More than half her professional experience is in professional services with EY, where she was a Partner and led EY World Entrepreneur, focusing on Africa. Zanele was formerly a partner with Accenture, the management consulting firm. She serves as a SOB member on a SCEF III portfolio company, Joe Public United, as a board member and chairperson of the SET.
Zanele holds a B.Compt (Hons) (UNISA).