Phumi Mashigo

Phumi Mashigo is the founding managing director of Ignitive, a preeminent stakeholder management and communications company, and has led it for seven years. She steered her company to major success when she turned its focus from a brand communications company to a leader in the mining stakeholder niche. Phumi also introduced a new way of brand building, where the community takes the center stage of brand building. She matriculated from the German School in South Africa, and then studied film at African Film and Drama Academy (AFDA). She started her working career as an actress on an SABC program called Addicted to Life. She then joined SuperSport as a presenter on TeenSport. She hosted her own TV parenting talk shows on SABC, namely, Tshwaraganang and Ratanang, respectively. Phumi has a radio show called Womandla on an online radio station called CliffCentral.com