BABALWA GEORGE

Executive: Investor Relations, Strategy and Corporate Affairs

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Babalwa George

Babalwa is a seasoned professional with over 19 years of experience in the telecommunication, media, and technology (TMT) sector. She has extensive experience in Investor Relations, Strategy, Corporate Finance, Corporate Communications, External Reporting and Stakeholder management.

Before joining Zeda Limited, she held the Group Executive: Investor Relations role at Telkom for approximately seven years. Her primary focus was to appropriately and strategically positioned Telkom with analysts and investors and ensured that its investment case was well articulated and understood. She was the voice of the shareholders within the company regarding strategy, business performance, and governance. Over this period, she coached and introduced Senior management teams to the Capital Markets and worked on various M&A transactions.

Before joining Telkom, she worked for Vodacom Group. She acquired diverse experience in Financial Management & Business Planning, Corporate Finance, Strategy and Investor Relations. She served her articles outside public practice (TOPP) at Vodacom. 

Babalwa holds a B Com degree from Rhodes University and a B Com Honours in Accounting degree from the University of KwaZulu Natal.