Nonkululeko Gobodo is the CEO of AWAKENED Global, a social initiative. She is the former Chairman, and founder of SizweNtsalubaGobodo, now SNG Grant Thornton, the largest, black auditing and accounting firm in South Africa. Nonkululeko is the first black woman to qualify as a chartered accountant in South Africa, in 1987. She is an author of a book, “Awakened to my true self”, which was launched in October 2022.