About
We are a non-profit company aimed at discovering, developing and nurturing the next generation of social, political and economic leaders.
We are revolutionising the leadership development landscape, by equipping young people with the leadership experience, skills and network they need to deliver positive change in the world.
We make a difference today with the leaders of tomorrow.
As a nonprofit, we believe that leadership is the critical lever for igniting positive, transformative, and sustainable change, at a time when the world requires new thinking and vision to solve both local and global challenges.
Our Founder
The founder for the Impactful Leadership Non-Profit Company is the multi award-winning Nollie Maoto.
Chief data and analytics officer
Nollie Maoto is a Chief Data and Analytics Officer within one of the big 6 banks in South Africa. She also has a significant profile and responsibilities outside of the organization she works for, within the data and analytics community in South Africa, Africa and internationally. She is passionate about the field of data & analytics and especially trying to get more females into this profession.
CDO Ambassador for South Africa
She is the South African CDO Ambassador as approved by MIT CDOIQ, CDO Magazine and the Institute for Chief Data Officer & Information Quality. She is also an editorial committee member of CDO (Chief Data Officer) Magazine. A US based tech magazine. (https://www.cdomagazine.tech/)
International speaker
She is passionate about speaking in the data & analytics industry in SA and internationally. Is also zealous about topics that are women related. Nollie is a sought-after speaker within the Data and Analytics industry and has spoken either as a Keynote Speaker, Speaker or Panelist in close to 50 conferences, summits, webinars etc., in the last 4 years including in the Netherlands, Dubai and USA.
Judging & contributions
She is a BAI Global Innovation Awards Circle Judge for 2022 & 2023. She also sits on the 2023 Africa Tech Festival Leadership Council and is a judge of the Africa Tech Fest Awards and is on the Banking Transformation Africa 2023 Advisory Board. Nollie was invited by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa to be a contributor to the UN’s Global Digital Compact in particular its Internet Governance Forum.
Awards & recognitions
July 2023, Nollie was awarded the Financial Women Trailblazer of the Year 2023 by Finnovex. She also came 2nd overall in the 11th Accenture Gender Mainstreaming Awards 2023 for the Professional Services Sector. Made the Global Data Power Women List for 2023 & 2022. Winner of the Data Analytics Leader 2022 in SA and CDO of the Year 2022 award by Finnovex.
Mentor
She runs a female only mentorship program which currently has 20 females she is personally mentoring for the 2023 cohort. The 2022 cohort consisted of 10 ladies. Nollie zealous about the empowerment and advancement of women especially in an organisational, social and economic perspective. She measures her mentorship success by lives touched and impact made.