Mteto Nyathi

Mteto is the executive chairman of BSG, a homegrown consulting and technology company that specialises in strategy execution. In BSG he holds a 40% shareholding through his investment vehicle, Wazo Investments.

Mteto is also the chairman of Eskom. Previously he was the Group Chief Executive of Altron and Chief Executive Officer of MTN South Africa.

Mteto is author of the number one bestseller, Betting on a Darkie, a book about his life as a shopkeeper’s son, family man and business leader at local and multinational corporates.

He mentors and coaches senior executives including CEOs as well as up and coming business professionals.

In 2021, the University of Johannesburg’s College of Business and Economics awarded Mteto an honorary doctorate in IT Management. He is a Yale University World Fellow.

He holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of KwaZulu Natal.