Gugu Sepamla
2023 ALI Fellow

Gugu Sepamla brings to ALI deep leadership experience in corporate affairs and public policy. She most recently was group executive director for regulatory affairs, ESG, and public policy at South African industrial conglomerate Barloworld, and previously served as a senior advisor at Boston Consulting Group, as managing director for public policy at Barclays Africa, and as head of strategy and emerging markets at Ernst & Young Africa, while also serving on the firm’s Africa Executive Committee.

Selected by Forbes as one of the Top 10 Most Powerful and Influential Women in Africa, Gugu is a columnist for Business Day, South Africa’s leading national daily newspaper, and previously was a political journalist for the South African Broadcasting Corporation. She has been named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and is a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.