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Thina Siwendu: Senior Research Fellow

Email: thina.siwendu@usb.ac.za

Thina Siwendu: Senior Research Fellow

Thina is the Founding Partner and CEO of Thina Siwendu & Associates and heads the firm's Corporate Commercial Law Department. She holds a BSocSc(Hons) from the University of Cape Town (1988) and a LLB from the University of Natal, Durban (1991). In 1996 Siwendu commenced practice in Durban for her own account under the name Thina Siwendu & Associates. The practice is geared towards specialising in public-private partnerships, project financing, corporate structuring and corporate governance. She has held various board positions, and currently serves on the boards of The Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) and Woolworths Holdings Limited.

Over the past five years, Thina has worked in the area of corporate governance law and regulation, conducting board performance reviews and overall organisational corporate governance assessments. She was involved in developing the corporate governance rating matrix for the Public Investment Corporation (PIC).