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Leshego Ledwaba (MPhil)

Leshego ledwaba (mphil)

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  • Timeline

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2014

    member

    Rotaract International
    Jan 2012 - Nov 2013

    Graduate Manufacturing Trainee

    Kraft Foods
    Nov 2013 - Dec 2015

    Bioprocess Engineer

    Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
    Mar 2016 - Oct 2018

    Junior Associate

    McKinsey & Company
    Johannesburg Area, South Africa
    Apr 2019 - Jun 2020

    Business Consultant - Client Delivery

    SQN (Sinequanon)
    Sept 2021 - Feb 2022

    Independent Contractor

    SuperLead Advisory
    Current Company
    Dec 2021 - now

    Project Manager

    Anglo American

  • About me

    Health Innovation | Technology | Project Management | McKinsey Alumni| Biotech Engineer| FMCG Operations

  • Education

    • Hoerskool noorderland

      2005 - 2007
      Matric certificate

    • University of cape town

      2021 - 2022
      Mphil in health innovation biomedical/medical engineering first class

      Dissertation: A systematic review on automated analysis of digital medical images in cervical cancer screeningCourses: Health Innovation & Design; Health Innovation Entrepreneurship; Health technology management; Health technology assessment; Medical image & image processing; Biomedical Engineering; Disability as diversity

    • University of cape town

      2008 - 2011
      Bachelor of science chemical engineering

      Activities and Societies: Hip Hop Dance Sport society Zoology and Botany society

  • Experience

    • Rotaract international

      Jan 2012 - Jan 2014

      • member

        Feb 2012 - Jan 2014

      • member

        Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

    • Kraft foods

      Jan 2012 - Nov 2013
      Graduate manufacturing trainee

      Entry level Process Engineer focused on optimising FMCG manufacturing operations in production and R&D departments.Production Team Manager - managing team activities to deliver weekly targets on time, at cost meeting quality standards.

    • Council for scientific and industrial research (csir)

      Nov 2013 - Dec 2015
      Bioprocess engineer

      Provided technical expertise in the development of biological processes to produce enzymes and other biologicals. Also led capital procurement activities to upgrade infrastructure facilities at CSIR’s Biomanufacturng Center.

    • Mckinsey & company

      Mar 2016 - Oct 2018

      Leshego has advised clients at senior management and executive CXO level on topics related commercial due diligence, corporate strategy, operations, organization (leadership, talent, change management), government & regulatory strategy, procurement, capital projects and infrastructure-Delivered to clients the latest industry perspectives and insights drawn from robust analyses of company operational, financial and market data-Co-ordinated workshops between clients and content experts to deliver world-class functional capabilities -Advised and coached clients on innovative PMO type methodologies that accelerate execution of strategic programs Show less

      • Junior Associate

        Mar 2018 - Oct 2018

      • Mckinsey Leadership Fellow

        Mar 2016 - Feb 2018

    • Sqn (sinequanon)

      Apr 2019 - Jun 2020
      Business consultant - client delivery

      Navigating the ambiguous innovation environment while interfacing with clients across US, UK, Latam, Leshego has gained experience in driving the agile value curve, leading downstream parts of product development value chain i.e. launch, collection of end-user insights and iterations of digital tools (such as behavior measurement surveys, online dashboards, content microsites); until minimum viable product is reached. This work has provided additional use cases for SQN, resulting in an uptick in valuation of the business, driven by revenues, stronger metadata and IP assets.As part of working under strict GDPR requirements Leshego has become competent in mySQL, tableau and R programming language; having performed data visualizations and statistical analysis (distributions, probability, inference modelling, bayesian statistics, forecasting). Show less

    • Superlead advisory

      Sept 2021 - Feb 2022
      Independent contractor

      Developed a business enterprise product strategy for a leading South African telco player.

    • Anglo american

      Dec 2021 - now
      Project manager

      Independent contractor leading the execution of multiple digital transformation projects: Enterprise plant information systems, COMOS on-prem database migration to cloud, and LIMS replacement.

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Leshego Ledwaba (MPhil)
      Outstanding contribution by a Team CSIR Biosciences Sep 2014 The Bioprocessing team has developed a range of products for water and wastewater remediation, as well as probiotics for the aquaculture industry that are at the stage of prototype testing or market penetration.Recipient selection for award was based on evidence of acclaim for the research, peer review and external recognition from clients. Positive market feedback with many of the Bacillus platform based products (shown by on repeat orders by customers) indicates market acceptance and… Show more The Bioprocessing team has developed a range of products for water and wastewater remediation, as well as probiotics for the aquaculture industry that are at the stage of prototype testing or market penetration.Recipient selection for award was based on evidence of acclaim for the research, peer review and external recognition from clients. Positive market feedback with many of the Bacillus platform based products (shown by on repeat orders by customers) indicates market acceptance and efficacy of the products. Additionally, Abalone probiotics product is in field trials with a major South African Abalone feed producer and has led to a patent filing and two publication submissions. Furthermore two book chapters have been accepted for publication in the fields of biologicals and probiotics in aquaculture. The team is comprised of Dr Raj Lalloo, Ghaneshree Moodley, Prisha Naicker, Leshego Ledwaba, Sindi Sibiya and Justin Smith. All members are active participants on all of the technologies from applied research through to prototype development, production and field trials, as well as client interaction and business case development. Show less