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Her father owned taxis. She runs a law firm.
Emily Ntuli grew up the fourth daughter in a township in Pretoria, in a household shaped by the grit, dignity and stigma of South Africa's taxi industry. There was no professional blueprint to follow, no family member who had walked into a boardroom before her. What Emily had was a work ethic inherited from her parents, a quiet and relentless drive, and an ability to read systems — in organisations, in people and in herself.
Today she is the Chief Operations Officer of HBGSchindlers Attorneys in Johannesburg, a Non-Executive Director, a Committee Chair, an IoDSA member, and one of the most compelling voices in South Africa's legal and corporate leadership space. The distance between the taxi ranks and the C-Suite is not a gap she glosses over. It is the whole story — and in this episode, she tells it with full honesty.
This is a conversation about what it takes to move from a reception desk to a corner office, how to build HR and operational systems that actually serve the people inside them, and why the most powerful thing Emily Ntuli can do now is be visible — for her daughter, for township youth, and for every first-generation professional trying to find their footing in a world that was not designed with them in mind.
On this episode:
From the taxi ranks of Pretoria to the C-Suite of a Johannesburg law firm. This is Emily Ntuli's story.
Listen now and follow Listen To Your Footsteps for new episodes every week.
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By Kojo Baffoe | Zebra CultureHer father owned taxis. She runs a law firm.
Emily Ntuli grew up the fourth daughter in a township in Pretoria, in a household shaped by the grit, dignity and stigma of South Africa's taxi industry. There was no professional blueprint to follow, no family member who had walked into a boardroom before her. What Emily had was a work ethic inherited from her parents, a quiet and relentless drive, and an ability to read systems — in organisations, in people and in herself.
Today she is the Chief Operations Officer of HBGSchindlers Attorneys in Johannesburg, a Non-Executive Director, a Committee Chair, an IoDSA member, and one of the most compelling voices in South Africa's legal and corporate leadership space. The distance between the taxi ranks and the C-Suite is not a gap she glosses over. It is the whole story — and in this episode, she tells it with full honesty.
This is a conversation about what it takes to move from a reception desk to a corner office, how to build HR and operational systems that actually serve the people inside them, and why the most powerful thing Emily Ntuli can do now is be visible — for her daughter, for township youth, and for every first-generation professional trying to find their footing in a world that was not designed with them in mind.
On this episode:
From the taxi ranks of Pretoria to the C-Suite of a Johannesburg law firm. This is Emily Ntuli's story.
Listen now and follow Listen To Your Footsteps for new episodes every week.
#EmilyNtuli #ListenToYourFootsteps #TaxiRanksToCsuite #HBGSchindlers #WomenInLeadership #COO #SouthAfricanPodcast #LegalSector #HRLeadership #BlackWomenInBusiness #TownshipToBoardroom #CareerJourney #FirstGenerationGraduate #AfricanLeadership #WomenEmpowerment #SocialMobilitySA #OperationsManagement #SystemsThinking #SouthAfricaBusiness #PodcastSA

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