Kone is a chartered accountant (SA) with more than 20 years’ experience spanning the financial services sector and development finance. She has worked at various banks and financial services companies, including Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank (now Standard Bank CIB), JP Morgan and Nedbank, gaining experience in credit risk management, investment analysis and private equity. Kone moved into a development focus in her career, where she has served as the Land Bank’s CRO, and as the CEO of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, where some of her key areas of responsibility included managing multiple stakeholders across the private and public sectors. Kone has also completed several prestigious leadership programmes including the Aspen Global Leadership Initiative and GIBS Global Executive leadership development programme. Kone is currently the head of Social Investing at the First Rand Group.
