About the Author

Shirley, who holds an M.Ed from the University of the Western Cape and a D.Ed from Harvard, was awarded the Top Woman in Business and Government and Top Executive in Corporate South Africa by Topco Media in 2008. She was recognised by the Black Business Quarterly and received the award for Top Woman in Business and Government and most Visionary Woman in 2008. In 2016 she received the Africa’s Most Influential Women in Business and Government 2016 Award from CEOMAG. Shirley Zinn, serviced as HR Director for SARS, Nedbank and Standard Bank. Shirley is currently the Group Head of HR at Woolworths Holdings Ltd and was the former Chairman of DHL: Global Forwarding SA. and a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of AdvTech, Tuesday Consulting, Business Engage, Sygnia Asset Management, and the Boston Consulting Group SA. She also serves on the Advisory Boards of Monash, African Society for Talent Development, and the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. She is the President for the Harvard Alumni Association South Africa and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors SA.