Founder & CEO, CKM Advisory & Consulting.
Director of companies.
Former Executive Vice President of Human Resources & Corporate Affairs at Sasol Limited. 25+ years shaping organisations, cultures, and leaders at enterprise level.
Charlotte K. Mokoena is a seasoned executive and advisor with over 25 years of board and executive leadership experience across listed multinational and regional organisations in Africa. Her career has centred on human capital, corporate affairs, stakeholder engagement, and leadership strategy, with a consistent focus on helping organisations navigate complexity and strengthen performance.
Most recently, Charlotte served as Executive Vice President: Human Resources and Corporate Affairs at Sasol Limited, where she held dual accountability for human capital and corporate affairs across six international geographies and a workforce exceeding 32,000 employees. Her portfolio included talent and leadership strategy, organisational culture, rewards, stakeholder engagement, communications, and social impact.
Prior to Sasol, Charlotte held executive leadership roles at Tongaat Hulett and Telkom SA, where she contributed across human resources, organisational capability, customer experience, and business leadership. Earlier in her career, she held leadership roles within The Coca-Cola Company Africa Group, supporting organisational capability and development across multiple African markets. She also co-founded the Energy Council of South Africa (ECSA), serving as inaugural Management Committee Chairperson.
Charlotte currently serves as a Non-Executive Director of AfroCentric Group and Sanlam Limited, alongside advisory and governance roles across business, education, and leadership institutions.
Through CKM Advisory & Consulting, Charlotte partners with Boards, CEOs, CHROs, and leadership teams across strategy, leadership capability, organisational effectiveness, and business in society, combining strategic perspective with practical implementation and delivery.
Get in Touch →Four decades of progressive leadership, from frontline HR to board-level executive accountability at some of Africa’s largest organisations.
Established CKM Advisory Services to partner with Boards, CEOs, CHROs, and executive leadership teams on leadership effectiveness, organisational transformation, stakeholder alignment, and business in society strategy. The practice combines strategic advisory with practical execution across human capital, leadership capability, business education, and speaking. Charlotte will also be working with associates and institutions as core partners in interventions.
Led Human Resources and Corporate Affairs for a global integrated energy and chemicals organisation, serving on the Group Executive Committee. Provided strategic leadership across people, culture, stakeholder engagement, reputation, and social impact across multiple geographies.
Directed Group Human Resources strategy across a multinational agri-processing business operating across Southern Africa and international markets. Led organisational development, leadership capability, and transformation initiatives supporting sustainable business performance.
Held several executive leadership roles across human resources, customer experience, global services, and business leadership within a JSE-listed telecommunications group. Led enterprise transformation, capability development, customer strategy, and specialised business operations over an eleven-year tenure.
Led organisational capability and change initiatives across a 32-country Africa portfolio. Partnered with leadership teams to strengthen learning, development, and sustainable organisational capability.
A distinguished track record of board-level governance, industry leadership, and professional institution stewardship.
Driving sustainable growth and empowerment across Africa.
Strengthening governance and long-term value creation.
Supporting academic excellence and leadership development.
Leading the professional body for people management in South Africa.
Advancing a united, inclusive and transformed South African economy.
Catalysing social impact through strategic partnerships and innovation.
Governance and fiduciary appointments across Sasol Group entities and pension governance structures.
Recognised across South Africa and internationally as a leading voice in human capital, leadership, and organisational excellence.
Winner. Recognised for exceptional C-Suite strategic leadership in the people and human capital domain at the 2025 CHRO Awards.
Winner. Recognised for outstanding contribution to Employee Value Proposition design and delivery at the 2025 CHRO Awards.
Named among South Africa’s Most Influential Women in Business, recognising significant leadership impact in the corporate sector.
Awarded HR Practitioner of the Year by the Institute of People Management South Africa, in recognition of professional excellence and sector leadership.
Charlotte’s approach to advisory and consulting is grounded in strategic partnership, thoughtful engagement, and practical solutioning. Drawing on decades of executive and board-level experience across multiple sectors, she works alongside leadership teams to navigate complexity, strengthen organisational capability, and support sustainable outcomes.
Her work spans strategic and operational advisory, leadership capability, and business solutioning across South Africa and internationally, combining strategic perspective with a strong focus on implementation and delivery.
Charlotte often describes her role as that of a Solutioning Interventionist, bringing together strategic vision, specialist insight, and delivery oversight to support leaders and organisations through important transitions and opportunities.
“I see my role as bringing together strategic perspective, expert insight, and practical delivery to support meaningful and sustainable outcomes.”
Charlotte K. MokoenaEvery engagement is approached with rigour, precision, and a commitment to outcomes that are genuinely excellent, not merely adequate. Standards are non-negotiable.
The measure of an engagement is not activity, it is change. Recommendations that translate into real organisational impact and measurable, lasting results.
Every engagement is grounded in trust, candour, and meaningful collaboration. Clients gain a committed strategic partner who is fully invested in understanding their context and achieving shared outcomes.
A lifelong learner, Charlotte has pursued advanced academic and executive development across leading institutions in South Africa and globally.
“Impactful delivery is at the intersection of leadership, people, and culture in organisations.”
Charlotte K. Mokoena · Founder, CKM Advisory & Consulting