Matome Edmund Modipa Named Executive of the Year in Executive Direction

    JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, February 04, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Matome Edmund Modipa, Executive Chairman of Sebata Group, has been named a Worldwide Branding Executive of the Year in Executive Direction. While inclusion in Worldwide Branding is an honor, only a few members in each discipline are chosen for this distinction. These special honorees are distinguished based on their professional accomplishments, academic achievements, leadership abilities, years of service, and the credentials they have provided in association with their Worldwide Branding membership.

Mr. Modipa has 23 years of professional experience, with nine years as an executive chairman of Sebata Group. Throughout his career, he has established himself as a skilled leader, with considerable talents in business and technical management, socio-economic development and entrepreneurship. Each day, he is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction for the group, analyzing current market trends, interacting with and guiding a team, and analyzing and contributing to the country's socio-economic development.

Passionate about development and innovation, Mr. Modipa was invited to deliver a paper at the Council for Adult & Experiential Learning's conference on adult education in Chicago in 2004. He also formed part of the presidential delegation visiting Brazil, Chile and Argentina. Mr. Modipa also developed and grew the Royal Bafokeng Nation and its historical communities in a sustainable way through its economic board. With an entrepreneurial spirit, he went on to establish his current company, Sebata Group, which promises to gift the global economy with a commercial model born out of the wholesome values inherent to African context.

Unique to Sebata Group is a large number of skilled technical consultants who are available to be deployed according to specific project needs. The group's level of technical capability has earned it a position on some of the largest infrastructure projects in South Africa and a reputation for quality in the marketplace.

Looking back, Mr. Modipa attributes his success to his passion for the field, skills, as well as his visionary leadership qualities, attention to details, and ability to allow subordinates take accountability and responsibilities for own actions. He became involved in his profession because of his academic background, professional experiences and passion to make a difference through leadership. Some highlights of his career include entrepreneurship of the successful engineering and nuclear businesses without technical knowledge, and initiating Royal Bafokeng Economic Board into an organization that assisted Bafokeng to achieve its socio-economic development. He was invited to accompany presidential delegation to Chili and Brazil, and he was also invited to present a paper in Chicago. He has written two books about to be published on socio-economic development and leadership rejecting identity politics.

Mr. Modipa received a Master of Science in leadership innovation from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, a Bachelor of Commerce in marketing and finance from University of KwaZulu-Natal and a diploma in business administration from Heriot-Watt University. In addition to his degrees, he holds ISO 9001, 14001 and 18001 certifications. He is a member of IoDSA, NAFCOC, the Federation Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Black Business Council and SASDC. In 2014, he received a finalist certificate of excellence for the Top Black Entrepreneur of 2014 Award, as well as a Top Black Male Leader of the Year Award. In years to come, Mr. Modipa intends to initiate a Ph.D. study and investigate African leadership systems.

Sebata Group is a management and technical engineering consulting, compliance assurance, risk and project management company that provides consulting and development services within the engineering sector. For more information about Sebata Group, visit http://www.sebatagroup.com.

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