An accomplished Human Resources & Talent Management Professional with 20 years’ Executive Management experience with a BA(SS), an MBA and holds the IoDSA accreditation of Chartered Director South Africa CD(SA). Yvonne Themba is a solutions-based strategist.

In January 2025, she took on the exciting and challenging role of Executive Head: People at Capital Legacy. Prior to joining Capital Legacy and having earned significant professional growth opportunities throughout her career, Yvonne was Chief People Officer at McDonald’s South Africa and before that was the Managing Director of her own HR consultancy, Themba Infrastructure Projects (TIP). Established in 2016, this fully women-owned and -led business has managed HR strategy development, work culture embedding, retrenchment outplacements solutions, and Board management projects.

She works effectively alongside Board Members and Executive Management to achieve the greater goal, communicating insights, decisions, and challenges in a compelling manner. Yvonne is also a Board member of a sustainable, safe, high margin and long-life mid-tier Gold Producer in South Africa. Additionally, she plays a key role in Board subcommittees, notably as Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Ethics and Finance Committees.