Mtho Xulu

Mtho Xulu holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree and a Master of Laws (LLM) degree from the University of South Africa (UNISA). His areas of specialization include Commercial Law and Corporate Governance. After completing his LLB degree, Adv. Xulu was admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa in 2011.

As a National Business leader, he holds the following positions:

1. Founding CEO and director of JSX Investments (Pty) Ltd (an investment holding company with business interests in 8 economic sectors in South Africa),

2. Group CEO of Nashua Mpumalanga Group;

3. Commercial Director of Mbali Coal;

4. Group Chairman of DDP Holdings and subsidiaries.

5. President of the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI);

6. Member of the Institute of Directors in South Africa (IoDSA);

7. Chairman of the BRICS Business Council Deregulation Working Group;

8. Non- Executive Director of the Community Scheme Ombud Service (CSOS);

10. Member of the National Governing Council of the African Peer Review Mechanism (also serving as the Chairman of the Corporate Governance Workstream);

11. Board Committee member of the Investment Committee of SPG, a shareholder in the Gautrain Concession;

12. Non- Executive Director of South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA);

13. Former director of the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA), and

14. Former director of Business Unity South Africa (BUSA).

15. Former Non- Executive Chairman of the Nkangala Economic Development Agency (NEDA).

Xulu is the President of the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI). Today SACCI represents a diverse spectrum of business interests from the around 50 regional chamber movements representing 20 000 small businesses, through to the national associations and large corporates- making SACCI the largest business grouping of business interests in South Africa.

Given current and expected socio-economic circumstances- SACCI is the important and effective national “voice” of business. Advocacy, and lobbying functions, which serve as the traditional, and remain, key responsibilities, will be needed even more in the years ahead but SACCI is far more than that- today. As part of the post Covid 19 economic recovery, Xulu stepped up to urge the government to do more to help small businesses survive. He called for an agile public private partnership framework for infrastructure development, making the investment environment more competitive to encourage the private sector, and additional support for small and medium enterprises through democratising the market.

Xulu has been featured in other national youth leadership awards such as:

1. Mail and Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans in 2020 at the age of 33;

2. Sowetan Top 100 Young Bosses in 2016 at the age of 29.

3. Destiny Man Power of 40 in 2015 at the age of 28.