Sizakele Marutlulle

CEO & Founder Marutlulle & Co
Strategist and creative problem solver Sizakele Marutlulle has over 23 years’ experience in
leadership, business architecture, brand building, innovation and people development. She is the
CEO and Founder of Marutlulle & Co, a Pan African strategy and ideas lab that helps pro-Africa
companies compete, win and prosper.
She is a disruptive thinker, cultural creative, business architect, ideation activist and public speaker
with experience across various sectors and geographies. She has the rare talent of having worked in
the public and private sectors, with small and established businesses at various stages of
development. She has also founded, turned around and/or accelerated several ad agencies. She
applies this deep and diverse knowledge to unlock sustainable commercial and reputational success
for her clients.
Given her specific work experience, corporate leadership, brand expertise and consumer
engagement in South Africa, The Americas, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania and a working
knowledge of Asia and Europe, top-tier companies engage her as advisor and consultant to advance
their ambitions as well as imagine new futures. With a burning desire to positively impact Africa’s
fortunes, she has a special focus on Fentrepreneurs©, a proprietary term she has coined to refer to
female entrepreneurs, to help them build bankable and scalable, future-fit businesses.
She holds a BA Degree (Political Science & Sociology) as well as BA Hons (Sociology) from the
University of Durban-Westville (now UKZN), a Master’s Degree in Communication Sociology from
Wits University. She completed a Strategy & Leadership Program at The New School For Social
Research, NYC, a Summer Film Production Course at New York University, NYC as well as a Program
for Operational Excellence at Harvard Business School. She is currently a PhD student.