Judges

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SP Leaders Awards 2026

Meet Our Judges

Our 2026 judging panel brought together respected leaders from across Procurement, Supply Chain, sustainability and business. Each judge assessed eligible entries against the published category criteria, using a consistent scoring framework to recognise real impact and credible achievement.

Bernie van Niekerk

Chief Executive Officer, Commerce Edge

Dalton Datechong

Head of Procurement, Old Mutual Insure

Dr. Faith Mashele

Faculty, GIBS Business School

Emuel Schoeman

Managing Director, Addendum

Lee Swan

Head of Sustainability at Alexforbes

Liesl De Wet

Head Accelerated Organisational Sustainability, Unitrans

Lorraine Jenks

Founder and CEO, Hotelstuff

Msawenkosi Hlanti

Executive Head: Trade Sales, Standard Bank

Niron Rampersad

Divisional Executive of Trade, Nedbank CIB

Ronald Mlalazi

Managing Director, Commerce Edge International

Sanusha Reddy

Sustainability Manager at Sun International

Thandy Pino

Public Procurement Expert, Ntakha Consult

Tom Raftery

Sustainability and Technology Executive

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