Ntokozo Charmaine Mngadi is an experienced and dedicated academic administrator with a strong leadership and strategic planning background, a part-time lecturer, and a Principal Programme officer at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She holds a Masters of Commerce in Leadership Studies and is pursuing a PhD in Leadership Studies, and her research focuses on strategic leadership. Her career is marked by a consistent commitment to excellence in education, transformational leadership, and capacity-building within the academic environment.