A former broadcast journalist who attended Rhodes University, Mandy de Waal spent twenty years in the corridors of greed before returning to her first love, writing. De Waal currently works as a freelance writer and journalist.

De Waal currently writes for Daily Maverick and FinWeek. She has written for Mail & Guardian, City Press, Rapport, Moneyweb, Noseweek; Brainstorm Magazine; ITWeb, Mark Magazine, MarkLives, Brandchannel in New York and Canvas8 in London. She has been published in the Guardian (UK).

De Waal currently consults to the Ornico group of companies and sits on its advisory board.

You can make contact with Mandy de Waal by emailing her at mandyldewaal [at] gmail.com, or you can call her on cell +27 (0)82 557 9190. Follow her on Twitter at @MandyLdeWaal.