Finalists announced for 2012 Top Women Awards

Some of South Africa's top women in government will join business leaders on the red carpet at the 9th Annual Top Women Awards on 8 August 2012. The Awards will shine the spotlight on this year's top businesswomen, and companies at the forefront of gender empowerment

Issued by Topco Media

1 Aug 2012

Some of this year's finalists include:

Top Gender Empowered Company: Financial

Alexander Forbes
Invicta
KPMG
Mutual & Federal Insurance
PwC
Stanlib

Top Gender Empowered Company: Public Service

Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA)
Pan South African Language Board
SAMSA
Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA)
South African Heritage Resource Agency (SAHRA)

Top Woman in the Public Sector

Automotive Industry Development Centre - Rashmee Ragaven
City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality - Lindiwe Kwele
Johannesburg Roads Agency - Duduzile Maseko
SAMSA - Ayanda Mngadi
Small Enterprise Development Agency - Hlonela Lupuwana

To view the full list of finalists, please follow this link.

The judging panel for the 2012 Awards was made up of esteemed business leaders like Basetsana Kumalo - Director of Travel with Flair, Stewart van Graan - General Manager of Dell Southern and Central Africa, and Dolly Mokgatle - Co-founder & Executive Director of Peotona Group Holdings, and Ansie Ramalho - CEO of the Institute of Directors of South Africa, to name a few.

The VIP attendance list for the Awards includes a gathering of some of the public sector's most prominent women, including DIRCO Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Energy Minister Elizabeth Dipuo Peters and MEC Nomusa Dube. Join us for an evening of top entertainment, fine dining and social networking. Rub shoulders with South Africa's business and government elite as well as distinguished figures from radio, television and sport.

To attend the Awards ceremony, contact Karla Fletcher on 086 000 9590, email az.oc.ocpot@rehctelf.alrak or visit www.topwomenawards.com.

DYNAMIC BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA Topco Media is one of South Africa's leading business-to-business media houses, producing high profile, relevant conferences and awards. Our conferences include Africa Tech Week, Standard Bank Top Women, Top Empowerment, Future of HR, National Business Awards and Future of Sustainability. We also produce authoritative and informative business and investment publications such as Top 500, Top Empowerment, Nelson Mandela 100 years to name a few.