Nomfundo Mogapi currently holds the role of Chief Executive Officer and Founder of the Centre for Mental Wellness and Leadership. She is a clinical psychologist by training with over 20 years experience in the mental health, psychosocial and violence prevention sector. She also has over 16 years experience in senior leadership and management within the sector.
Previously she worked as the Executive Director at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR), the Head of Psychosocial interventions at CSVR and as the director for the South African Institute for Traumatic Stress. Her areas of expertise include integrating mental wellness and psychosocial expertise within policy and programming on a range of issues such as violence prevention, leadership, development, human rights, peacebuilding, governance, democracy and transitional justice.
She is an experienced facilitator, trainer and motivational speaker and has facilitated processes that have integrated mental wellness within various organisational processes, including strategic planning, performance management, organisational culture and staff development.
She has a passion for providing an understanding of the psychosocial healing of leaders, institutions and collectives. She has used this to contribute in shaping policies and programmes such as the African Union Transitional Justice Policy (AUTJP), The African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACPHR) General Comment on Redress for Victims of torture. Nomfundo has worked with leaders from the African Union Commission, Government officials, NPOs and corporates.