In a handful of cases, companies choose to employ
non-SA citizens either because of a scarcity of skills or
as part of a deliberate strategy to appoint a leader with
global expertise and perspective.
N AT I O N A L I T Y
Much has been said about how companies are employing foreigners into the top jobs, overlooking South Africans for these key
leadership roles but the data shows that this is not the case –
only a very small percentage of CEOs are
not from South Africa.