Dr Candice Watson

Candice is an experienced executive, having held various leadership publicly listed and multinational companies across various sectors nationally, regionally and internationally. Her passion in growing businesses is through clearly aligning business strategy to excellence in people management strategies and creating an inclusive world of work. In 2019 she was nominated by Future of HR as a finalist for HR Director of the year at the Future of HR: of the year. In 2021, the CHRO community nominated her for excellence in HR, this award recognises individual leaders who have done exceptional work and was named Young CHRO of the Year. In 2022 Candice was nominated for CEO of the Year by the Women of Stature Foundation 2023 Awards. She obtained a Bachelors & Honours degree in Psychology through the University of Johannesburg, an MBA through the University of Pretoria and qualified for her PhD in Business through the Faculty of Commerce at University of Cape Town in 2023.