Exploring how HR leaders across Southern Africa can build sustainable advantage amid pandemics, AI disruption, shifting policy and the ever-evolving world of work.
Laura is a seasoned Human Resources Executive with over a decade of senior leadership experience across donor-funded programs, international NGOs and the private sector in Southern Africa. She currently advises organizations on gender-responsive HR strategy, workplace equity and inclusive governance.
Her career spans executive HR and operations leadership roles at organizations including TechnoServe, WSUP Mozambique, ARA Sul and Anglo American, where she led organizational transformation, built HR governance frameworks and served as a trusted strategic advisor to Country Directors and Boards across multiple provinces and countries within Southern Africa.
She has extensive experience working with European and American organisations operating in Southern Africa, and a strong understanding of the labour law dynamics across different countries in the region — knowledge that has been central to her work supporting multinational organizations to navigate compliant, locally grounded HR practices.
She brings deep expertise in strategic HR leadership, organizational development, gender equity, donor compliance and change management to Hire Retain Box — analytical rigor paired with on-the-ground experience.
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Four threads run through everything published here — each one shaping how HR leaders in the region are having to work today.
Building HR functions that sit at the decision-making table, not just administer policy.
Turning workplace equity from a stated value into a measurable, lived standard.
Navigating shifting labour laws, regulation, and funder requirements without losing organizational momentum.
Preparing teams and governance structures for AI disruption and pandemic-scale shocks before either forces the question.
Field notes and strategic reads for HR leaders navigating a fast-changing Southern Africa.
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Workforce ResilienceA returning El Niño threatens water, power and agri-linked supply chains across the region — the workforce continuity playbook HR leaders need before the season turns.
Hire Retain Box draws on Laura's work with organizations advancing women's leadership across the region.
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