Lawrence Gadzikwa 

Dr. Lawrence Gadzikwa (Ph.D., MSc, BSc, CIS) Chief Executive Officer Dr. Lawrence is the CEO of Hand in Hand SA and founder and Managing Director of BlaPau Management Consulting, a company specializing in strategy development and execution across different sectors. Lawrence is a seasoned management consultant with broad consulting experience in strategy and management processes accumulated over 20 years of working in both public and private sectors and as an entrepreneur. 

Over the years, Lawrence has delivered practical and relevant outcomes to clients in the following areas: Enterprise Development & Entrepreneurship; Strategy Development and Execution; Business Performance Improvement (Business Process Re-engineering); Cost Reduction and Revenue Enhancement; Business Mentoring and Coaching; Programme Design, Monitoring & Evaluation; Cleaner Production Assessments (CP) – Resource Efficiency Audits – Energy, Water, Material and Agriculture & Agribusiness.Mr. Mthethwa has a Master's in Business Administration (MBA) from Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand. and currently a part-time Coach on Leadership for Wits Business School MBA students and university OMBUD at the University of KwaZulu Natal. He is currently the chair of Velokhaya cycling academy, an NPO determined to install a cycling culture in rural and township youth.

 Lawrence is a member of the South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association (SAMEA), the Institute of Business Advisors of South Africa (IBASA), and the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA). Lawrence is a holder of a CIS diploma from the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, and BSc, MSc, and Ph.D. Degrees in Agricultural Economics. He is the grading director at the Institute of Business Advisors of South Africa (IBASA), and COBA/COFE committee member at SAIPA.