Johanna Cloete

Mrs. Johanna Cloete has served as GEN Namibia's Chair of the Board since 2022. She is part of a community of ecosystem builders supporting startups and scale-ups in Namibia. As a professional, she was always interested in community development.

After sixteen years in business development in commercial banking, she opted for development banking and investment brokering. A seasoned banker in the government and private sector ventured into becoming a social entrepreneur, improving the quality of life for many young people who joined the programs she managed at Junior Achievement and GEN Namibia. Always representing civil society at many fora, such as serving as Commissioner for UNESCO at NATCOM and on the Executive Committee of the National Commission for UNESCO in Namibia. Current focus areas are supporting rural communities to become part of the green energy revolution of Namibia.

She completed her Post Graduate Education at Wharton Business School, the University of Pennsylvania (U-Penn), and the Management College of Southern Africa.