The Top 40 under 40 is a showcase of local business talent under the age of 40 compiled by the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber (NMBBC).
Shara Cape (30) is the Managing Director of Headhunters with a simple mission: Find great people great jobs.
Before her 30th birthday, she had a variety of successful high-profile placements under her belt: Headhunters placed the CEOs of the Amatola Water Board, the Business Women’s Association, and the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber, as well as the personal assistants to Basetsana Khumalo, Graça Machel and Josina Machel.
An entrepreneur since the age of eighteen, it was armed with a loan from her father that Cape began her first business – a communications company she later sold in order to pursue opportunities in Johannesburg.
This 2010 Herald Citizen of the Year Award nominee – who plans to expand her current business to include a graduate recruitment initiative focused on the Y-generation in the new year – is motivated by relationships, and the responsibility that comes with her position. “I get to spearhead a team of five dynamic, progressive and innovative women who are all industry leaders in their own right,” says Cape. “As a team, we are passionate about the people of Port Elizabeth, and helping them to build fantastic careers in world class companies.”
Shara Cape
Original Image by: Sandy Coffey Photography.
The Top 40 Under 40 list, an NMBBC initiative, was compiled from nominations and selected by an independent panel at the NMBBC. The end result is a showcase of talented and ambitious young businesspeople from diverse sectors in Nelson Mandela Bay. From 7 December 2011, MyPE showcases one under 40 achiever a day.
See all the Top 40 Under 40 HERE.
