Saray Khumalo is a leadership strategist and expedition leader who partners with senior leaders and organisations navigating complexity, pressure, and visibility at the highest level.

She is the first Black African woman to summit Mount Everest, completing it on her fourth attempt, and has since conquered the Seven Summits challenge and achieved recognition including the Order of Ikhamanga and a Guinness World Record. 

These achievements are not presented as feats of endurance; they are real-world laboratories for leadership under pressure that inform her work with executives who face ambiguity and high stakes.

With over two decades of corporate leadership experience in financial services, Saray brings credibility in both executive environments and extreme contexts. Her work focuses on vertical leadership development, strengthening the internal capacity leaders need to lead with clarity and sustainable influence.

She works with:

• Executive teams and boards
• Senior leaders under sustained pressure
• High-potential women navigating visibility and succession

This work is strategic, not episodic and designed for leaders whose roles are defined by complexity, ambiguity, and high consequence.

Connect with Saray to begin a strategic leadership partnership.