Inez Patel

Inez is an experienced product designer and leader with expertise in the financial services industry. She built her career specializing in UX, customer research, and strategy at EOH, 22seven, and Vitality Group. Over time Inez developed a passion for community building, design leadership, and creating high-performing teams. She is currently the Design Director for Absa’s award-winning banking app. 

 In 2019, Inez founded She Can Do, a non-profit organisation that helps women enter and excel in the design industry. The alumnae of She Can Do have gone on to land corporate design jobs locally as well as design jobs internationally. She is also a director of Girls Invent Tomorrow, an NPO that exposes young girls to careers in STEAM.

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Inez Patel

Design Director
Absa

  

Danielle Goosen

Design Project Lead
Absa Design Office

  

Estee Jacobs

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Entelect

  

Irmi-Mari le Roux

UXer
Root Cause Care

  

Kudakwashe Sachirarwe

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Uncommon

  

Mzwandile Makgoba

Design Practice Lead
DVT

  

Olivia Lucas

Senior UX Researcher
Mantaray UX

  

Rob Cowie

Senior Design Specialist
Absa Group

  

Schalk Venter

Product Design Lead, Lecturer
Schalk Venter

  

Shay Fisher

Head of Digital
FirstRand

  

Tshepang Jonathan

Product Designer
SEON

  

Wadzanayi Kim

User Experience Lead
Beedesigned Studio

  

Sean Buch

UX/UI Design Leader | Product Strategist & Manager
Entelect

  

Rachel Main

User Experience Designer
Sand Dollar Design

  

Davidzo Mashiri

User Experience Researcher
Sand Dollar Design

  

Jacqueline Fouche

Principal experience designer and Design coach

Dean Broadley

Design Executive
Designing Humans