Tom Mkhwanazi is the Chief Executive Officer of the W&RSETA. Prior to joining the W&RSETA Tom was General Secretary for the Motor Industry Bargaining Council. Tom held a number of board directorship positions to three Motor Industry Provident Funds and was the chairperson of the Foodbev SETA. He has worked for merSETA where he served as Company Secretary and Chief Operations Officer: HR, Strategy and Compliance.

Tom comes with a wealth of experience in the public sector, having held various positions in different levels for over 20 years with more than 12 years in strategic management roles. In 2017 he was appointed in the School of Business and Economics, Monash University to lecture as Adjunct lecturer on corporate governance programme.

Mkhwanazi holds a BA Honours and an HDE from University of Durban Westville, post-graduate diplomas in Public Management, Labour Law, Interpreting and Drafting of Contracts and Corporate Law in Pension Law from various universities.