Gorata Tlhale Dibotelo

Group Chief Legal Officer & Board Secretary

Gorata Tlale Dibotelo is the Group Chief Legal Officer and Board Secretary of Letshego Africa Holdings, a pan-African financial services group operating across eleven countries. She brings over 15 years of experience as a qualified legal practitioner, with deep expertise across legal, regulatory, compliance, and governance disciplines.

• Gorata as the principal legal advisor to Letshego Group, providing both strategic and operational oversight on legal, regulatory, compliance, and governance matters across diverse jurisdictions.
• She provides company secretariat services to the Group Board, ensuring effective governance structures aligned with applicable legislation, recognised principles of corporate governance, and international best practice.
• Gorata advises the Group Board, sub-committees, senior management, and key external stakeholders on legal and governance matters, supporting informed decision-making and institutional accountability.

• She has served as Head of Legal Services & Board Secretary, Botswana Stock Exchange, Associate Attorney at Armstrong’s Attorneys, Part-time Lecturer at the  University of Botswana

Qualifications and Education

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB), University of Botswana
• Master of Laws (LLM) in Commercial Law, University of Cape Town
• Executive Development Programme (EDP), University of Stellenbosch Business School

Previous Experience

• Head of Legal Services & Board Secretary, Botswana Stock Exchange
• Associate Attorney, Armstrongs Attorneys
• Part-time Lecturer, University of Botswana

Board and Leadership Roles

• Independent Non-Executive Director, Sechaba Brewery Holdings Limited
• Non-Executive Director, Kgalagadi Breweries Limited
• Chairperson, Competition and Consumer Authority of Botswana