Thabi Leoka is part of the steering committee of the Finance for Development Lab, an economic think tank launched in June 2022. She an independent director at MTN South Africa and Anglo American Platinum and an economist at the Small Business Institute. She has notably served as a member of the commission of inquiry into the Public Investment Corporation, the largest pension fund in Africa. She was also appointed by the South African minister of finance to review the country’s system of taxation of staple goods. Leoka was named 2017 Economist of the Year by ABSIP.