Boipelo serves as Pele Energy Group’s Head of Strategy & Partnerships.

Before his role as a founding member of Pele Energy Group, Boipelo gained experience across a diverse range of industries and skills. These include event management for the South African Youth Chamber of Commerce and seven years at SAB Miller, where he served as Key Accounts and Sales Manager. Boipelo's roles at Pele Energy Group have varied, lending his ingenuity to several divisions within the business, including Director of Project Development off-grid for Pele Green Energy, Group Marketing Director, Cradle Impact Director for Business Development, as well as serving as Chief Operating Officer for Knowledge Pele.

Over the past seventeen years, Boipelo's responsibilities at Pele Energy Group have spanned aligning the business with its strategic goals, exploring and nurturing opportunities in global markets, and building relationships with entities, organisations and countries that support the Group's objectives. With a global outlook for the future, Boipelo has been instrumental in forging relations with countries such as South Korea, Costa Rica and the UAE. This work calls for a nuanced understanding of market dynamics and regulatory environments, together with a keen ability to identify potential partners and opportunities for expansion in these regions.

In his capacity as Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer, Boipelo leads the Group's strategic positioning and partnership agenda, with a focus on identifying opportunities that strengthen Pele Energy Group's growth, market presence and long-term impact. Under his strategic leadership, the Group has evolved into a multi-sectoral sustainability platform with a portfolio spanning renewable energy (including photovoltaic, concentrated photovoltaic, concentrated solar power and wind technologies), alongside commercial industrialisation and community development initiatives that translate into measurable, lasting impact. His work spans strategic planning, business development, market expansion and the cultivation of high-value relationships with corporates, investors, institutions, governments and other key stakeholders. He plays a key role in translating the Group's ambitions into strategic partnerships and opportunities that create sustainable value throughout the business, while positioning Pele Energy Group for continued growth across Africa and international markets.

Boipelo also passionately supports the talent division of Pele Energy Group, encouraging strategic alignment with academic institutions and building Pele talent from the ground up. He serves on the boards of Pele Energy Group as well as Cradle Impact externally.

Boipelo holds a National Diploma in Marketing Management from the University of Johannesburg (2003), an Executive MBA from Hult International Business School (UAE, 2022), and a Certificate in Entrepreneurship and New Business Ventures from INSEAD, France (2023). He has since completed two further INSEAD executive certifications: Competitive Strategy (2024) and Managing Partnerships and Strategic Alliances (2024).