Jamela Robertson is a seasoned gender equality advocate who has worked in various sectors in public and private institutions, as well as non-governmental organisations and UN entities. She has over 20 years of experience, working in the area of mainstreaming human rights, including gender, race, youth, and persons with disabilities. Robertson is an all-round leader, manager, developer and implementer of policy, programmes, and strategies for gender equality, and has co-authored training manuals and other publications on the subject. She holds an MSc (Med) from the University of the Witwatersrand. Robertson is the newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer of South Africa’s Commission for Gender Equality.