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Bridgette Gasa – Top 40 Under 40

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The Top 40 under 40 is a showcase of local business talent under the age of 40 compiled by the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber (NMBBC).

Bridgette Gasa (34), the Managing Director and CEO of The Elilox Group is a force to be reckoned with. In 2008, and at just 31, Gasa was unanimously nominated as the first-ever female and first-ever African President of the Chartered Institute of Building.

Gasa’s intimidatingly impressive CV includes an appointment as a Visiting Fellow with the Nottingham Trent University in the UK, an award from the Department of Science and Technology as a Leading Woman Scientist in Industry, and a current focus on her studies for a PhD in Construction Management.

Gasa also sits on a number of boards, most notably as Chairperson of the NMMU Business School board. She also serves on the President’s National Planning Commission as its youngest member. “I find inspiration in people who triumph over adversity,” says Gasa. To this end, her company is building schools in the rural Eastern Cape, as well as libraries in areas such as Engcobo and Lusikisiki.

“Rural infrastructure development is my passion,” says Gasa, “because the impact on those dispersed areas is tangible.” The Elilox Group also funds bursaries for girls from disadvantaged communities to encourage them to follow careers in the Built Environment.

Bridgette Gasa
Bridgette Gasa, 34 the Managing Director and CEO of The Elilox Group

Original Image by: Sandy Coffey Photography.

The Top 40 Under 40 list, an NMBBC initiative, was compiled from nominations and selected by an independent panel at the NMBBC. The end result is a showcase of talented and ambitious young businesspeople from diverse sectors in Nelson Mandela Bay. From 7 December 2011, MyPE showcases one under 40 achiever a day.

See all the Top 40 Under 40 HERE.

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