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Born: 03 August, in Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa

Nationality: South African

Alma mater: University of the Witwatersrand, Howard University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Cape Town, Harvard Business School

Occupation: Speaker, Coach and Facilitator at Dr Joe High Performance Academy (2)

Children Tumisho Molete and Malebo Molete

Website: www.joemolete.com

Dr Joe Molete (PhD, MBA) – also popularly known as Dr Joe – is a motivational speaker, organisational development coach and a facilitator. He is passionate about helping professionals live a life they love and a career that supports it. His coaching philosophy is: “understand who you are, define what is important to you and be clear about the kind of life you want to live in order to be successful in your personal life and in the boardroom.” By combining his passion in motivational speaking, 18 years’ experience in biotechnology and business development Dr Joe is able to support professionals so that they can become leaders in their chosen fields.

Contents Early life Higher education Positions held Personal Life References

Early life

Joe was born in Orlando West, Soweto, to the late John Molete and Dorcus Molete. He is the second born with five other siblings. His sister and brother have also passed away. His father completed matric but never had the funds to study further, however, he always encouraged the kids to study. His father was an entrepreneur who worked very hard to support the family. The family moved from Soweto to stay in Limpopo, My Darling Village, Ga Mmalebogo where the father and mother started businesses such as a general dealer, restaurant and liquor store. Joe started primary school in Orlando West, Mokgolokoane primary school and also attended Kawene primary school in My Darling, Kobe primary school in Ga Kobe and finally matriculated at Phiri Kolobe high School (3) in GaMmamabolo. He matriculated in 1988 (grade 12) with a University Exemption. It is at Phiri Kolobe boarding school where Joe learned to be independent starting at the age of 13 years.

Higher education [edit]

Joe received the following degrees: B.Sc. (honours) degree in Biochemistry from The University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg in 1994; Masters degree in Biology from Howard University in Washington DC (USA) in 1996; Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology from The Pennsylvania State University in Pennsylvania (USA) in 2001; MBA from the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business in Cape Town 2006; An Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School in 2009.

Positions held: Founder and CEO: Dr Joe High Performance Academy (2) Founder and CEO: Mazoza Entertainment (4) Executive Director: Biosciences, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa (1) Chief Executive Officer, Biotechnology Partnership and Development (BioPAD), Pretoria, South Africa (5) Portfolio Manager, Cape Biotech Trust (CBT), Cape Town, South Africa (6) Regulatory Affairs Associate II, Baxter Healthcare Corporation (Baxter), New Providence, NJ, USA Technical Assistant: Vaccine Production, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), New York, NY, USA (7) Research Associate/ Laboratory Manager, American Red Cross (ARC), Holland Laboratory, Rockville, MD, USA (8) Research Assistant/ Teaching Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), Dept. of Biochemistry and M. Biology, PA, USA (9)

Other Key Positions held National Advisory Council on Innovation Member: Bioeconomy Team ( Ministerial Health Innovation Advisory Committee member Co-Founder and Director: Peokura Capital (Pty) Ltd	(10)	Non-executive Directorship Position on several start- up companies such: iThemba Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd. (11) Inqaba Biotech (Pty) Ltd. eGoliBio Incubator ACGT Advisory Committee Member (12) NEPAD – SANBIO Steering Committee Member (13) President: Penn State African Student Association (14)

Personal Life

Joe integrate his portfolio of passion in science, leadership and music to make an impact to others. He gives motivational talks to encourage the youth to study science (15), encourage them to integrate their portfolio of passions(16) also plays critical role in shaping the biotechnology policy in South Africa, (17), (18) and work with traditional healers to find solution or HIV/AIDS from the Africa’s biodiversity. He has also authored peer-reviewed articles (19, 20, 21) He was married to Nonhlanhla Molete (2001 – 2012) and together they have two kids named Tumisho and Malebo Molete.

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