From hiding behind her mother’s skirt to CEO of an $11b company
Lottery Corp chief Susan van der Merwe decided against studying law because it would have required her to stand up in front of a crowd and present arguments.
On one level, Susan van der Merwe is not your typical chief executive. She may be the boss of the $11 billion Lottery Corporation, but as a child van der Merwe was painfully shy.
“My mum will tell stories of me hiding behind her skirt when we went up the road to visit her closest friend, whose daughter was my best friend,” South African-born Van der Merwe recalls.
