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Minette Viljoen

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Fractional People/Talent + Business Operations Leader at Abantu Partners
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Minette is a seasoned People and Talent leader specializing in scaling high-growth tech companies. She has deep experience in global expansions across the US, EMEA, LATAM, and APAC, and expertly navigates complex organizational changes like M&A and restructuring. Colleagues describe her as positive, calm, and agile.

She is passionate about creating intentional, human-centric cultures and champions causes related to empowerment and social justice. Minette actively engages in discussions that support women and girls, advocating for a more equitable world and sharing inspirational content that aligns with these values.

Unique fact: Minette was an honored speaker at Stanford Universitys Carnegie Foundation, where she addressed entrepreneurial students from The African Leadership University.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Fractional People/Talent + Business Operations Leader
Job Level
Middle
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Scaling Global Teams
Her experience includes leading people operations through hyper-growth and global expansions into US, EMEA, LATAM, and APAC markets for companies like AppDynamics.
Organizational Change
She has a proven track record of managing organizational restructuring, M&A integrations, and rightsizing global teams to ensure business viability and success.
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Career

Work history

10-2013
Fractional People/Talent + Business Operations Leader
Abantu Partners
2-2020 - 10-2022
VP, People & Business Operations
Stealth Mode Startup Company
1-2020 - 6-2022
Strategic Advisor
Remunerati, Inc.
5-2016 - 4-2018
Global HR Business Partner - Sales & Marketing
AppDynamics (acquired by Cisco in 2017 for $3.7BN)
12-2015 - 4-2016
Sr. Director, Global HR Leader
RichRelevance (merged with Manthan Sofware to form: Algonomy)
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London College
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DF Malan High School
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