Coralie Anyetei is a leadership practitioner and mother whose work bridges the inner and outer landscapes of transformation. She is the Programme Director of The Mandela Rhodes Foundation, where she leads the Foundation’s bespoke Leadership Development Programme and oversees strategic projects and research. A Mandela Rhodes Scholar herself (Class of 2014), Coralie brings deep insight, lived experience, and academic rigour to her work with emerging African leaders.

With a background in performance studies and anthropology, Coralie holds two master’s degrees (both with distinction): an MA in Performance Studies from Plymouth University, where she was awarded a Chevening Scholarship, and an MA in Anthropology from the University of the Western Cape, where she also completed her Honours as a Mellon Mays Fellow. Her research focuses on inclusive dance practice, and she remains an advocate for accessible movement and embodied expression. She has completed the ORSC Fundemantals course as well as Enneagram Narrative Tradition Intensive with plans to become a certified Narrative Tradition teacher in the near future.

Coralie’s earlier work with the Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation centred on civic engagement and the use of drama as a participatory method for community empowerment. As a student at UWC, she was a leader in the Golden Key Honour Society and completed two years of leadership training through the Centre for Student Support Services. She has presented her academic work internationally in Atlanta and Athens, and has spoken at high-level leadership forums including the New Hope Summit, UNASA Model United Nations, and the SAWIP Human Rights Day Seminar.

In addition to her formal leadership work, Coralie is known for her deeply personal and impactful presence on Instagram, where she shares insights on nervous system regulation, embodied leadership, and the raw, sacred truths of motherhood. Her writing and content reflect her belief that leadership begins in the body—and that healing, clarity, and authentic power come from within. Since becoming a mother, she has felt called to create spaces where women can share their motherhood journeys in honest, unfiltered ways.

Coralie’s work is rooted in a vision of leadership that is both compassionate and courageous and makes space for the full complexity of being human.