Cyril Ramaphosa is the President of the Republic of South Africa. He is the founder of Shanduka Group. He was a Non-Executive Director for Standard Bank Group Limited. President Ramaphosa is best known for founding the National Union of Mineworkers, the most powerful trade union in South Africa.

President Ramaphosa is also known for the role he played during the negotiations to bring a peaceful end to the apartheid and to steer the country towards its first democratic elections in 1994. In early 2011 Ramaphosa took over the McDonald's franchise in South Africa.