Mothusi Lian Maselesele

Mothusi is a Manager in the Advisory team and has more than 7 years cumulative work experience in Risk management, Business Continuity Management, Compliance management, Corporate Governance, Strategy and Financial Crime Management. She joined Grant Thornton’s Advisory services team in 2023.

Experience

Mothusi provides internal audit services to medium-to-large organisations. She is responsible for driving business development to grow and develop the Business Risk Services (BRS) sub-service line, end-to-end management of engagement lifecycle for co-source and outsourced engagements including risk assessment, planning, delivery and reporting, lead client meetings to provide progress updates and respond to queries and requests.

She also does compilation of working papers, Risk and Control Matrices (RACM) and prepares detailed reports in line with Grant Thornton International and firm’s Quality Management Manual requirements and standards. She is responsible for gaining a comprehensive understanding of clients' business operations and strategic objectives and utilise such knowledge on engagement, research and propose firm conclusions in respect of technical issues identified during fieldwork and agree resolutions with seniors.

Mothusi ensures submission of quality deliverables to clients in line with agreed scope and timelines, and supports seniors on presentation of deliverables to clients, ensures various internal procedures (quality control / risk management) stipulated by Grant Thornton International (GTI) are complied with on all assignments and properly documented.

Sector Experience

Mothusi provides services to a diverse range of clients from various industries including healthcare, insurance, banking, and investments.

Professional qualifications and memberships

Mothusi is a Business Continuity Management Lead Implementer, holds a Certificate in Compliance Management, Certificate in Corporate Governance and Lead Auditor BOS ISO 9001:2015 - Botswana Bureau of Standards, and Certificate in Risk Oversight

She is an Associate- Professional Risk Manager and Associate- Certified Fraud Examiners.

Technological proficiency

Mothusi has experience operating various audit management softwares, Process flow / mapping tools as well as data analysis tools. She has experience in using the Microsoft Office package.

Community Involvement

Mothusi participates in Grant Thornton’s CSR initiatives such as recently supporting Government’s Digital Transformation Strategy within the education sector by sponsoring a state-of- the art imported tech panel – a first for public schools in Botswana. Over the years, Grant Thornton has supported various local communities paying special attention to the upliftment of education in Botswana.

In her personal capacity, Mothusi mentors young professionals in Risk and Compliance management in the SADC region, volunteers in an NGO routed in Angola that has brought SADC country representatives to tackle humanitarian issues in different SADC countries. She is the founder of “Lian’s Heart”, a charitable organisation with special focus on poverty struck communities and the girl child.

Presentations and publications

Lian has presented in the KC Compliance Programme (2022) - Cultivating a Compliance Culture in the Workplace (virtual).

Languages spoken

English, Setswana.