Adv Thokozani Mvelase
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Adv. Thokozani Clive Mvelase is the Chief Executive Officer of COMRiC, the Communications Risk Information Centre, where he leads the telecommunications industry’s collective response to strategic, security, fraud, and crime-related risks. He brings more than two decades of experience across forensic investigations, enterprise risk management, anti-corruption, governance, law enforcement, and corporate security.
A Certified Fraud Examiner and Commercial Fraud Practitioner, Adv. Mvelase holds a BCom Law and an LLB, supported by postgraduate qualifications in criminal justice and forensic auditing, money laundering, advanced fraud examination, corporate governance, and leadership development. His career reflects a distinctive combination of legal, investigative, corporate, and regulatory expertise.
He began his investigative career with the National Prosecuting Authority’s Directorate of Special Operations, known as the Scorpions, where he received specialised training at the FBI Academy in Quantico. He later served as a forensic investigator at KPMG before joining Telkom SA, where he spent more than 15 years and rose to Group Executive: Enterprise Risk Management, leading key functions including risk, compliance, business continuity, forensic investigations, and security.
In his role at COMRiC, Adv. Mvelase has played a central role in strengthening industry collaboration, risk intelligence sharing, and collective action against the criminal exploitation of telecommunications infrastructure. Under his leadership, COMRiC published its first Telecommunications Sector Report, highlighting key risks, crime trends, and resilience priorities for South Africa’s telecommunications sector.
Adv. Mvelase is widely recognised for his expertise in enterprise risk management, forensic auditing, fraud prevention, anti-corruption, and corporate governance, and continues to lead sector-wide collaboration on matters requiring coordinated intervention within COMRiC’s mandate.
Adv. Thokozani Clive Mvelase is the Chief Executive Officer of COMRiC, the Communications Risk Information Centre, where he leads the telecommunications industry’s collective response to strategic, security, fraud, and crime-related risks. He brings more than two decades of experience across forensic investigations, enterprise risk management, anti-corruption, governance, law enforcement, and corporate security.
A Certified Fraud Examiner and Commercial Fraud Practitioner, Adv. Mvelase holds a BCom Law and an LLB, supported by postgraduate qualifications in criminal justice and forensic auditing, money laundering, advanced fraud examination, corporate governance, and leadership development. His career reflects a distinctive combination of legal, investigative, corporate, and regulatory expertise.
He began his investigative career with the National Prosecuting Authority’s Directorate of Special Operations, known as the Scorpions, where he received specialised training at the FBI Academy in Quantico. He later served as a forensic investigator at KPMG before joining Telkom SA, where he spent more than 15 years and rose to Group Executive: Enterprise Risk Management, leading key functions including risk, compliance, business continuity, forensic investigations, and security.
In his role at COMRiC, Adv. Mvelase has played a central role in strengthening industry collaboration, risk intelligence sharing, and collective action against the criminal exploitation of telecommunications infrastructure. Under his leadership, COMRiC published its first Telecommunications Sector Report, highlighting key risks, crime trends, and resilience priorities for South Africa’s telecommunications sector.
Adv. Mvelase is widely recognised for his expertise in enterprise risk management, forensic auditing, fraud prevention, anti-corruption, and corporate governance, and continues to lead sector-wide collaboration on matters requiring coordinated intervention within COMRiC’s mandate.