Diane-Lee Pretorius

Diane Lee Pretorius is an engineering leader who thrives at the intersection of people, systems, and delivery. With over a decade of experience across startups and global organisations, she specialises in building empowered, high-performing teams that ship complex technical products in distributed environments. D-Lee is known for her human-first approach to leadership, pairing strong technical judgement with inclusive collaboration and asynchronous ways of working. Passionate about mentoring and growing future leaders, she shares practical lessons from real-world delivery to help engineering teams work better together.