Shirley Lue Arnold was appointed as Chairman of Telkom SA Limited in November 2006. From 2004 to 2007, she was non-executive director of Peermont Global (Pty) Ltd, where she also chaired the empowerment committee. She is currently the director of AllAfrica.com.
Arnold has consulted to various companies and institutions in the United States including Unisys, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) and the National Geographic Society.
In South Africa she has worked with Thebe Investment Corporation and Worldwide Africa Investment Holdings, and as a non-executive director of the South African arm of Ernst & Young, where she also performed as acting chairman from February 2005 to April 2006.
Arnold's public service work includes being Trustee of the Maths Centre and Thuthuka Bursary Fund.
Arnold holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Certificate in Education.