Dr Tong has extensive Corporate Governance experience. She attended the Effective Director Programme in 2000 offered by Kagiso (Adcorp) Leadership School. The course included Board Effectiveness and Finance for Non Financial Managers, an important skill for non executive directors of companies. More recently she attended a refresher course on Corporate Governance and Board Effectiveness offered by the Institute of Directors South Africa (IoDSA) in February 2022.

Dr Tong currently serves on the Board of Legal Aid South Africa as a specialist on land rights. She is a member of the Council of the University of KwaZulu-Natal as a Ministerial Appointee of the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation. She developed the strategy and facilitated the corporate governance process for the African Tourism Council (ATC) in Jan/Feb 2022. ATC is currently recruiting her to serve as Secretary General (SG) responsible for governance and strategy.

Dr Tong previously served as Chairperson of the Board of the Health Systems Trust (HST). She is the current Chairperson of the Board of InvesTong Group and Member of the Board of PingLady.

She is the former Research Manager at Women’s Development Banking Trust (WDB Trust) where she currently serves as parttime Company Secretary.

Inspired by her experience of working for the WDB Trust in 2013/14, Dr Tong joined the Young Women’s Business Network (YWBN) Financial Cooperative, called the YWBN Cooperative Financial Institution (CFI) in 2014. She became First Chairperson of the Board of YWBN CFI in 2015. YWBN CFI has recorded major achievements. On 18 June 2018 the YWBN CFI submitted its application to the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to establish the YWBN Mutual Bank as the first black – women majority – owned commercial bank in South Africa.

On 9 March 2021 the YWBN CFI received authorization from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to establish the YWBN Mutual Bank. This is the first step of approval when an entity applies to establish a commercial bank in South Africa. On 1 March 2022 the YWBN CFI successfully completed the final step in its application to the Prudential Authority of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) for the Mutual Bank License in terms of the Banks Act (Act 94 of 1990).

In Botswana, Dr Tong facilitated the corporate governance framework for the Boitekanelo Group in 2018. She facilitated strategic planning sessions for Progressive Institute and Rea Vaya Travel and Tours in January 2020.