Our directors

Fred Phaswana
Fred Phaswana
BA (Unisa), BA (Hons) (Unisa), MA (Unisa), BCom (Hons) (RAU), BA (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) (Unisa)
Appointed: 2009

Aged 66, is the chairman of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is also chairman of the South African Institute of International Affairs and a non-executive director on the board of Naspers. He chairs the group/SBSA directors' affairs committees and is a member of the group/SBSA risk and capital management committees, group remuneration committee, group transformation committee and the SBSA large exposure credit committee.
    Hongli Zhang
Hongli Zhang
Masters Degree in Plant Genetics (Alberta), MBA (Santa Clara)
Appointed: 2010

Aged 46, is deputy chairman of Standard Bank Group. He is a senior executive vice-president of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. He serves on the directors' affairs committee and group risk and capital management committee.
Saki Macozoma
Saki Macozoma
BA (Unisa), BA (Hons) (Boston)
Appointed: 1998

Aged 53, is deputy chairman of Standard Bank Group and non-executive director of The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is chairman of Liberty Group, Liberty Holdings, Stanlib, Tshipi e Ntle Manganese Mining, Iliso Consulting, VW South Africa, Safika Holdings and a director of various Safika subsidiaries including Tutuwa Strategic Holdings 2. He chairs the group transformation committee and is a member of the group/SBSA directors' affairs committee, group remuneration committee and group/SBSA risk and capital management committees.
    Jacko Maree
Jacko Maree
BCom (Stellenbosch), MA (Oxford), PMD (Harvard)
Appointed: 1997

Aged 55, is group chief executive of Standard Bank Group and director of The Standard Bank of South Africa, Standard Bank Plc, Liberty Group, Liberty Holdings, Stanbic Africa, Stanbic IBTC Bank, SBIC Investments and chairman of Standard International Holdings. He is a member of the group transformation committee and SBSA large exposure credit committee.
Doug Band
Doug Band
BCom (Wits), CA (SA)
Appointed: 1997

Aged 66, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He currently serves as a director on the boards of The Bidvest Group, Gymnogene Investments, MTN Group and various subsidiaries. He is a member of the group/SBSA directors’ affairs committees, group remuneration committee, group/ SBSA risk and capital management committees and the SBSA large exposure credit committee.
    Richard Dunne
Richard Dunne
CTA (Wits), CA (SA)
Appointed: 2009

Aged 62, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He currently serves on the boards of Anglo Platinum, AECI and Tiger Brands. He is chairman of the group/SBSA audit committees and is a member of the group/SBSA risk and capital management committees.
Thulani Gcabashe
Thulani Gcabashe
BA (Botswana and Swaziland), Masters in Urban and Regional Planning (Ball State)
Appointed: 2003

Aged 53, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is currently chairman of Imperial Holdings, executive chairman of BuiltAfrica Holdings and a director of MTN-Zakhele. He is a member of the group/SBSA audit committees.
    Sam Jonah KBE
Sam Jonah KBE
ACSM, MSc, DIC, DSc (UK)
Appointed: 2006

Aged 61, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He serves as chairman of Jonah Capital and Iron Mineral Beneficiation Services. He is a director of Jonah Mining, Bayport Management and Range Resources.
Sir Paul Judge
Sir Paul Judge
MA (Cambridge), MBA (Pennsylvania)
Appointed: 2003

Aged 61, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is chairman of Schroder Income Growth Fund and a director of Abraaj Capital, Isoworth Holdings, Oxbridge Capital, Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation, Panoramic Lease, Tempur-Pedic International and Westminster Corporate Finance.
    Koosum Kalyan
Koosum Kalyan
BCom (Hons) (Durban-Westville)
Appointed: 2007

Aged 55, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. She is chairman of Edgo Merap and director of Kgontsi Holdings, MTN Group and a subsidiary, South African Bank Note and South African Mint Company. She is a member of the group transformation committee.
Yagan Liu
Yagan Liu
Chinese Certified Public Accountant, International Certified Internal Auditor, MA in Accounting (Beijing Technology Business University), Doctorate in Accounting (Research Institute for Fiscal Science, Ministry of Finance)
Appointed: 2008

Aged 37, is a non-executive director of Standard Bank Group. He is currently deputy general manager of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, and non-executive director of Seng Heng Bank. He serves as an alternate director to Hongli Zhang on the group directors’ affairs committee and group risk and capital management committee.
    Kgomotso Moroka
Kgomotso Moroka
BProc (University of the North), LLB (Wits)
Appointed: 2003

Aged 56, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. She is chairman and director of Gobodo Forensic & Investigative Accounting and director of Fidelity Security Group, Multichoice South African Holdings, Network Healthcare Holdings, New Seasons ICT, Schindler Lifts (SA), Sew Eurodrive and South African Breweries.
Chris Nissen
Chris Nissen
BA (Hons), MA Humanities (Cape Town), Diploma in Theology
Appointed: 2003

Aged 52, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is chairman of Boschendal and South Atlantic Fisheries (SAFCO). He is a director of JCI, Sea Harvest Corporation and Woolworths Holdings. He is a member of the group transformation committee.
    Cyril Ramaphosa
Cyril Ramaphosa
BProc (Unisa)
Appointed: 2004

Aged 58, is a non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is chairman of The Bidvest Group, MTN Group, chairman/director of various MTN subsidiaries, Mondi Shanduka Newsprint, Shanduka Group and he is co-chairman of Mondi. He is a director of Kangra Coal, Lonmin, SABMiller, Tutuwa Strategic Holdings 1 and Alexander Forbes Equity Holdings. He is a member of the group/SBSA directors’ affairs committees.
Simon Ridley
Simon Ridley
BCom (Natal), CA (SA), AMP (Oxford)
Appointed: 2009

Aged 55, is an executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is currently a director of Standard Bank Argentina, Standard International Holdings, Stanbic Africa Holdings, SBIC Investments and various other group subsidiaries. He is a member of the SBSA large exposure credit committee.
    Myles Ruck
Myles Ruck
BBusSc (Cape Town), PMD (Harvard)
Appointed: 2002

Aged 55, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is chairman of Standard Bank Argentina. He is a director of Aveng, Mr Price Group, Shanduka Group and Thesele Group. He is chairman of the group/SBSA risk and capital management committees and the SBSA large exposure credit committee.
Lord Smith of Kelvin, Kt
Lord Smith of Kelvin, Kt
CA, Fellow of the Institute of Bankers (Scotland), Honorary Degrees (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Paisley)
Appointed: 2003

Aged 66, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is chairman of Scottish and Southern Energy, The Weir Group and 2014 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee. He is a member of the group/SBSA audit committees.
    Ted Woods
Ted Woods
BCom (Wits), MBA (Cape Town), CA (SA), CFA
Appointed: 2007

Aged 64, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is chairman of the group remuneration committee and is a member of the group/SBSA audit committees.

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