Our directors

Derek Cooper
Derek Cooper
CA (SA)
Appointed: 1993

Aged 69, is the independent non-executive chairman of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa and is a non-executive director of Standard Bank Plc. He chairs the directors’ affairs and group credit committees. He serves on the group remuneration committee, group/SBSA risk and capital management committees, group transformation committee and SBSA large exposure credit committee.
    Doug Band
Doug Band
BCom (Wits), CA (SA)
Appointed: 1997

Aged 65, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is a director of Business Against Crime South Africa, MTN Group, Myriad International Holdings B.V. and The Bidvest Group. He serves on the directors’ affairs committee, group credit committee, group remuneration committee, group/SBSA risk and capital management committees and the SBSA large exposure credit committee.
Kaisheng Yang
Kaisheng Yang
Chinese Certified Public Accountant, Doctorate in economics (Wuhan University)
Appointed: 2008

Aged 60, is deputy chairman of Standard Bank Group. He is vice chairman and president of ICBC. He is chairman of ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management Company. He serves on the group directors’ affairs committee, group credit committee and group risk and capital management committee.
    Richard Dunne
Richard Dunne
CTA (Wits), CA (SA)
Appointed: 2009

Aged 61, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He serves on the boards of Anglo Platinum, AECI and Tiger Brands. He was formerly chief operating officer of Deloitte southern Africa. He is a member of the group/SBSA audit committees and group/ SBSA risk and capital management committees.
Saki Macozoma
Saki Macozoma
BA (Unisa), BA (Honours) (Boston)
Appointed: 1998

Aged 52, is deputy chairman of Standard Bank Group and nonexecutive director of The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is chairman of Andisa Capital, Lliso Consulting, Liberty Group, Liberty Holdings and Stanlib. He is also deputy chairman of Safika Holdings and a director of various Safika subsidiaries, Tutuwa Strategic Holdings 2 and VW South Africa. He chairs the group transformation committee. He is a member of the group/ SBSA directors’ affairs committees, group credit committee, group remuneration committee and 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 52, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is chairman of Imperial Holdings. He is a member of the group/ SBSA audit committees.
Jacko Maree
Jacko Maree
BCom (Stellenbosch), MA (Oxford), PMD (Harvard)
Appointed: 1997

Aged 54, is chief executive of Standard Bank Group and a director of The Standard Bank of South Africa, Standard Bank Plc, Liberty Group, Liberty Holdings, SBIC Africa Holdings, Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, SBIC Investments S.A. and chairman of Standard International Holdings S.A. He is a member of the group credit committee, group transformation committee, SBSA large exposure credit committee, global Corporate & Investment Banking credit committee and global Personal & Business Banking credit committee.
    Sam Jonah KBE
Sam Jonah KBE
ACSM, MSc, DIC, DSc (UK)
Appointed: 2006

Aged 60, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He serves as chairman of Jonah Capital. He is a director of Jonah Mining and director of Bayport Holdings, Bayport Management and Range Resources.
Simon Ridley
Simon Ridley
BCom (Natal), CA (SA), AMP (Oxford)
Appointed: 2009

Aged 54, is an executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is a director of Standard Bank Argentina S.A., Standard International Holdings, SBIC Africa Holdings, SBIC Investments S.A. and various other group subsidiaries. He is a member of the group credit committee, SBSA large exposure credit committee, global Corporate & Investment Banking credit committee and global Personal & Business Banking credit committee.
    Sir Paul Judge
Sir Paul Judge
MA (Cambridge), MBA (Pennsylvania)
Appointed: 2003

Aged 60, 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 Plc. He is a director of Abraaj Capital, Isoworth Holdings, Oxbridge Capital, Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Plc, Panoramic Lease, Tempur‑Pedic International Inc. and Westminster Corporate Finance.
Yagan Liu
Yagan Liu
Chinese Certified Public Accountant, MA in Accounting (Beijing Technology Business University)
Appointed: 2008

Aged 36, is a non-executive director of Standard Bank Group. He is deputy general manager of ICBC, and a non-executive director of Seng Heng Bank. He serves as an alternate director to Kaisheng Yang on the group directors’ affairs committee, group credit committee and group risk and capital management committee.
    Koosum Kalyan
Koosum Kalyan
BCom (Honours) (Durban-Westville)
Appointed: 2007

Aged 54, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. She is chairman of Edgo Merap and a director of Kgontsi Holdings, MTN Group and subsidiary companies, South African Bank Note Company and South African Mint Company. She is a member of the group transformation committee.
Rick Menell
Rick Menell
MA (Cambridge), MSc (Stanford)
Appointed: 1997

Aged 54, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is a director of Gold Fields, Mutual and Federal Insurance Company and The Weir Group Plc. He is a member of the group remuneration committee and group/SBSA risk and capital management committees.
    Cyril Ramaphosa
Cyril Ramaphosa
BProc (Unisa)
Appointed: 2004

Aged 57, is a non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is chairman of The Bidvest Group, Kangra Coal, MTN Group and subsidiary companies, Mondi Shanduka Newsprint, Shanduka Group and he is co-chairman of Mondi plc. He is a director of SABMiller Plc, Tutuwa Strategic Holdings 1 and Alexander Forbes. He is a member of the group/SBSA directors’ affairs committees.
Kgomotso Moroka
Kgomotso Moroka
BProc (University of the North), LLB (Wits)
Appointed: 2003

Aged 55, 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 a director of Fidelity Security Group, Multichoice South African Holdings, Network Healthcare Holdings, Schindler Lifts (SA), and South African Breweries.
    Myles Ruck
Myles Ruck
BBusSc (Cape Town), PMD (Harvard)
Appointed: 2002

Aged 54, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is chairman of Standard Bank Argentina S.A. He is a director of Aveng, Mr Price Group, Shanduka Group and Thesele Group. He is a member of the group credit committee, group/SBSA risk and capital management committees and SBSA large exposure credit committee.
Chris Nissen
Chris Nissen
BA (Honours), MA Humanities (Cape Town), Diploma in Theology
Appointed: 2003

Aged 51, 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 also a director of JCI, Sea Harvest Corporation and Woolworths Holdings. He is a member of the group transformation committee.
    Martin Shaw
Martin Shaw
CA (SA)
Appointed: 2004

Aged 71, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is a director of Illovo Sugar, JD Group and Reunert. He is chairman of the group/SBSA audit committees and group/SBSA risk and capital management committees.
Fred Phaswana
Fred Phaswana
BA (Unisa), BA (Honours) (Unisa), MA (Unisa), BCom (Honours) (RAU)
Appointed: 2009

Aged 65, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He chairs Anglo American South Africa and Anglo Platinum, and serves on the board of Naspers Investments. He is a member of the group/ SBSA directors’ affairs committees, group credit committee, group/SBSA risk and capital management committees, group remuneration committee and group transformation 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 65, 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 Plc and The Weir Group Plc. 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 63, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He was previously chief executive of Deutsche Bank in South Africa. He is chairman of the group remuneration committee and is a member of the group/SBSA audit committees.
     

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