
Fred Phaswana (68)
BA, BA (Hons) and MA (Unisa), BCom (Hons) (RAU), BA (Philosophy, Politics and Economics)
(Unisa)
Appointed 2009
Fred Phaswana is the chairman of SBG and SBSA. He is also the chairman of the South African Institute of International Affairs and a non-executive director on the board of Naspers.
Fred was previously regional president of BP Africa and chairman of Anglo American South Africa, Anglo Platinum, Transnet, Ethos Private Equity, the South African Energy Association and the advisory board of the Cape Town Graduate School of Business. He is former vice chairman of World Wildlife Fund South Africa and Business Leadership South Africa, and was the honorary president of the Cape Town Press Club.
Committee memberships
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group/SBSA directors’ affairs committees (chairman)
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group/SBSA risk and capital management committees
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group remuneration committee
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group social and ethics committee
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SBSA large exposure credit committee
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Hongli Zhang (48)
Masters Degree in Plant Genetics (Alberta), MBA (Santa Clara)
Appointed 2010
Hongli Zhang is the joint deputy chairman of SBG. He is a senior executive vice president of ICBC. He was previously chairman of Deutsche Bank, China, executive director of Goldman Sachs, Asia and a director of Schroders Plc.
Committee memberships
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group directors’ affairs committee
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group risk and capital management committee
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Saki Macozoma (55)
BA (Unisa), BA (Hons) (Boston)
Appointed 1998
Saki Macozoma is the joint deputy chairman of SBG and a non-executive director of SBSA. He is chairman of Liberty Holdings, Stanlib, Tshipi é Ntle Manganese Mining, Ntsimbintle Mining and Safika Holdings. He is a director of VW South Africa and various Safika subsidiaries including Tutuwa Strategic Holdings 2. He is the current president of Business Leadership South Africa.
Committee memberships
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group social and ethics committee (chairman)
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group remuneration committee
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group/SBSA directors’ affairs committees
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group/SBSA risk and capital management committees
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Jacko Maree (57)
BCom (Stellenbosch), MA (Oxford), PMD (Harvard)
Appointed 1997
Retired 7 March 20131
Jacko Maree was the chief executive of SBG and a director of SBSA, Liberty Holdings, Stanbic Africa Holdings and Stanbic IBTC Bank. He is a director of Standard Bank Plc and a member of the board of the Institute of International Finance.
1On 7 March 2013 Jacko Maree retired as the chief executive of SBG and resigned
from the SBG, SBSA, Liberty Holdings, Stanbic Africa Holdings and Stanbic IBTC Bank
boards of directors.
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Doug Band (68)
BCom (Wits), CA (SA)
Appointed 1997
Doug Band is an independent non-executive director of SBG and SBSA. He currently serves as a director of Bidvest Group, Gymnogene Investments and MIH Holdings. Previously, Doug served as managing director of CNA Gallo, chief executive of Argus Holdings Group and chairman and chief executive of Premier Group.
Committee memberships
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group/SBSA directors’ affairs committees
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group/SBSA risk and capital management committees
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group remuneration committee
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SBSA large exposure credit committee
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Richard Dunne (64)
CTA (Wits), CA (SA)
Appointed 2009
Richard Dunne is an independent non-executive director of SBG and SBSA. He currently serves on the boards of Anglo American Platinum, AECI and Tiger Brands, and was previously the chief operating officer of Deloitte, South Africa.
Committee memberships
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group/SBSA audit committees (chairman)
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group/SBSA risk and capital management committees
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Thulani Gcabashe (55)
BA (Botswana and Swaziland), Masters in Urban and Regional Planning (Ball State)
Appointed 2003
Thulani Gcabashe is an independent non-executive director of SBG and SBSA. He is currently chairman of Imperial Holdings and executive chairman of Built Environment Africa Capital. He serves on the boards of MTN-Zakhele and Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa. Previously, he was chief executive of Eskom and a director of the National Research Foundation.
Committee memberships
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group/SBSA directors’ affairs committees
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group/SBSA audit committees
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Koosum Kalyan (57)
BCom (Hons) (Durban-Westville)
Appointed 2007
Koosum Kalyan is an independent non-executive director of SBG and SBSA. She is chairman of Edgo Merap and a director of AOS Orwell (Nigeria), MTN Group, Omega Risk Solutions, Hayleys Energy Services, Petmin Mining, and South African Mint Company and South African Bank Note Company, both subsidiaries of SARB. Koosum was previously senior business development manager at Shell International Exploration and Production in London, general manager for Shell Southern Africa, senior economist at the Chamber of Mines and economist at the Electricity Commission of Victoria, Melbourne Australia.
Committee memberships
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group social and ethics committee
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Yagan Liu (39)
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
Yagan Liu is a non-executive director of SBG. He is currently chief representative of ICBC African representative office and is the leader of the ICBC work team in SBG.
Committee memberships
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group directors’ affairs committee (alternate director to Hongli Zhang)
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group risk and capital management committee (alternate director to Hongli Zhang)
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Kgomotso Moroka (58)
BProc (University of the North), LLB (Wits)
Appointed 2003
Kgomotso Moroka is an independent non-executive director of SBG and SBSA. She is chairman of Gobodo Forensic & Investigative Accounting and is a director of Multichoice South Africa Holdings, Netcare and South African Breweries. Kgomotso is a senior advocate. She has acted as a judge in the Witwatersrand Local Division and was past chairperson of Advocates for Transformation (Johannesburg branch). She is currently a trustee of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, Project Literacy, the Market Theatre, the Apartheid Museum and Tswaranang Legal Advocacy Centre.
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Chris Nissen (54)
BA (Hons), MA Humanities (Cape Town), Diploma in Theology
Appointed 2003
Chris Nissen is an independent non-executive director of SBG and SBSA. He is chairman of Cape Empowerment and Ascension Properties and a director of Woolworths.
Committee memberships
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group social and ethics committee
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Cyril Ramaphosa (60)
BProc (Unisa)
Appointed 2004
Cyril Ramaphosa is a non-executive director of SBG and SBSA. He is chairman of Shanduka Group, Auram Restaurants Company (t/a McDonalds SA), the Bidvest Group and MTN Group. He is co-chairman of Macsteel Services Centre SA and Mondi Plc. Cyril is a director of Alexander Forbes Equity Holdings, Kangra Coal, SABMiller Plc, TBWA Hunt Lascaris and Tutuwa Strategic Holdings 1.
Committee memberships
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group/SBSA directors’ affairs committees
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Simon Ridley (57)
BCom (Natal), CA (SA), AMP (Oxford)
Appointed 2009
Simon Ridley is an executive director of SBG and SBSA. He serves as a director of Standard International Holdings, Stanbic Africa Holdings and SBIC Investments, as well as Tutuwa Staff Holdings and Tutuwa Community Holdings. In addition, Simon is the group’s financial director.
Committee memberships
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SBSA large exposure credit committee
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Myles Ruck (57)
BBusSc (Cape Town), PMD (Harvard)
Appointed 2002
Myles Ruck is an independent non-executive director of SBG and SBSA. He is director of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Argentina), Aveng, Mr Price Group and Thesele Group.
Myles was previously chief executive of Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank, deputy chief executive of SBG and chief executive of Liberty Group.
Committee memberships
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group/SBSA risk and capital management committees (chairman)
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SBSA large exposure credit committee (chairman)
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Lord Smith of Kelvin, Kt (68)
CA, Fellow of the Institute of Bankers (Scotland), Honorary Degrees (Edinburgh,
Glasgow, Paisley)
Appointed 2003
Lord Smith is an independent non-executive director of SBG and SBSA. He is chairman of Scottish and Southern Energy, The Weir Group, 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games Organising Committee and UK Green Investment Bank.
Lord Smith was formerly chairman and chief executive of Morgan Grenfell Private Equity, chief executive of Morgan Grenfell Asset Management and vice chairman of Deutsche Asset Management. He has also held a number of other positions in the financial services industry and is past president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.
Committee memberships
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group/SBSA audit committees
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Ted Woods (66)
BCom (Wits), MBA (Cape Town), CA (SA), CFA
Appointed 2007
Ted Woods is an independent non-executive director of SBG and SBSA. He was previously chairman of Deutsche Securities, South Africa.
Committee memberships
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group remuneration committee (chairman)
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group/SBSA audit committees
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group/SBSA risk and capital management committees
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