Absa Group

• Group Audit and Compliance Committee (GACC) (Chairman)
• Group Risk and Capital Management Committee (GRCMC)
• Directors’ Affairs Committee (DAC)
• Board Finance Committee (BFC)

• Non-executive director of Sasol Limited.
• Non-executive director of SAB Zenzele Holdings Limited.

Mr Beggs holds a BCom (Hons) from the Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1971. He is the former senior partner and Chief Executive Officer of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Southern Africa (encompassing South Africa and six other countries), and retired from this position in June 2009. Throughout his career, he served on several boards and councils of PwC`s global firm. He was also the chairman of the SAICA board in 2002/3 and is a member of the Accounting Practices Board.

• Group Audit and Compliance Committee (GACC)
• Group Remuneration and Human Resources Committee (GRHRC)
• Concentration Risk Committee (CoRC)
• Board Finance Committee (BFC)

Brian joined the Barlows Group in 1964. He managed several subsidiaries and was appointed as a director of Barlow Rand Limited in 1985. He served as Executive Chairman of the building materials, steel and paint division until 1990. He was then appointed as Executive Chairman of Nampak Limited, a position he held until his retirement in 2000.

• Group Audit and Compliance Committee (GACC) (permanent attendee)
• Board Finance Committee (BFC)

• Executive director of South African Breweries Limited.
• Non-executive director of Reunert Limited.
• Non-executive director of Steinhoff International Holdings Limited.
• Non-executive director of Reatile Resources Proprietary Limited.
• Member of the Nelson Mandela Foundation Investment and Endowment Committee.

Yolanda began her career in marketing with Robertsons Foods in 1999. She moved to Fisher Hoffman, an auditing firm, where she completed her articles in 2002. In January 2003, she joined the corporate finance division of Mvelaphanda Group Limited. Yolanda was appointed as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and, in July 2007, as Chief Executive Officer of Mvelaphanda Group Limited.

• Group Audit and Compliance Committee (GACC)
• Group Risk and Capital Management Committee (GRCMC)

• Member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.
• Member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
• Member of the Institute of Public Finance and Audit.
• Director of several MTN subsidiary companies in Africa.

Shauket was the Auditor-General of South Africa for seven years and served as Chairman of the UN Panel of External Auditors. He was the Secretary General for the Auditors-General Association on the African continent. During his tenure as Auditor-General, Shauket served as External Auditor to the World Health Organisation in Geneva and the United Nations in New York. He was also a member of the Audit Advisory Committee to the World Bank in Washington.

He currently holds an executive position at MTN, responsible for Internal Audit and Business Risk Management.

• Group Audit and Compliance Committee (GACC) (permanent attendee)
• Group Risk and Capital Management Committee (GRCMC)
• Directors' Affairs Committee (DAC) (Chairman)
• Group Remuneration and Human Resources Committee (GRHRC)
• Concentration Risk Committee (CoRC) (Chairman)
• Board Finance Committee (BFC) (Chairman)

• Non-executive director of Swiss Re Life and Health Africa Limited.
• Non-executive director of Suiderland Development Corporation Limited.
• Non-executive director of Resource Ballast Technologies Proprietary Limited.
• Trustee of the University of Cape Town Foundation.

Garth worked for Old Mutual from 1970 to 1999, and was finally the Managing Director responsible for Old Mutual's worldwide asset management and unit trust businesses, as well as all activities outside South Africa. He has acted as consultant to a number of South African and international businesses, including Allan Gray/Orbis, Investec Asset Management and Old Mutual plc. He served as a non-executive director on several boards in the South African financial services sector, including Sage Group and Citadel Holdings Limited.

Garth was the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Sage Group from April 2003 to May 2005. He was President of the Actuarial Society of South Africa for 2008 and 2009.

• Concentration Risk Committee (CoRC)

David completed his articles with KPMG where he became a partner in the financial services team. He then joined Standard Bank Group, where, for seven years, he was involved in group risk and retail credit. David joined Absa in 2008 as the Chief Risk Officer. He was appointed as Absa’s Group Financial Director on 1 March 2010.

• Group Audit and Compliance Committee (GACC)
• Directors' Affairs Committee (DAC)
• Board Finance Committee (BFC)

• President of the International Commonwealth Lawyers Association.
• Trustee of the Wits Law School Endowment Appeal.
• Member of Eskom’s Board Tender Committee.
• Director of Knowles Husain Lindsay Incorporated.
• Director of KLH Investments Proprietary Limited.
• Non-executive Chairman of Andulela Investment Holdings Limited.

Mohamed has been an attorney for approximately 25 years, during which time he has represented a diverse range of clients in commercial and corporate litigation, insolvency law and administrative law. He was one of the advisers to the Constitution Assembly on the drafting of the final Constitution. He has also acted as a Judge of the High Court.

• Group Audit and Compliance Committee (GACC) (permanent attendee)
• Group Remuneration and Human Resources Committee (GRHRC)

• Director of Visa Europe Limited.

Antony started his finance career in Barclays in 1983, when he completed the Barclays management development programme before going on to hold various roles in retail and corporate banking. He moved to Citigroup in 1989, working in both London and New York. As General Manager and Executive Vice President, Citi Brands, he was responsible for most of Citi Cards with US $90 billion in receivables.

Antony rejoined Barclays as the Chief Executive of Barclaycard in January 2006, responsible for the development and operation of credit cards and card payments. He was appointed Chief Executive of Global Retail Banking and joined Barclays Executive Committee in November 2009.

Antony is also responsible for diversity and inclusion at Barclays.

• Group Risk and Capital Management Committee (GRCMC)
• Directors' Affairs Committee (DAC)

Robert worked for many years at J.P. Morgan in the capital markets, fixed income, emerging markets and credit areas and later in the risk management function. He joined Barclays in 2002 as the Head of Risk Management at Barclays Capital. Robert was appointed Chief Risk Officer at Barclays in 2004 and holds this position to date.

• Executive director of Tiger Brands Limited.
• Non-executive director of Kumba Iron Ore Limited.
• Non-executive director of Oceana Group Limited.

Peter is the Chief Executive Officer of Tiger Brands Limited. He is the previous Executive Director of Commercial at Vodacom SA Proprietary Limited, Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer of Vodacom Group Limited and Chief Executive Officer of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).He began his career with the Urban Foundation and Citibank, and gained international experience in the USA and Europe. 

• Group Remuneration and Human Resources Committee (GRHRC)

• Non-executive director of Knorr-Bremse (SA) Proprietary Limited.
• Non-executive director of Vodacom Group Limited.
• Non-executive director of Paracon Holdings Limited.
• Executive director of Kutana Investment Group Limited.
• Non-executive director of Aveng Limited.

Thoko started her career as the Product Manager for Glaxo (1989 to 1994) and Merck, Sharp and Dohme (1994 to 1996). She was employed in various positions at Telkom from 1996 to 2001 (including Managing Executive: Consumer Sales and Marketing). She served as Divisional Managing Director of Siemens Telecommunications (Proprietary) Limited from 2001 to 2004. In March 2004, she was afforded the opportunity to take on the role of Chief Executive Officer of Alcatel South Africa.

From November 2004 to the end of October 2008, Thoko was the Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett-Packard. She is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Kutana Investment Group.

• Group Remuneration and Human Resources Committee (GRHRC)

• Managing Director of Ninham Shand Mozambique Lda.
• Member of the Advisory Board of Confederation of Economic Associations (Mozambique).
• Non-executive director of Barclays Bank Mozambique.
• Director of The Lapdesk Company (South Africa).
• Chairman of Retail Masters SA (Pick n Pay master franchise Mozambique).
• Director of Liberty Holdings Lda.
• Director of Ilha Quilalea Lda.

Eduardo established and operated an Africa-focused trading company based in New York. He also established the Mozambique Business Council in Washington DC. Thereafter, Eduardo worked in the aerospace industry for a number of years with Boeing Commercial Airplanes, United Technologies and Guiness Peat Aviation. In 1994, he moved to the infrastructure development industry where he advised various multinational contractors in the development of strategically important infrastructure projects in southern Africa.

• Group Audit and Compliance Committee (GACC)
• Group Risk and Capital Management Committee (GRCMC) (Chairman)
• Directors' Affairs Committee (DAC)
• Concentration Risk Committee (CoRC)
• Board Finance Committee (BFC)

• Non-executive Chairman of Reunert Limited.
• Non-executive director of Iron Mineral Beneficiation Services Proprietary Limited.
• Non-executive director of Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited.
• Non-executive director of Illovo Sugar Limited.

Trevor held various financial and commercial management positions in southern Africa and in Europe. In the late 1980s, he was appointed Finance and Commercial Director of AECI Explosives Chemicals Limited and in the early 1990s, he was appointed Managing Director of Dulux Paints.

From 1996 to 2000, Trevor served as the Managing Director of Polifin Limited. In 2001, he was appointed as an executive director of Sasol Limited, with global responsibility for finance and accounting, risk management, internal audit, corporate affairs and planning. In 2003, Trevor assumed responsibility for Sasol Group's global chemical businesses, with operations in South Africa, Europe, the United States of America, the Middle East, South East Asia and China. He was appointed as Deputy Chief Executive of Sasol Limited on 1 July 2005. He retired from his executive responsibilities at Sasol on 31 December 2006.

• Directors' Affairs Committee (DAC)
• Group Remuneration and Human Resources Committee (GRHRC) (Chairman)

• Non-executive director of Italtile Limited.
• Non-executive director of Reunert Limited.
• Non-executive director of RGT Smart Market Intelligence Limited.
• Non-executive director of Tongaat Hulett Limited.
• Board member of the National Business Initiative.
• Member of the board of Trustees of the READ Educational Trust.

Brand started his career at Toyota South Africa in 1973. In 1988, he was appointed as Managing Director of Toyota South Africa Marketing. Brand was appointed Chief Executive Officer of McCarthy Motor Holdings in 1995. He is currently the Chief Executive of McCarthy Limited.

• Concentration Risk Committee (CoRC)

• Non-executive director of Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA.
• Member of the International Business Council Executive Committee.
• Member of the World Bank Chief Economist Advisory Panel.
• Member of Business Leadership South Africa.
• Member of the Banking Association of South Africa.
• Member of the Institute of International Finance.

Maria has formerly acted as the Director-General of the National Treasury. In 2003, Maria was appointed Group Chief Executive of Transnet Limited. Maria joined Absa as Group Chief Executive in March 2009, and is a member of the Barclays PLC Executive Committee.

• Group Remuneration and Human Resources Committee (GRHRC)
• Board Finance Committee (BFC)

• Member of Singapore Foreign Exchange Market Committee.

Ivan is a Managing Director and Head of Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa at Barclays Capital. He joined Barclays in February 2002 as Managing Director and Global Head of Foreign Exchange, in London. He is also a member of the Barclays Capital Executive Committee.

He joined Barclays Capital in 2002 as Head of Foreign Exchange. In 2007 he assumed additional responsibility as Head of Global Markets Asia Pacific, and Prime Services in 2008. He was appointed Deputy Head of Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities (FICC) in September 2010. He assumed his current role in June 2011.

• Concentration Risk Committee (CoRC)

Louis worked in Absa's retail and commercial banking operations since 1981, where he held various branch, regional and provincial leadership positions. Louis was appointed Operating Executive of Absa Commercial Bank in 2000. He was then appointed as an executive director of Absa Group in 2004, and Deputy Group Chief Executive in 2009.

• Group Risk and Capital Management Committee (GRCMC)
• Concentration Risk Committee (CoRC)

• Non-executive Chairman of the Nictus Group.
• Chairman of the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of the Free State.
• Trustee of the University of the Free State Provident Fund.

Johan has served as Chief Economist of the South African Agricultural Union as well as Chief Economist of the Maize Board, consulting to agri business. In these roles, and as member of the National Agricultural Marketing Council, he has gained experience in a wide variety of economic and agricultural issues. Johan currently consults to major agricultural businesses in South Africa on agricultural business strategy and markets.