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Mojankunyane
Florence Gumbi (52)
Position
Independent
non-executive director
Qualifi cations
BProc, LLB, Certifi cate
in Trial Advocacy from
the University of Texas
in Austin, USA
Date appointed
01/03/2011
Leonidas Kirkinis (52)
Position
Chief executive offi cer –
ABIL
Qualifi cations
BComm, BAcc
Date appointed
01/07/1997
Jacobus Dorotheus Maria
Gerardus Koolen (51)
Position
Independent
non-executive director
Qualifi cations
BComm (Hogere
Economische School in
Groningen, Netherlands),
MBA (Wits)
Date appointed
15/03/2011
Directorships:
Non-executive director of African
Bank Investments Limited and
African Bank Limited;
Executive director of Mojanku
Gumbi Advisory Services (Pty)
Limited.
Directorships:
Executive director of African
Bank Investments Limited and
African Bank Limited.
Executive chairman of Ellerine
Holdings Limited.
Directorships:
Non-executive director of ABIL,
Ellerine Holdings Limited and
African Bank Limited.
Executive director of Refl act
Advisory Services (Pty) Limited.
Advocate Gumbi has dedicated most of her legal
career to public interest law. From 2009 to date
she has been an advocate and a consultant.
From 1994 to 2008 she was a special advisor
to then deputy president and president Thabo
Mbeki. In this role, Advocate Gumbi was one
of the lead negotiators for South Africa in the
World Trade Organisation negotiations. She
has also served as President Mbeki’s personal
representative on the G8 and in the Progressive
Governance group and participated in the
activities of the World Economic Forum, both in
the southern African region and in Davos. She
continues to be an active participant in this forum.
In addition, she has advised President Mbeki
on domestic policy matters working to ensure a
global presence for South African companies and
assisted many South African companies in their
expansion globally.
Leon, currently CEO of ABIL and MD of African
Bank Limited, founded African Bank Investments
Limited (previously Theta Group Limited) in
partnership with Gordon Schachat. He guided
the company through the various mergers,
acquisitions and the operational establishment of
the present day African Bank Investments Limited.
Jack is an independent advisor. In addition, he
has lectured part time at the Gordon Institute
of Business Studies since 2001 in the areas
of strategy, competitiveness and choice,
integrating insights from competitive strategy, logic
systems and behavioural economics.
He has held non-executive board positions in
the private sector (Edcon: 2001-2007) and in
NGOs (CityYear since inception until 2008; CIDA
University Advisory Board from inception until
2007), and was a member of the SA Health
Ministerial Advisory Committee on Financial
Reform (2009). He has worked as an independent
advisor since September 2008, closely associated
with the Monitor Group in the Middle East, and
regularly advises the South African government
on a variety of issues. He has recently worked on
issues of healthcare and education reform, crime
reduction strategies, nutrition policy, and economic
growth strategies. He has advised the Presidency
(Monitoring and Evaluation) and the Gauteng
Province on economic growth challenges, as
well as worked with several private sector clients
(mining, healthcare, retail, banking as well as the
chairman of Eskom) in South Africa, in addition to
serving clients based in Switzerland, the UK and
Saudi Arabia.
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