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DIRECTORS’ CURRICULUM VITAES
Antonio Fourie (43)
Toni was appointed executive director of ABIL and African Bank
Limited on 2 October 2003 to head the new innovation centre for
ABIL. Toni was previously CEO of Connection Group Holdings
Limited with Incredible Connection and Enterprise Connection in
its stable.
Toni’s extensive experience over 20 years includes senior positions
in a number of South Africa’s major retailers, and more recently
Makro, Dion and Massdiscounters within the Massmart Group,
and Connection Group Holdings.
David Braidwood Gibbon (61)
David recently retired from Deloitte & Touche as national lead
partner – Securitisation and Debt Origination Services where after
he joined the ABIL Group as non-executive director during June
2003. David is also chairman of the Group Audit Committee.
Bahle Dawn Goba (41)
Bahle joined the ABIL Group as a non-executive director during
June 2003. She is a member of the Group Remuneration and
Transformation Committee as well as the Directors’ Affairs
Committee.
Bahle is currently the marketing director for Nokusa Consulting of
which she is a founding member. Nokusa is a black-owned and
black-run consulting firm founded in 1999. She also serves on the
Wits Technikon Council and is a member of the Black
Management Forum.
Angus George Herselman (53)
Angus joined the ABIL Group during June 2003 as executive
director for ABIL and African Bank Limited. Angus, formerly a
director of Alternative Finance Limited, was executive responsible
for loans processing, collections, IT and credit during the
integration of the four operating entities which now form African
Bank, namely Altfin, Kingfin, Unity and African Bank.
Angus in his current position as MD: Collections is responsible for
collecting of payroll and debit order based products as well as the
Saambou Business Unit responsible for collections of the
Saambou Book.
Ramani Naidoo (41)
Ramani recently left Gensec Bank, where she was senior manager
in charge of Private Equity, to join Phillip Armstrong at Edward
Nathan & Friedland Corporate Governance as executive director.
She simultaneously joined African Bank Investments Limited and
African Bank Limited as non-executive director. Ramani is the chair
of the Directors’ Affairs Committee and is a member of the Group
Risk Committee.
She is the author of the book: “Corporate Governance: An
essential guide for South African Companies” and serves on the
boards of various other South African companies the likes of
SARHWU Investment Holdings Limited and Stellenbosch
Vineyards Limited.
Thamsanqa Mthunzi Sokutu (40)
Tami was appointed chief operating officer and executive director
of African Bank Limited during September 2002. He joined the
ABIL board as executive director during May 2003.
Tami currently serves as MD: Retail Lending within ABIL’s business
structure. Tami also serves as an executive director on the board
of The Standard General Insurance Company, a 100% owned
subsidiary of ABIL.
Tami, who possesses an MSc qualification from the University of
Cape Town and a certificate in Senior Executive Management
from Harvard and Wits Universities, occupied the position of
director-general in the national Department of Public Works since
1999.
Brian Paxton Furbank Steele (60)
Brian retired as chief group financial manager of Barloworld
during 2002. He joined the ABIL Group as non-executive director
during May 2003 where he serves as a member of the Group Audit
Committee and Group Risk Committee as well as the Directors’
Affairs Committee.
Günter Zeno Steffens (66)
Gunter, German by birth, recently retired as group representative:
Dresdner Bank AG and joined the ABIL Group as non-executive
director during June 2003. Gunter chairs the Group Risk
Committee and serves as a member of the Directors’ Affairs
Committee.
Ashley (Oshy) Tugendhaft (55)
Oshy, currently chairman of Moss Morris Inc, joined the ABIL
Group during May 2003. Oshy also serves as a member of the
Group Risk Committee and the Directors’ Affairs Committee of
ABIL.
Oshy is the co-author of “Exchange Control Encyclopaedia”
which is the leading publication in South Africa on exchange
control. He also co-published a leading South African publication,
containing precedents of leases, used by other legal practitioners.
Oshy has extensive knowledge and experience in commercial
litigation and arbitrations, both local and international.
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