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RAMANI NAIDOO (41)
BA LLB
Non-executive director
Date appointed: 19/05/2003
Other major directorships
African Bank Limited; SARHWU Investment Holdings Limited;
Stellenbosch Vineyards Limited; Edward Nathan & Friedland
Corporate Governance (Pty) Limited
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”.
BHEKISA JAMES THEMBA SHONGWE (48)
BA (Econ), MBA, ACIS, FCIBM, LDP
Non-executive director
Date appointed: 14/02/2000
Other major directorships
African Bank Limited; Primedia Limited; Highveld Steel and
Vanadium Corporation Limited; Super Fleet (Pty) Limited;
PEU Investment Group (Pty) Limited
Bheki serves as non-executive director on the boards of African
Bank Investments Limited and African Bank Limited since
February 2000. He is also a member of the Group Audit
Committee and Directors’ Affairs Committee of ABIL.
In addition, he is currently the deputy managing director of
FleetAfrica (Pty) Limited.
THAMSANQA MTHUNZI SOKUTU (40)
BSc (Honours), MSc
Executive director
Date appointed: 19/05/2003
Other major directorships
African Bank Limited;
The Standard General Insurance Company
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)
BCom, CA(SA), MBA
Non-executive director
Date appointed: 19/05/2003
Other major directorships
African Bank Limited; Aveng Limited
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)
Banking Exams
Non-executive director
Date appointed: 19/05/2003
Other major directorships
African Bank Limited; Omega Investment Research;
Connection Group Holdings Limited
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.
DANIEL FILIPE GABRIEL TEMBE (51)
MSc Financial Economics
Non-executive director
Date appointed: 01/01/2000
Other major directorships
African Bank Limited; non-executive chairman of Mozambique
Investment Company; non-executive chairman of Cornastone
Mozambique, Lda; chairman of the Institute of Management of
State Holdings; non-executive member of Banco International de
Mozambique.
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