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chief operatingofficer’s report‘The central functions housed within the portfolio of the Chief OperatingOfficer have a key role to play by operating in a coordinated way to enablethe frontline business clusters to be well-positioned and supported in order tocompete strongly in the markets in which they operate.’Graham Dempster (54)Chief Operating OfficerBCom (CTA), CA (SA), AMP(Harvard Business School)29 years’ serviceGraham joined the group in 1980 in the Corporate FinanceDivision of UAL Merchant Bank. He was appointed GeneralManager of the division in 1987 and as Joint Head of theSpecial Finance Division in 1989. In 1992 he was transferredto Nedbank, initially in a general management role in respectof strategy, and was appointed as Head of the InternationalDivision in 1998. He assumed responsibility for the CorporateBanking Division in 1999 and Nedbank Corporate in late 2003.Graham was appointed Chief Operating Officer in August 2009.80NEDBANK GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2009