NVFH 2020 Integrated Annual Report

DR LANA JOY WELDON (46)
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Position
Independent Non-Executive Director and
Chairperson of the Group Audit and Risk
Committee
Appointment date September 2016
Occupation Senior lecturer – Faculty of Business at
Sheridan Institute of Higher Learning
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), (Rhodes
University), 1995
- B Compt Honours (UNISA) 1996
- Chartered Accountant (Member of the South African
Institute of Chartered Accountants), 1997
- Registered Auditor (Independent Regulatory Board
for Auditors), 1997
- 21 years lecturing experience at tertiary level
- MBA (Edinburgh Business School, Heriot Watt
University), 2004
- PhD Commerce (Nelson Mandela University)
- Chartered Director (South Africa)
- GAICD (Australian Institute of Chartered Directors)
Lana is a senior lecturer in Accounting and Finance, serves on a number of boards ranging from charitable institutions to listed
entities in an independent non-executive capacity and runs a small consultancy to keep abreast of practical developments
within her profession.
Lana has had extensive involvement in the accounting profession as a training officer and audit partner, and in the education
field as a post graduate lecturer and corporate facilitator and presenter. She has widespread experience in audit quality
assurance reviews and is the Past President of the South African Association for Accounting Academics. She is also a past
Council member of the International Association for Accounting Education and Research and chairs the NVest Financial
Holdings Limited Audit and Risk Committee.
LUSANDA MANGXAMBA (45)
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Position
Independent Non-Executive Director and
member of the Audit and Risk
and Remuneration and Nominations
Committees
Appointment date 28 February 2019
Occupation Founder and director of a business
Advisory Consultancy Company
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Commerce, (Rhodes University), 1997
- Honours in Economics, (Rhodes University), 1998
- Masters in Business Administration, (University of Cape
Town), 2007
- Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship, (Oxford
University), 2015
Lusanda has a wealth of business experience having worked in South Africa and London and across various industries
during her 21 year career to date. Over the past approximately 12 years, she was an internal consultant at Investec Bank,
dealing with high net worth individuals. She then pursued a career as a management consultant and attained specialist
skills in the development of SME’s and enterprise and supplier development programmes of large corporates. She also
spent 3 years consulting to the mining industry, with a key focus on strategy, stakeholder management and business
analysis. Lusanda is the founder and director of a business Advisory Consultancy Company specialising in SME’s and BEE
and is currently contracted to the Waste Bureau.
DYLAN SCHEMEL (37)
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Position
Non-Executive Director
Appointment date 1 June 2015
Occupation Financial Director (Spargs Group)
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Accounting (Rhodes University) 2005
- Chartered Accountant (member of the South African
Institute of Chartered Accountants)
Dylan is the Financial Director of the Spargs Group of companies specialising in the retail and property sector in the Eastern
Cape. He started his career with First National Bank in December 2000 during his studies. In 2006 Dylan joined OHS Chartered
Accountants where he trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant before joining the Spargs Group in 2011.
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