Directorate
 
     
 
Independent non-executive directors
 

Joseph Leon Pamensky (80)
CA(SA), OMSG
Appointed January 8 1990. Director of Schindler Lifts (SA) (Pty) Limited and Worldwide African Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited and Stonehage Financial Services (Pty) Limited and Chairman of Bidvest Bank Limited. Joe is the longest serving non-executive director of Bidvest with over 52 years’ experience in the financial, insurance and banking industries and the recipient of a number of business and public awards. He serves as a non-executive director of companies and is a member of a number of audit and remuneration committees. Originally also a director of Bid Corporation Limited.
Board committee membership: audit, remuneration, acquisition, nominations


Nigel George Payne (50)
BCom (Hons), CA(SA), MBL
Appointed June 28 2006. Director of a number of companies including the JSE Limited, Mr Price Limited, Glenrand MIB Limited and BSi Steel Limited. Nigel is a leading authority on corporate governance and risk management and is a member of the King Committee.
Board committee membership: Chairman of the audit, and the risk and sustainability committees

 
 
 

Adv Faith Dikeledi Pansy Tlakula (53)
BProc, LLB, LLM (Harvard)
Appointed June 28 2006. Chief electoral officer of the Independent Electoral Commission. Director of Lehotsa Holdings (Pty) Limited, MMRT (Pty) Limited and Khomanani Women’s Investment (Pty) Limited, Chairperson of Board of the National Credit Regulator and Chancellor of the Vaal University of Technology. Pansy is a member of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights, part of the African Union, for which she is the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa.
Board committee membership: transformation

 
Alternate non-executive director
 

Lebogang Joseph Mokoena (51)
BSc (Med Sci), MBA
Appointed as alternate to AA da Costa on December 8 2003. Non-executive director of Ten Alliance Holdings (Pty) Limited, Sesiu Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited, Bloemfontein Correctional Contracts (Pty) Limited, Culca Investments (Pty) Limited, Lumumba Capital Investments (Pty) Limited and Dinatla Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited. Currently Chairman of Bloemfontein Correctional Contracts (Pty) Limited. Lebogang has a number of years’ experience as a director of private companies. Over the years he provided management consultancy services to SMMEs, the public and private sectors. In recent years he devoted most of his time to investment management and strategy development.