Board of directors

 

Independent non-executive directors
Kubandiran Pillay

BA, LLB, MCJ (USA)

Appointed: 19 February 2014 (OHL), 8 November 2022 (OGL)

Appointed: Lead independent director: 1 July 2020 (OHL), 1 December 2022 (OGL)

Kuben is currently retired but serves as the Chairperson, Lead and Non-Executive Independent Director on several public company boards. Prior to retiring as Chairperson of Cell C Limited in 2019, 

Kuben was the CEO of the Primedia Group from 2009 to 2014 and its Chairperson from 2014 to 2017. His corporate career commenced as the founding Executive director of Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC) in 1996, and later its Chairperson.

Tlaleng Moabi

MSc Engineering (Transport), BSc Engineering (Electrical), B Engineering (Management of Technology)

Appointed: 29 June 2018 (OHL), 8 November 2022 (OGL)

Tlaleng is a seasoned entrepreneur and has served on a number of boards and independent advisory roles. Her career spans more than twenty years having started as an engineer. She has been involved in some milestone projects in South Africa including Gautrain and the Renewable Energy IPP Procurement Programme in various capacities. 

Raymond Ndlovu

B.Business Studies (Hon)

Appointed: 28 August 2018 (OHL), 8 November 2022 (OGL)

Raymond is the former Group Chief Executive Officer at Community Investment Ventures Holdings (CIVH). Prior to that, he was an investment executive and Management Board member at Remgro Limited.

Sharron Venessa Naidoo

B Acc, Dip (Acc), CA(SA)

Appointed: 1 November 2021 (OHL), 8 November 2022 (OGL)

Venessa is an entrepreneur and a seasoned financial executive. She currently serves on various corporate boards in financial services  and consumer packaged goods as independent director. She has served as Chief Financial Officer for various companies in the telecommunications and media and entertainment sectors. Her experience  covers strategy, finance and operations in key African markets.

Hantie van Heerden

BCom (Hons), MSc (Actuarial Science), FIA, FASSA, Cert.Dir®

Appointed: 3 May 2022 (OHL), 8 November 2022 (OGL)

Hantie is currently a senior Actuary at SNG ARGEN. Prior to this she worked as an Actuary for Momentum and the Financial Services Board. From 2013 she served as the Head Actuary for AIG South Africa and from 2015 to 2021 as the Head of Corporate Actuarial for Old Mutual Insure.

Mamongae Mahlare

BSc (Chemical Engineering), MBA(Harvard)

Appointed: 31 March 2018 (OGL), 1 November 2022 (OHL)

Mamongae is the chief executive officer of Takealot Group. She was previously managing director of Illovo Sugar SA and has held previous executive positions at Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa, SABMiller and was an associate consultant at Bain & Company.

James Teeger

BCom BAcc CA(SA), HDip Tax

Appointed: 31 March 2018 (OGL), 1 November 2022 (OHL)

James leads the investment activities of the Oppenheimer family. He was previously a director of De Beers and spent 12 years at RMB where he held the position of co-head of structured finance.

Kamogelo Kroll

CA (SA), B Business Science (Hons), PGDA, Advanced Management Program for Senior Executive

Appointed: 17 August 2026 (OGL, OHL)

Kamo is a CA (SA) and investment professional with more than 17 years’ experience in the financial services industry, including over 13 years in Investment Banking. Prior to leaving RMB in 2024, she held senior leadership positions within the organisation. She currently serves as a non-executive director of Servest (Pty) Ltd and previously served on the Board of Primedia Ltd as a non-executive director.

Magnus Taljaard

MPhil (International Relations), MBA, MCom (Economics), BCom Hons (Economics), BCom (Information Systems)

Appointed: 17 August 2026 (OGL, OHL)

Magnus is an experienced technology executive and currently serves as a Technology Strategy Consultant to Life Healthcare Group and as a non-executive director of Standard Bank Angola. He spent 30 years as an employee of the Standard Bank Group, where he held various leadership positions, including Chief Technology and Operations Officer in Group IT.

Nazia Kahlon

BBusSci (Actuarial Science) (Hons), CFA, Executive Program in Social Impact Strategy (UPenn) 

Appointed: 17 August 2026 (OGL, OHL)

Nazia has 15 years of experience across asset management, asset consulting and investment banking, as well as five years in philanthropy. She is currently Research Director at Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropies, where she works with a small global team to identify and support extraordinary social entrepreneurs with multi-year funding. She also manages a portfolio of investments in African venture capital funds. Nazia serves as a Non-Executive Director of Curious Learning, Huddle Education and Resolute Robotics.

Renasha Werbeloff (Govender)

FASSA, FIA, BBusSc (Actuarial Science) (Hons)

Appointed: 17 August 2026 (OGL, OHL)

Renasha is an Actuary and ex PwC Partner, with over nineteen years of experience in the financial services sector. She previously held senior leadership and executive roles within PwC South Africa, including serving as Lead Actuarial Partner on life insurance audits. Her responsibilities included regular engagement with Audit and Actuarial Committees, as well as bilateral and trilateral discussions with the Prudential Authority on regulatory, audit, and actuarial matters. Her experience covers actuarial, risk and due diligence engagements across South Africa and other key African markets.

Non-executive directors

 

Herman Lambertus Bosman

BCom (Law), LLB, LLM, CFA

Appointed: 2 April 2014 (OGL), 5 November 2015(OHL)

Appointed as Chairman: 1 July 2020 (OHL), 1 December 2022 (OGL)

Herman was with RMB for 12 years and ultimately headed up its corporate finance practice between 2000 and 2006. He returned to the group in 2014 as CEO of RMB Holdings and RMI Holdings after serving as Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Bank South Africa from 2006 to 2013.

*Mr Bosman is a non-independent, non-executive director and his appointment as the chairperson has been approved by the Prudential Authority.
Willem Roos

BCom (Hon) (Actuarial Science); FASSA

Served as executive director:
30 April 2001 to 1 January 2018

Appointed: 1 January 2018 (OHL), 8 November 2022 (OGL)

Willem is one of the founders of OUTsurance which launched in 1998. After two decades of leading OUTsurance, Willem joined the mobile operator rain as the Chief Executive Officer and retired in 2021. He remains a non-executive director of both OUTsurance and rain.

Jan Durand

BAcc (Hons), CA(SA), MPhil (Oxford)

Appointed: 8 December 2010 (OGL), 1 November 2022 (OHL)

Resigned as Chairperson: 1 December 2022 (OGL) 

Jannie joined the Rembrandt Group in 1996, became FD of VenFin Limited in 2000 and CEO in May 2006. Jannie was appointed Chief Investment Officer of Remgro in November 2009 and CEO from 7 May 2012.

 

Albertinah Kekana

BCom (Hons), CA(SA), PGDA AMP (Havard)

Appointed: 1 September 2017 (OGL), 1 November 2022 (OHL)

Albertinah is the CEO of Royal Bafokeng Holdings. She has extensive asset management, investment banking and business leadership experience. She was previously the COO of the Public Investment Corporation.

Alternate non-executive directors
Carel Vosloo

B Acc (Hons), M Com (Tax), CA (SA), CFA

Appointed: 1 February 2026 (OGL, OHL)

Carel was with RMB for 18 years prior to joining Remgro in 2022. In 2024, Carel was appointed as the Chief Investment Officer and alternate director to Remgro’s CEO, Jannie Durand, on the Remgro Board. Carel is a member of the Remgro Management Board and represents Remgro on the boards of RCL Foods, MediClinic and Invenfin.

Udo Lucht

BCom (Hons), CA(SA), CFA

Appointed: 3 September 2019 (OGL), 1 November 2022 (OHL)

Udo joined Royal Bafokeng Holdings (RBH) in 2016 and currently heads the investment department as Chief Investment Officer. In this role, he is responsible for the implementation of RBH’s investment strategy. He serves as RBH nominated director on various existing RBH investee companies. Prior to joining RBH, he gained investment banking experience during his 13 years at Rand Merchant Bank.

Executive director

 

Marthinus Visser

BBCom (Hon) (Actuarial Science), FASSA, FIA 

Appointed: 1 January 2018 (OHL), 8 November 2022 (OGL)

Marthinus is currently the OUTsurance Group Chief Executive Officer. His career started at OUTsurance in 1998 as a senior actuary and being appointed as Chief Actuary in 2001 and Group Chief Actuary in 2008. In January 2018 he was appointed Group CEO.

Jan Hofmeyr

BCom (Acc), Post-Grad Diploma Accounting, CA (SA)

Appointed: 1 November 2022 (OHL), 8 November 2022 (OGL)

Jan is currently the OUTsurance Group Chief Financial Officer. He started his career at OUTsurance in 2007 and was appointed as the Group Chief Financial Officer in 2008.