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Derek Cooper
Derek Cooper1
CA (SA)
Appointed: 1993

Aged 68, is the independent non-executive chairman of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa and is a non-executive director of Standard Bank Plc. He chairs the directors’ affairs and group credit committees. He serves on the group remuneration committee, group/SBSA risk and capital management committees, group transformation committee and SBSA large exposure credit committee.
    Kaisheng Yang
Kaisheng Yang
Chinese Certified Public Accountant, Doctorate in economics (Wuhan University)
Appointed: 2008

Aged 59, is deputy chairman and a non-executive director of Standard Bank Group. He is vice-chairman and president of ICBC. He is chairman of ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management Company. He serves on the directors’ affairs committee, group credit committee and group risk and capital management committee.
 
Saki Macozoma
Saki Macozoma
BA (Unisa), BA (Honours) (Boston)
Appointed: 1998

Aged 51, is deputy chairman and a non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is chairman of Andisa Capital, Illiso Consulting, Liberty Group, Liberty Holdings and Stanlib. He is also deputy chairman of Safika Holdings and a director of various Safika subsidiaries and Tutuwa Strategic Holdings 2. He chairs the group transformation committee and allocation committee, and serves on the directors’ affairs committee, group credit committee, group remuneration committee and group/SBSA risk and capital management committees.
    Jacko Maree
Jacko Maree
BCom (Stellenbosch), MA (Oxford), PMD (Harvard)
Appointed: 1997

Aged 53, is chief executive of Standard Bank Group. He is a director of The Standard Bank of South Africa, Standard Bank Plc, Liberty Group, Liberty Holdings, Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc and Standard International Holdings S.A. He serves on the allocation committee, group credit committee, group transformation committee, SBSA large exposure credit committee, global Corporate & Investment Banking credit committee, and global Personal & Business Banking credit committee.
 
Doug Band
Doug Band
BCom (Wits), CA (SA)
Appointed: 1997

Aged 64, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is a director of Business Against Crime South Africa, MTN Group, Myriad International Holdings B.V. and The Bidvest Group. He serves on the directors’ affairs committee, group credit committee, group remuneration committee, group/SBSA risk and capital management committees and the SBSA large exposure credit committee.
    Elisabeth Bradley
Elisabeth Bradley
BSc (Free State), MSc (London)
Appointed: 1986

Aged 70, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. She is a director on the boards of AngloGold Ashanti, Sasol, Toyota South Africa, The Tongaat-Hulett Group and Wesco Investments. She serves on the directors’ affairs committee and the group/SBSA audit committees.
 
Thulani Gcabashee
Thulani Gcabashe
BA (Botswana and Swaziland), Masters in Urban and Regional Planning (Ball State)
Appointed: 2003

Aged 51, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is chairman of Imperial Holdings. He serves on the group/SBSA audit committees.
    Sam Jonah KBE
Sam Jonah KBE
ACSM, MSc, DIC, DSc (UK)
Appointed: 2006

Aged 59, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is chairman of Jonah Capital, Motogold Mines and Sentula Mining. He is a director of Jonah Mining, Titanium Resources Group, Bayport Management and Range Resources.
 
Sir Paul Judge
Sir Paul Judge
MA (Cambridge), MBA (Pennsylvania)
Appointed: 2003

Aged 59, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is a director of Concourse Communications, Isoworth International, Oxbridge Capital, Digital Links International, Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Plc, Panoramic Lease, Schroder Income Growth Fund Plc, Tempur-Pedic International Inc. and Westminster Corporate Finance.
    Koosum Kalyan
Koosum Kalyan
BCom (Honours) (Durban-Westville)
Appointed: 2007

Aged 53, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. She is a director of MTN Group, South African Airways, South African Bank Note Company and South African Mint Company.
 
Yagan Liu
Yagan Liu
Chinese Certified Public Accountant, MA in Accounting (Beijing Technology Business University)
Appointed: 2008

Aged 35, is a non-executive director of Standard Bank Group. He is a deputy general manager of ICBC, and a director of Seng Heng Bank. He serves as an alternate director on the directors’ affairs committee, group credit committee and group risk and capital management committee.
    Rick Menell
Rick Menell
MA (Cambridge), MSc (Stanford)
Appointed: 1997

Aged 53, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is chairman of Bateman Engineering. He is a director of Gold Fields and Mutual and Federal Insurance Company. He serves on the group remuneration committee and group/SBSA risk and capital management committees.
 
Kgomotso Moroka
Kgomotso Moroka
BProc (University of the North), LLB (Wits)
Appointed: 2003

Aged 54, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. She is chairman and director of Gobodo Forensic & Investigative Accounting and a director of Fidelity Security Group, Multichoice South African Holdings, Network Healthcare Holdings, Schindler Lifts (SA) and South African Breweries.
    Chris Nissen
Chris Nissen
BA (Honours), MA Humanities (Cape Town), Diploma in Theology
Appointed: 2003

Aged 50, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is chairman of Boschendal, South Atlantic Fishing (SAFCO) and Sea Harvest Corporation. He is also a director of JCI and Woolworths Holdings. He serves on the group transformation committee.
 
Cyril Ramaphosa
Cyril Ramaphosa
BProc (Unisa)
Appointed: 2004

Aged 56, is a non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is chairman of The Bidvest Group, Kangra Coal, MTN Group, Mondi Shanduka Newsprint, Shanduka Group and Vancut Diamond Works. He is co-chairman of Mondi Plc and a director of SABMiller Plc and Tutuwa Strategic Holdings 1.
    Myles Ruck
Myles Ruck
BBusSc (Cape Town), PMD (Harvard)
Appointed: 2002

Aged 53, is a non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is chairman of Standard Bank Argentina S.A. He is a director of Aveng, Mr Price Group, Shanduka Group and Thesele Group. He serves on the group credit committee, group/SBSA risk and capital management committees, SBSA large exposure credit committee, global Corporate & Investment Banking credit committee and global Personal & Business Banking credit committee.
 
Martin Shaw
Martin Shaw
CA (SA)
Appointed: 2004

Aged 70, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is a director of Illovo Sugar, JD Group and Reunert. He is chairman of the group/SBSA audit committees and group/SBSA risk and capital management committees.
    Lord Smith of Kelvin, Kt
Lord Smith of Kelvin, Kt
CA, Fellow of the Institute of Bankers (in Scotland), Honorary Degrees (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Paisley)
Appointed: 2003

Aged 64, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is chairman of Scottish and Southern Energy Plc and The Weir Group Plc. He is a director of 3i Plc and Aegon UK Plc. He serves on the group/SBSA audit committees.
 
Ted Woods
Ted Woods
BCom (Wits), MBA (Cape Town), CA (SA), CFA
Appointed: 2007

Aged 62, is an independent non-executive director of Standard Bank Group and The Standard Bank of South Africa. He is chairman of the group remuneration committee and also serves on the group/SBSA audit committees.
     

1 Independent non-executive director
2 Non-executive director
3 Executive director
4 British
5 Ghanaian


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