Ombud Council AR 2026

PART C: GOVERNANCE

Figure 12: Board of Directors An overview of Directors and their attendance of Board and Committee Meetings is as follows:

Ms Charmaine Soobramoney Board member

Mr Emmanuel Lekgau Board member

Ms Eileen Meyer Board Chairperson

Adv. Dikeledi Chabedi Dep. Board Chairperson

Ms Leanne Jackson Board member / Chief Ombud (ex officio)

Mr Unathi Kamlana Board member / FSCA Commissioner (ex officio)

Mr Adam Horowitz Board member

Ms Lebogang Senne Board member

Table 10: Roles and responsibilities and meeting attendance of Board members 1

Date of app and re app where applicable.

Board Directorships

Other Committees or Task Teams

No of Board

Date resigned

Area of expertise

Name

Designation

Qualifications

(list the entities)

meetings attended 3

Ms Eileen Meyer

01 / 11 / 23 N/A

Board Chairperson

Master of Arts in Sociology, Psychology & Political Science

Institutional development Programme Management & Executive Coaching Legal expert

None

None

7

Adv. Dikeledi Chabedi

01 / 11 / 20 01 / 11 / 23

Dep. Board Chairperson

N/A

Bachelor of Laws degree (BIuris) and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB and postgraduate) degree

None

None

4

3 Includes 4 scheduled meetings, 2 special meetings, and 1 workshop (total 7 meetings).

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