OMBUD COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25

PART C: GOVERNANCE

Table 7: Roles and responsibilities and meeting attendance of Board members

OTHER COMMITTEES OR TASK TEAMS

NO OF BOARD

BOARD DIRECTORSHIPS (LIST THE ENTITIES)

DATE OF APP.

DATE RESIGNED

AREA OF EXPERTISE

NAME

DESIGNATION

QUALIFICATIONS

MEETINGS ATTENDED 2

Institutional development Programme Management

Master of Arts in Sociology, Psychology and Political Science

Ms. Eileen Meyer

Board Chairperson

01/11/23 N/A

None

None

8

Executive Coaching

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

Adv. Dikeledi Chabedi

Dep. Board Chairperson

01/11/20 N/A

Legal expert

None

None

7

Rosebank Red Hotel Automobile Association of South Africa Chandra Designs Pty Ltd Each One Hold One NPC Khanyisa Empowerment Trust

Master’s degree in financial management, a Higher Diploma in Company Law, and a Baccalaureus Procurationis (BProc) in Law Post Graduate Diploma in Compliance, LLB degree, Master of Laws (LLM) degree in Corporate Law, LLM degree in Labour and Social Security

Ms. Charmaine Soobramoney

Legal and Financial expertise

Board member

01/11/20 N/A

None

7

Human resources, remuneration, recruitment, and selection, social and ethics and code of conduct

Mr. Emmanuel Lekgau

Board member

Molandri Holdings Pty Ltd

01/11/20 N/A

None

7

BGM Securities Ltd (UK), Remuneration and Nominations Committee FSCA, FAIS Ombud and OPFA Audit Committees 5

International financial services

Mr. Adam Horowitz

Board member

GBM Securities Ltd (UK)(Chairperson)

01/11/20 N/A

8

CA(SA) Master of Business Administration (MBA) Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) Honours in Accounting BCom Economics and Information Systems, Higher Diploma in Tax, MCom Tax Laws, Masters in Economic Policy

Financial Reporting Standards Council (FRSC) 3 Accounting Standards Board (ASB) 4

Ms. Lebogang Senne

Board member

Financial, Risk and Accounting

01/02/23 N/A

6

Board member/ FSCA Commissioner (ex officio) Board member/ Chief Ombud (ex officio)

Various FSCA Committees in capacity as Commissioner

Commissioner of the FSCA (ex officio)

Mr. Unathi Kamlana

Corporation for Deposit Insurance

01/06/21 N/A

5 6

Ms. Leanne Jackson

Financial sector regulation

01/11/22 N/A BA (Hons)

None

None

8

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Business Leadership of South Africa (BLSA) International Financial Reporting for Non-Profit Organisations (IFR4 NPO)

MPhil Leadership in Emerging Economies MSc Professional Accountancy BCom (Honours) in Auditing: BTech in Internal Auditing

Audit Committee of

Mr. Nico Esterhuizen Note: Mr Esterhuizen is not a member of the Board. 7

Audit and Risk Committee member

Public Finance systems and Risk Management

FSCA, and OPFA and

01/02/24 N/A

2

Audit & Risk Committee of FAIS Ombud

2 Includes 4 scheduled meetings, 2 special meetings, and 2 workshops (total 8 meetings). 3 Ms Senne resigned from the FRSC at the end of November 2024. 4 Ms Senne resigned from the ASB at the end of November 2024. 5 Ms Senne resigned from these Committees at the end of November 2024. 6 For some meetings, the ex officio FSCA Commissioner participation was by an Acting Commissioner in Mr Kamlana’s absence. 7 Mr Esterhuizen’s details are included in this Table to provide details of his expertise and roles.

44

OMBUD COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25