firstrand namibia’s management and board

Otto Shikongo
Independent
non-executive chairman
MSc (Eng), Pr Eng
Appointed February 2023

Conrad Dempsey
Chief executive officer
CA (Nam) (SA), CGMA, AMCT, MPhil
Appointed October 2020

Lizette Smit
Chief financial officer
CA (Nam)
Appointed July 2023

Jan Coetzee
Independent non-executive director
MCSE
Appointed October 2021

Emile van Zyl
Independent non-executive director
BCom (Hons), MCom
Appointed March 2022

I-Ben Nashandi
Non-executive director
BCom, MSc,
MCom
Appointed January 2019

Libertha Kapere
Independent
non-executive director
BJuris, LLB
Appointed December 2022

Markus Lubbe
Independent
non-executive director
BCom (Hons), CA (Nam) (SA)
Appointed February 2023

Samantha Balsdon
Non-executive director
BCom, CFA
Appointed July 2024

Conrad Dempsey
Chief executive officer
CA (NAM) (SA),
CGMA, AMCT, MPhil
Appointed October 2020

Lizette Smit
Chief financial officer
CA (Nam)
Appointed July 2023

Alan Patrick Pullinger
Chief executive officer
MCom, CA(SA), CFA

Hetash Surendrakumar (Harry) Kellan
Chief financial officer
BCom (Hons), CA(SA)

Mary Vilakazi
Chief operating officer
BCom (Hons), CA(SA)

Andries du Toit
Group Treasurer
BCom (Hons), CA(SA), HDip Tax, HDip International Tax

Raj Makanjee
Chief digital officer
BCom (Hons) (Information Systems), CA(SA)

Gert Kruger
Chief risk officer
BCom (Hons) CA(SA)
MSc (Financial Economics)(London)

Caryn Baird
Head: Group Organisational Development and
Human Capital
BA (Hons) (Industrial Psychology)

Sam Moss
Head: Investor Relations
BA (Hons) (English)

Bongiwe Njobe
Head: Social Investing
MSc (Agric Eng)

Carnita Low
Head: Governance, Ethics and Legal
BA (Law), LLB, LLM, MBA

Jacques Celliers
CEO: FNB
BEng (Civil), MBA

James Formby
CEO: RMB
BCom (Hons), MPhil (Cambridge), CA(SA)
