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)