Leadership
In 2009, Absa appointed one of South Africa’s most successful and highly regarded businesswomen, Maria Ramos as the new Group Chief Executive. Prior to joining Absa, Ramos had held numerous high-profile jobs as the Director-General of the National Treasury from 1996 to 2003, and as Group Executive of Transnet Limited from 2004 to 2009. She has been ranked as the ninth most influential woman in international business by Fortune magazine; she won South Africa’s Business Woman of the Year award in 2001; and was named Business Leader of the Year by the Sunday Times’ Business Times in 2005.
Other Absa Group Executive Directors include:
- D W P (David) Hodnett – Group Financial Director
- W T (Willie) Lategan – Chief Executive: Absa Financial Services
- J (Jan) Lubbe – Chief Risk Officer
- B (Bobby) Malabie – Chief Executive: Retail and Business Bank
- F (Fergus) Marupen – Chief Human Resources Executive
- D (Daphne) Motsepe – Chief Executive: Unsecured Lending
- V (Alfie) Naidoo – Group Chief Operating Officer
- N (Nomkhita) Nqweni – Chief Executive of Absa Wealth
- H (Happy) Ntshingila – Group Executive: Marketing and Communication
- S (Stephen) van Coller – Chief Executive Officer: Absa Capital
- L L (Louis) von Zeuner – Deputy Group Chief Executive
Former executive directors
- Alewyn Burger - Group Executive Director
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