Date of first appointment
June 2025
Qualifications
BCom (Hons) Accounting (South Africa), Chartered Accountant (South Africa) and Certificate in the Theory of Accounting (South African Institute of Chartered Accountants)
Responsibilities
Independent Non-Executive Director since June 2025
Skills and Experience
Anna Margaretha is an accomplished executive and non-executive director with over 35 years of experience spanning the banking, chemicals, mining, mobility services, corporate finance, and audit sectors across Africa, the UK, Europe and the USA. She brings deep expertise in governance, audit, financial risk management, compliance, and operational transformation.
Her executive career includes senior leadership positions at Barclays Africa Group and Standard Bank Group. She served as an Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer at Stanbic IBTC Bank (Nigeria), where she played a key role in the bank’s integration and expansion strategy, overseeing major operational and compliance portfolios and managing large teams.
She is a former Audit Partner at PwC South Africa and has held numerous board and trustee positions throughout her career. She currently serves as a Non-Executive Director of Zeda Limited (trading as AVIS Southern Africa), where she is a member of the Audit Committee, the Investment and Transaction Committee, and the Information Technology & Risk Committee. She is also a Non-Executive Director of AECI Group, where she chairs the Audit Committee and serves on the Risk Committee and the Remuneration Committee, which she previously chaired.