Appointed: June 2014

Qualifications: BSc(Hons), MBA.

Expertise in mining, energy, information technology, resources and infrastructure.

Experience in climate change, large corporates, industrial affairs, human resources, marketing, business strategy and strategic planning, IT and cyberresilience, corporate governance and stakeholder management, as well as doing business in emerging economies.

Nationality: South African

Brian joined the board as an independent non-executive director on 30 June 2014. Brian is the chief executive of African Rainbow Energy and Power and previously served as the chief executive of Eskom Holdings SOC Limited. He has extensive experience with global (specifically African and South African) energy and resource issues. Brian serves as a member of the World Economic Forum’s Governors of the Electricity Industry, as a trustee of WWF Trust SA, and as a non-executive director of the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited.

Board committees:

Chairperson: Group Climate Resilience Committee.

Member: Group Information Technology Committee, Group Risk and Capital Management Committee, and Group Directors’ Affairs Committee.

Holds 64 Nedbank Group Limited ordinary shares.