Service: 16 years

Qualifications: BA (Hons), Strategic Management in Banking (Insead), AMP (Harvard, USA)

Mfundo was appointed as Chief Operating Officer in January 2015. He joined the group as Head of Nedbank Africa in 2004 and became Head of Corporate Banking in 2005. He became a member of the Group Executive Committee in 2008 and Managing Executive of Nedbank Corporate in 2009, delivering strong and consistent performance in the business. He was appointed to the boards of Nedbank Limited and Nedbank Group Limited on 1 January 2015. He also serves on the board of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, in which Nedbank holds a 21,2% interest. As a member of the Group Executive Committee, Mfundo is closely involved in the oversight of business strategies across Nedbank and is responsible for leading and delivering changes to the target operating model. Before joining Nedbank, Mfundo was the Executive responsible for strategy, revenue and economic analysis at the South African Revenue Service and Chief Director of the Department of Trade and Industry, where he was responsible for Africa and the Middle East, as well as for the development and coordination of the economic strategy for the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD).