Paul joined the Board as an independent non-executive director on 1 February 2026. He is the Chairman of the Group Risk and Capital Management Committee (GRCMC) and a member of the Group Audit and Compliance Committee (GACC), Group Credit Risk Committee (GCRC), Directors’ Affairs Committee (DAC) and Models Committee (MC).
Paul was the Group Chief Risk Officer of the Standard Bank Group from 1999 to 2016.
In addition to his risk responsibilities, he was also responsible for internal audit, compliance, governance, group insurance, sustainability, ethics and financial crime.
He spent 21 years with KPMG, involved with and responsible for a number of key clients.
In his last 10 years at KPMG, he was a Partner in the Financial Services Group.
Paul has served as an independent non-executive director of Discovery Bank Limited until November 2025.
Qualifications: BCom (University of Natal – Durban); CA (SA); Advanced Management Programme (Wharton)


