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Yasmin was appointed Interim Chief Executive Absa Corporate and Investment Banking on 15 October 2024 and became a member of the Executive Committee on the same date.​ Prior to this role, Yasmin served as Managing Executive: Transactional Banking, Absa CIB.

She joined Absa Group in 2011 as General Counsel for the Wealth, Investment Management and Insurance business, before becoming the Group Head of Compliance and a member of the Absa Group Executive Committee in 2014. In 2018, Yasmin became the Chief Executive for Group Strategic Services – a portfolio that drove the Group’s corporate strategy including the Digital, Human Resources and Culture agenda.​

Yasmin is a trained attorney with specialization in corporate and commercial law and holds a Masters in Tax Law from University of the Witwatersrand.

Before joining Absa, Yasmin ventured into private practice as a founding partner at Phukubje Pierce Masithela Attorneys, responsible for various portfolios of the firm, including Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate law, Structured Financing, Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships Practices.

Yasmin has served on various boards.

Qualifications: LLB; HDip (Company Law); LLM (Tax Law)

Yasmin was appointed Interim Chief Executive Absa Corporate and Investment Banking on 15 October 2024 and became a member of the Executive Committee on the same date.​ Prior to this role, Yasmin served as Managing Executive: Transactional Banking, Absa CIB.

She joined Absa Group in 2011 as General Counsel for the Wealth, Investment Management and Insurance business, before becoming the Group Head of Compliance and a member of the Absa Group Executive Committee in 2014. In 2018, Yasmin became the Chief Executive for Group Strategic Services – a portfolio that drove the Group’s corporate strategy including the Digital, Human Resources and Culture agenda.​

Yasmin is a trained attorney with specialization in corporate and commercial law and holds a Masters in Tax Law from University of the Witwatersrand.

Before joining Absa, Yasmin ventured into private practice as a founding partner at Phukubje Pierce Masithela Attorneys, responsible for various portfolios of the firm, including Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate law, Structured Financing, Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships Practices.

Yasmin has served on various boards.

Qualifications: LLB; HDip (Company Law); LLM (Tax Law)