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Zarina joined the Board as an independent non-executive director on 1 April 2025 and is a member of the Group Audit and Compliance Committee (GACC), Group Credit Risk Committee (GCRC) and Group Remuneration Committee (RemCo).

Zarina is an experienced business executive and leader, having trained as a chartered accountant in the initial stages of her career. She spent 17 years in professional financial services with Ernst & Young (EY) in South Africa and the United Kingdom, six years as an executive in retail and private banking and wealth management at Absa Group, and 16 years as a non-executive director including at Kumba, Vodacom SA, Mediclinic and the Financial Services Board, amongst others, and Woolworths Holdings and Investec Group, where she was the lead independent director.

She is currently an independent non-executive director of Gold Fields Limited and the JSE Limited.

Qualifications: BAcc, Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting, CA (SA)

Zarina joined the Board as an independent non-executive director on 1 April 2025 and is a member of the Group Audit and Compliance Committee (GACC), Group Credit Risk Committee (GCRC) and Group Remuneration Committee (RemCo).

Zarina is an experienced business executive and leader, having trained as a chartered accountant in the initial stages of her career. She spent 17 years in professional financial services with Ernst & Young (EY) in South Africa and the United Kingdom, six years as an executive in retail and private banking and wealth management at Absa Group, and 16 years as a non-executive director including at Kumba, Vodacom SA, Mediclinic and the Financial Services Board, amongst others, and Woolworths Holdings and Investec Group, where she was the lead independent director.

She is currently an independent non-executive director of Gold Fields Limited and the JSE Limited.

Qualifications: BAcc, Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting, CA (SA)