D I R E C T O R B I O G R A P H I E S

‌Who we are

Biographies of our Directors

are outlined on the following pages, including their relevant skills and experience, key external appointments and any appointments to Board Committees.

Committee membership key

B DLC BRCC

N

DLC Nomdac

R

A

S

DLC Remuneration Committee DLC Audit Committee

DLC SEC

Denotes Committee Chair

Philip Hourquebie

Chair

Age

72

Nationality

British and South African

Qualifications

BAcc, BCom (Hons), CA (SA)

Date of appointment August 2017 (Board), August 2021 (Chair) Independent

On appointment

N

B

R

Relevant skills and experience

Philip has substantial international and advisory experience, gained through a long career at Ernst & Young, where he held various positions, including Managing Partner for the sub-Saharan Africa and later, Central and South East Europe regions. This career experience, in conjunction with his time as Chair of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, brings deep finance, strategic, leadership and operational experience.

External appointments

B N R

B A R

Aveng Limited and Burstone Group Limited (formerly known as Investec Property Fund Limited).

Henrietta Baldocfi

Senior Independent Non-Executive Director

Age

54

Nationality

British

Qualifications

BSc (Hons)

Date of appointment

August 2019

Independent

Yes

Vivefi Ahuja

Independent

Non-Executive Director

Age

58

Nationality

Singaporean

Qualifications

FCA (ICAEW), BCom

Date of appointment

May 2025

Independent

Yes

Relevant skills and experience Henrietta has extensive knowledge of the financial services sector, through her 25 years' experience in investment banking, most recently as Chair of the European Financial Institutions team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where she advised many boards on a number of significant transactions. In 2021, Henrietta was appointed Chair of Investec Wealth & Investment (UK), a position she held until the completion of the all-share combination with Rathbones in September 2023. Following this, Henrietta was appointed to the Rathbones Group plc Board.

Henrietta's industry experience demonstrates her valuable strategic and transformation advisory skills.

External appointments Legal and General Assurance Society Limited, Legal and General Group plc and Rathbones Group plc. Relevant skills and experience Vivek has a strong banking background with a deep understanding of finance, strategy, M&A, business & operational transformation, risk management and corporate governance. He also has experience in corporate, commercial, consumer, private, institutional and business banking as well as private equity and investment banking. Vivek is a qualified accountant who has held senior financial roles culminating in Deputy Group CFO at Standard Chartered plc. He joined the PZ Cussons plc (FTSE250) board in 2024 as independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee and was appointed to Aberdeen Group plc as Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and member of the Risk Committee and Nominations and Governance Committee. He was also an Independent

Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Risk Committee of Natwest Markets plc where he served over six years.

External appointments

PZ Cussons plc, Aberdeen Group plc, Edbury Partners Limited.

B

B S

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Stephen Koseff

Non-Executive Director

Age

73

Nationality

South African

Qualifications

BComm, CA (SA), MBA, H Dip

BDP, Hon DCom

Date of appointment

September 2020

Independent

No

Jasandra Nyfier

Independent

Non-Executive Director

Age

52

Nationality

South African

Qualifications

BSc, MBA

Date of appointment

May 2021

Independent

Yes

Relevant skills and experience

Stephen was with Investec for 39 years in various capacities and the Group CEO from 1996 to 2018. In 2017, Stephen was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Commerce Degree by the University of the Witwatersrand. He was a former member of Business Leadership South Africa, the Financial Markets Advisory Board, chairman and member of the South African Banking Association and Independent Bankers Association,

and former director of the JSE and Bidvest Group. Stephen is Chair of Innovation Africa SA NPC and Co-Chair of the Youth Employment Service (YES). Stephen brings strong commercial, finance, risk and industry expertise to the Board.

External appointments

B S R N

B N A

Bid Corporation Limited, Bravo Transport Holdings Limited, Bud Group Holdings Proprietary Limited, Irongate Group Holdings Proprietart Limited and ArrowPoint Capital.

Relevant skills and experience

Jasandra is a seasoned investor and developer in the energy transition industry having previously led the buildout of two successful renewable energy independent power producers. She has been CEO for 11 years of her career and has done business globally in most geographies in Africa, South-east Asia, Europe, USA and Latin America. This background demonstrates her extensive knowledge of and experience in building businesses, private equity investing and

energy transition.

External appointments

Emira Property Fund Limited.

Nicfiy Newton-King

Independent

Non-Executive Director

Age

58

Nationality

South African and British

Qualifications

BA, LLB, LLM, LLD (hc)

Date of appointment

May 2021

Independent

Yes

Vanessa Olver

Independent

Non-Executive Director

Age

51

Nationality

South African

Qualifications

BCom, HDipAcc, HDipTax, CA (SA), CPA (USA)

Date of appointment

May 2022

Independent

Yes

Relevant skills and experience

Nicky is a lawyer by training. She was a senior Executive with the JSE for 23 years, and the CEO from 2012 to 2019. In her tenure at the JSE, Nicky was responsible for repositioning it as a modern securities exchange and as a thought leader amongst global exchanges around ESG. Nicky remains involved in a number of initiatives focused on education and social cohesion. This background affords her significant regulatory and business expertise, and knowledge of ESG matters.

External appointments

MTN Group Limited, AngloGold Ashanti plc, Stellenbosch University Council, the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre and Oppenheimer Memorial Trust.

Relevant skills and experience

Vanessa is a chartered accountant, who has substantial strategic, risk, finance, governance, and technology related experience, having held a number of senior executive roles, including previously serving as Chief Enablement Officer (Rest of Africa) at Absa Group, Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Business Connexion Group and Finance Director of Stanbic Bank after having spent 7 years abroad at Deloitte US and Aviva plc.

Vanessa is also the Founder of Quantum Change, an advisory and recruitment firm which focuses on enabling clients' business strategies through precision execution.

External appointments

None

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Relevant skills and experience

Diane's previous appointments include partner in charge of Transaction Services at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Group CFO of Allied Electronics Limited, Group FD of Old Mutual South Africa Limited and CEO of Old Mutual Investment Group Proprietary Limited. She has also been a Non-Executive Director on Boards on the JSE, LSE and Australian Securities Exchange where she has chaired many of the respective Audit Committees. This background affords significant audit and risk experience, financial, leadership, banking, long term insurance, fintech, wealth, savings and investment and regulatory reporting skills.

External appointments

B N A

Redefine Properties Ltd, Nutun Limited (formerly named Transaction Capital Limited).

Relevant skills and experience

Fani was appointed joint CE of Investec Group on

1 October 2018, and sole Group Chief Executive on 16 March 2020. Prior to that Fani chaired the Investec Group Board between November 2011 and May 2018, and was a member of the Group Board since January 2004. Prior to joining Investec, Fani was a private equity professional with the private equity group Tiso and Kagiso Trust Investments. Fani brings extensive banking and commercial expertise to the Board.

External appointments

BUD Group Holdings Proprietary Limited, GH Media Group Proprietary Limited.

Brian Stevenson

Independent

Non-Executive Director

Age

71

Nationality

British

Qualifications

MBA, ACIB, FCBI

Date of appointment

June 2021

Independent

Yes

B

Relevant skills and experience

Brian is the former Chair of Investec Bank plc. He has substantial strategic, governance and financial services experience, having held a number of senior executive roles, including CEO and Chair of Royal Bank of Scotland's global transaction services division and as Head of Global Banking Division Asia Pacific at Deutsche Bank, as well as various non-executive positions including Agricultural Bank of China and Deutsche Bank Nederland and Westpac Europe Limited. Brian was also an Advisory Board member of Lysis Financial and a Board Mentor at Critical Eye.

External appointments

None

Nishlan Samujh

Group Finance Director

Age

51

Nationality

South African

Qualifications

BAcc, HDipAcc, HDipTax, CA (SA)

Date of appointment

April 2019

Independent

No

Relevant skills and experience

Nishlan started his career at KPMG Inc. He joined Investec in 2000 as a technical accountant in the financial reporting team. In 2010 he took on the full responsibility for the finance function in South Africa, which later developed into the Global Head of Finance. He was then appointed Group Finance Director in 2019. This background affords significant financial expertise, and regulatory reporting skills.

External appointments

None