Robert Leith

Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed:
 October 2016
Qualifications: BCom (Hons)

 

Expertise: Accounting, auditing, retail and investment banking, human resources, marketing, business strategy and strategic planning, and other financial services.

Experience: Corporate governance and stakeholder management.

Nationality: South African

Career history: Initially, Rob joined the board as Non-executive Director in October 2016. He was appointed as Director of Managed Separation at Old Mutual plc (Nedbank Group’s former ultimate holding company) on 14 March 2016 after having joined Old Mutual from a private investment company where he had been since September 2014. Before that Rob was Global Head of Investment Banking and Global Markets of Sberbank CIB. He joined Sberbank CIB in January 2012 from Standard Bank, where he had served for over 20 years in the UK, most recently as Head of Group Strategic Development and Chief Executive of Global CIB. As part of the Old Mutual Managed Separation process, Rob resigned from the Nedbank boards on 15 October 2018 and was reappointed on 1 January 2019.

Board committees: Member: Group Credit Committee, Large-exposures Approval Committee, Group Information Technology Committee, Group Remuneration Committee, and Group Risk and Capital Management Committee.