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Mr Fulvio Tonelli

Chairperson

Mr Fulvio Tonelli

Chairperson

CA(SA), Formerly Registered Auditor (RA) with more than 10 years auditing experience

Mr Tonelli has served his whole career in the auditing profession and was an audit partner in the large audit firms since 1992. His experience includes being the audit partner on many listed entities such as South African Breweries Ltd, Standard Bank Group Ltd, and the FirstRand Group Ltd. He recently retired from PWC and is currently serving as a non-executive director of the Absa Group.

Ms Naidene Ford-Hoon

Deputy Chairperson

Ms Naidene Ford-Hoon

Deputy Chairperson

CA(SA)

Ms Ford-Hoon is currently an independent consultant and was also part of the Department of Justice’s Commission of Inquiry into the PIC. Her previous roles include Head of Advisory services at Firstrand, and being CFO at Alexander Forbes Group Holdings Limited and the South African Reserve Bank. She is currently serving on the Boards of SA Corporate Real Estate (JSE Listed REIT) and the Knysna Initiative for Learning and Teaching (a NGO).

Ms Ruth Benjamin-Swales

Board Member

Ms Ruth Benjamin-Swales

Board Member

CA(SA), formerly registered RA with more than 10 years auditing experience.

Ms Benjamin-Swales has a wealth of auditing experience and is currently serving as the CEO of the Association for Savings and Investments South Africa (ASISA) Foundation. She was previously an audit partner at EY, KMMT Brey Inc and Gobodo Inc where she audited various large clients. She has extensive board experience and currently forms part of the boards of Equites Limited, the Cape Peninsula University of Technology Investment Committee, and the George Whitefield Theological Training College.

Ms Thabiso Kutumela

Board Member

Ms Thabiso Kutumela

Board Member

Bachelor of Law,Bachelor of Commerce, Master of Law, Admitted Attorney of the High Court and member of the Legal Practice Council

Ms Kutumela as an attorney of the High Court and is currently employed as a director at Shekinah Consulting Ltd. She also previously held senior legal positions at AECI Ltd, Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa and Hogan Lovells (formerly Routledge Modise). She is also part of the Appeals Board of the South African Institute for Drug- Free Sport, the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency, and is the Chairperson of NHBRC Disciplinary Committee.

Ms Nalini Maharaj

Board Member

Ms Nalini Maharaj

Board Member

BProc, LLB, Admitted as an Attorney to the High Court and member of the Legal Practice Council

Ms Maharaj is an attorney of the High Court and is the CEO of her own company N.Maharaj Attorneys / Ishana Incorporated. She is also a lecturer at the University of Witwatersrand and has served in many legal and company secretary roles for public sector institutions. She serves on the Boards of the South Rand Hospital, Goldfields TVET College, as an examiner and moderator for the Legal Practice Council, as well as on the appeals council for the South African Nursing Council.

Mr Protas Phili

Board Member

Mr Protas Phili

Board Member

CA(SA)

Mr Phili is the co-founder and Managing Director at Khwezela Investment Group (Pty) Ltd and has a wealth of public sector experience that includes senior positions at Sentech Ltd, SARS and the Department of Public Enterprises amongst others. He is currently serving on the Boards of Resilient REIT Limited, Rand Water, Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) and the National Nuclear Regulator.

Mr Mojalefa Mosala

Board Member

Mr Mojalefa Mosala

Board Member

CA(SA)

Mr Mosala is a senior lecturer at Wits University, with a focus on financial accounting, and has been in other academic positions at a number of academic institutions. He also serves as a non-executive director of the Free State Cricket Union and is the chairperson of the SAICA Free State Bloemfontein region.

Ms Precious Sibiya

Board Member

Ms Precious Sibiya

Board Member

CA(SA) Ms Sibiya has more than 20 years of experience at junior and senior management levels, mainly within finance (financial reporting), auditing (external and internal), risk management and supply chain management in the private and public sectors. She is currently serving as a non-executive director and on various governance committees of public and private sector boards (for example, in audit, risk, investment, ICT governance and human resources committees).

Ms Zine Mshengu

Board Member

Ms Zine Mshengu

Board Member

CA(SA)

Ms Zine Mshengu is employed at the South African Reserve Bank (Divisional Head: Industry Technical Support) and has auditing and banking experience. She was previously the Head of Advisory Services at FirstRand. She is currently a member of the auditing standards committee at IRBA and has an intricate knowledge of the profession and has served on international commissions as part of her role at the SARB.

Mr Shabeer Khan

Ministerial Representative

Mr Shabeer Khan

Ministerial Representative

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Is an individual who has obtained a professional accountant designation from an accredited professional body, who is registered as a candidate auditor with the Regulatory Board and who is serving under the supervision of a registered auditor. Learn more.