BASA is governed by a Board of Directors comprising:

  • The chief executive officers of Nedbank, ABSA, First National Bank, Standard Bank, Investec and Capitec Bank, who represent South Africa’s six big banks.
  • Two chief executive officers to represent international banks operating in South Africa
  • Two chief executive officers to represent the other South African banks
  • The Managing Director of BASA

Board Membership as from 1 August 2025

M Vilakazi (Chair)

FirstRand

AKL Fihla (Deputy Chair)

Absa Bank

B Kunene (Managing Director)

BASA

SK Tshabalala

Standard Bank

KG Bungane

African Bank

G Lee

Capitec Bank

S Shabalala

Access Bank

CJ Moodliar

Investec

JP Quinn

Nedbank

C Zhang

Bank of China

PW Taylor

Citibank

AV Skosana (Company Secretary)

BASA

Board Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is a sub-committee of the Board that assists it in executing its fiduciary responsibilities. The committee is delegated some of the power and authority of the Board, in the management and affairs of BASA, between Board meetings.