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 2026

AKL Fihla (Chair)

Absa Bank

G Lee (Deputy Chair)

Capitec Bank

B Kunene (Managing Director)

BASA

D Hodnett

Standard Bank

Zweli Manyathi

African Bank

M Vilakazi

FirstRand

A Dada

Access Bank

CJ Moodliar

Investec

JP Quinn

Nedbank

C Zhang

Bank of China

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.