ZANELE TWALA

Zanele Twala’s career reflects her passion for and commitment to education.  She joins the Foundation from the office of the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa, where she has spent the past three years as director and sector expert in charge of national Early Childhood Development policy formation in the National Planning Commission.

This policy was adopted by Cabinet in December 2015. Zanele’s previous roles were at Bridge Innovation in Learning where she was the Executive Director (Bridge is an education focused non-profit organisation in South Africa that links innovators in education, including representatives from civil society, government, funders, practitioners, teachers, learners, principals, parent’s research organisations and unions), as Country Director for Action Aid South Africa, and as Executive Director at SANGOCO.

She has also worked in the Department of Labour and Department of Education, Wits and the Independent Examinations Board.

Justin Prozesky

Justin works as an executive in Standard Bank’s Corporate Development Unit and provides strategic and operational support to the Foundation.

He is a CA (SA) by profession and has been with Standard Bank since 2008, working on various group-level transactions and strategic projects.

Prior to that he worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in South Africa and in the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2005.

LUNGISA FUZILE

Lungisa Fuzile joined the group in January 2018 as chief executive of SBSA. Prior to his appointment, he had a 20-year career in public service. His most recent role was as director-general of the National Treasury where he was responsible for providing strategic leadership and direction to the successful execution of the legislative mandate of the National Treasury.

MPHO LETLAPE

Currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Standard Bank Tutuwa Community Foundation, Mpho recently retired as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Johannesburg (“UJ”), where she was  heavily involved in the “Fees Must Fall” campaign. Prior to this, Mpho was the Managing Director of the Sasol Inzalo Foundation, which she helped establish. Her previous experience also includes overseeing HR functions at Eskom, Denel and IBM, and holding numerous non-executive director and trustee roles.

Nonhlanhla Tshabalala

Nonhlanhla is passionate about youth development and seeing a South Africa where the playing field is level, with all its people given an opportunity to maximise their potential and to contribute towards its future. In line with this passion, she has been involved in Corporate Social Investment at various organisations, including at Discovery, Nedbank and First National Bank. She has also worked at the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation.

She holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance and Economics and a Bachelor of Arts Honours in Development Studies. She has also completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Management (Monitoring and Evaluation).

Noreen Dingiswayo

Noreen is passionate about the development sector and her career in the sector started at the Umsobomvu Youth Fund (now NYDA). She has worked as Programmes Coordinator and Business Operations at Sasol Inzalo Foundation for six years, where the focus was on STEM education. Her role entailed designing, developing and implementing various projects as well as stakeholder management.

She has completed a Project Management course at the Milpark Business School and few other professional courses at various institutions.

She joined the Standard Bank Tutuwa Community Foundation in 2017 as a Personal Assistant to the CEO and to provide support to the Team.

PHILILE MAPHUMULO

Philile is a Chartered Accountant (SA) and the Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Capital, a black-women controlled investment company which she founded in 2015. Her previous experience was as the CEO of Nozala Investments and as an executive at RMB Corvest, where she sat on a variety of investee company boards. She is also an independent member of the Audit and Risk Committees of the Discovery Health Medical Scheme.

Phumla-Hobe Yabo

Phumla joined the Standard Bank Tutuwa Community Foundation in 2017 as Head of Programmes and Operations. She completed her studies in a Bachelor of Education and an Honours Degree in Education Management Law and Policy. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Development and Management with a focus on CSR.

Prior to joining the Foundation, she worked at Tshikululu Social Investments NPC where she occupied various roles and worked with various clients where she was involved in the Grant Management. She was instrumental in the development and management of systemic interventions particularly in education, with a goal of improving leaner educational outcomes.

SARAH RENNIE

A lawyer by profession, Sarah worked in the United Kingdom as a solicitor for six years. After returning to South Africa in the early 2000s, she worked at Tshikululu Social Investments in a variety of roles, rising through the ranks to the position of Chief Operating Officer. One of Sarah’s portfolios was the Anglo American Chairman’s Fund. Sarah is a trustee of the Anglo American Namibian Foundation and the Grindrod Family Trust, and also chairs the Independent Philanthropy Association of South Africa.

SIMON RIDLEY

Simon recently retired from his role as Financial Director of Standard Bank Group Limited, a position he had occupied since 2003. Before joining the Bank, Simon worked at several companies in the ABSA group. Simon is a Chartered Accountant (SA) and was awarded the title of CFO of the Year in 2015. He now serves as a non-executive director of various companies in the Standard Bank Group.