Phakamani Hadebe

Phakamani was appointed as an independent Non-Executive Director on 19 October 2020. He has a Masters in Economics from the University of Durban-Westville, a Master in Arts in Rural Development from the University of Sussex, is an alumnus of the Wharton Business School and the IMF Institute. He has served in senior management positions in both the public and private sectors. Most recently he served as the Group Chief Executive of Eskom Holdings. Before that he was the CEO of Corporate and Investment Banking (SA) at Barclays Africa and the CEO for the Land and Agricultural Bank. Phakamani also worked in the National Treasury for thirteen years serving as Head of Assets and Liabilities from 2003 to 2008. Phakamani is also consulting for the IMF and the United Nations Economic Community of Africa on financial markets.