Fagmeedah Petersen-Cook

Fagmeedah was appointed as an independent non-executive director on 16 April 2018. She is an actuary with 24 years’ technical experience in the financial services sector. Until 2016, she was the chief investment officer at the Eskom Pension and Provident Fund (EPPF), where she was responsible for the investment of R120 billion. Fagmeedah was appointed to the board of the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) to bring her expertise to the oversight of the investment activity of the PIC. In 2012, she was appointed as a member of the board of Telkom, where she chairs the investment committee. As an actuary, Fagmeedah brings enterprise risk management skills and multi-generational planning techniques to the boardroom. She believes in sustainability and was instrumental in developing the framework for the implementation of the UN PRI at both the GEPF and the EPPF, and now champions ESG principles at the various companies where she is involved. Fagmeedah is the designated insurance director for the group. Fagmeedah currently serves on the boards of Bankmed, Telkom SOC, Absa Financial Services, Absa Pension Fund and Famous Brands.