NL Sowazi (16 April 1963)

Independent non-executive director

Qualification: Master’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Appointed: 01 August 2016

Board Committee Membership: Chairman: Social, Ethics and Sustainability Committee, Member, Directors Affairs and Governance Committee, Human Capital and Remuneration Committee and Finance and Investment Committee

Other directorships: Nkululeko is the Executive Chairman and co-founder of Tiso Investment Holdings, a diversified Pan African investment holding company with business interests in South Africa and Ghana. He was Chairman of Kagiso Tiso Holdings (KTH) until June 2020.

He is the Chairman of JSE listed company Sappi Limited, director of The Foschini Group Limited and lead independent director of Grindrod Limited.

Nkululeko also chairs the Investment Committee of the Sanlam Private Equity Fund and serves on a number of not-for-profit organizations as a co-founder trustee of the Tiso Foundation and Chairman of Housing for HIV Foundation based in Washington D.C.