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About
Ms Marcus worked in exile for the African National Congress from 1970 until 1990 in a variety of roles including that of Deputy Secretary of Information and Publicity. Returning to South Africa in 1990, Ms Marcus was a key member of the team that prepared for the first democratic elections. In 1994 she was elected to the South African Parliament, where she chaired the Joint Standing Committee on Finance. In 1996 she was appointed as Deputy Minister of Finance and in 1999 as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank, where she served for 5 years. Ms Marcus served as the Governor of the South African Reserve Bank from 2009 to 2014.
Ms Marcus was the non-executive chairperson of the Absa Group from 2007 to 2009. She has also been a non-executive director of Gold Fields Ltd and Bidvest.
Ms Marcus has acted as chairperson of a number of South African regulatory and supervisory bodies, including the Financial Services Board and the Standing Committee for the Revision of the Banks Act. She has also served as a non-executive director of the Advisory Board of the Auditor General and was a member of the Millennium Labour Council.
Ms Marcus was appointed by the Constitutional Court of South Africa as a member of a panel of experts to report to the Court on the matter of payment of social grants; and as an Assistant Commissioner in the Mpati Judicial Commission of Inquiry into allegations of impropriety at the Public Investment Commission (PIC) from October 2018 to December 2019.
Ms Marcus is a B Comm graduate of the University of South Africa.
Personal Details
Title: Ms
Surname: Marcus
Known as: Gill
M/F: Female
Nationality: South Africa
Country of Birth: South Africa
Language: English
Qualification: BCom
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Qualifications & Experience
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Working history
Committee/s
| Company | Committee | Role | Appointment Date | Resignation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glencore International AG | Audit | Member | 07/12/2017 | |
| Glencore International AG | Social & Ethics | Member | 07/12/2017 | |
| Glencore International AG | Board | Member | 07/12/2017 | |
| Glencore International AG | Nominations & Governance | Member | 07/12/2017 |
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Is your Director annual fee more than 5% of your total income from all sources?:
Are you more than 10 years as a director?:
Are you an executive chairperson?: