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About
Funke is an independent non-executive director. She is a Non-executive Director of Sabvest Limited, Spar Group Limited and Telkom SOC Limited.Previously Funke served as the Deputy Chair, Lead Independent and Audit and Risk committee chair of Massmart Holdings Limited (a Walmart subsidiary company, housing its African retailing interests). She is also the audit and risk committee chair of Transaction Capital Limited and has served as independent non-executive director and audit and risk committee member of Datatec Limited (a global IT services business operating across Africa, Europe, North America and Asia).Funke has over 22 years’ experience operating at executive board level, having previously served as chief financial officer of JSE listed companies namely Tiger Brands Limited, Primedia Limited and as executive director and chief financial officer designate of Barloworld Limited. She was an executive director of EMTS Limited (trading as 9mobile), Nigeria’s fourth largest telco as well as acting in an interim capacity as chief financial officer. She also founded and led the private equity business of the Kagiso Trust Investment Group.
Education: Bachelor of Business Science (Hons) (Operational Research) from the University of Salford, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW); Chartered Accountant with the South Africa Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA).
Board Committees: Actuarial; Audit (Chairperson); Risk
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Qualifications & Experience
Other directorships (state)
(only entities turnover at least $5m p/a)
| Company | Committee | Position | Date Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit | Chairperson | ||
| Board | Other Non-Executive | ||
| Board | Other Non-Executive |
Working history
Chief Financial Officer
Tiger Brands LimitedAppointed Date:
Date Resigned:
Industry: Food Chain
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Other Non-Executive
Datatec LimitedAppointed Date:
Date Resigned:
Industry: Technology
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Chief Financial Officer
Barloworld LimitedAppointed Date:
Date Resigned:
Industry: Manufacturing
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Committee/s
| Company | Committee | Role | Appointment Date | Resignation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Mutual | Board | Member | 01/01/2025 | |
| Old Mutual | Audit | Chairperson | 01/01/2025 | |
| Massmart Holdings Limited | Board | Member | 27/08/2021 | |
| Sabvest Capital Limited | Board | Member | 01/01/2020 | |
| Sabvest Capital Limited | Capital investment | Chairperson | 01/01/2020 | |
| Sabvest Capital Limited | Audit | Member | 01/01/2020 | |
| Sabvest Capital Limited | Remuneration | Member | 01/01/2020 | |
| Sabvest Capital Limited | Nominations & Governance | Member | 01/01/2020 | |
| Sabvest Capital Limited | Social & Ethics | Member | 01/01/2020 | |
| The SPAR Group Limited | Board | Member | 01/02/2024 | |
| Telkom SA SOC Limited | Board | Member | 01/07/2021 |