Shams Pather

Shams Pather was appointed to the board in 2005 and to the position of chairman in March 2009. He has more than 30 years’ experience in the asset management industry. From 1974 to 2003, he worked at Norwich Union, Colonial Mutual Life Assurance, Southern Life and Real Africa Asset Management. His directorships include Oceana Group Ltd, Lungisa Industrial (Pty) Ltd, Lungisa Technologies (Pty) Ltd, Lungisa Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd, Centre for Proteomics and Genomics Research and Kagiso Tiso Holdings (Pty) Ltd. Shams Pather is also a member of the University of Cape Town (UCT) Joint Investment Council