Dr Manana Bakane

Appointed to the Board in 2004. Dr Manana Bakane-Tuoane served as ARM’s Lead Independent Non-executive Director from 2009 to 2015. Manana has extensive experience in Economics. Her 20-year career in the academic field included lecturing at various institutions, including the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (UBLS), National University of Lesotho (NUL), University of Saskatchewan (Sectional Lecturer) and the University of Fort Hare as Head of Department and Associate Professor.

During this part of her career, she was seconded to work in the public service where she has held various senior management positions since 1995. Concurrent with the above, Manana has been a member and office bearer of several international organisations, including Winrock International and the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC). She serves as a Non-executive Director of Sanlam Limited and a trustee of certain Sanlam trusts. Manana was the Special Advisor to the Minister of Social Development, Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs as well as Minister of Environmental Affairs from 2009 until 31 January 2015.