Errol Kruger

Errol has extensive regulatory, banking and specialised financial services experience having served as a Senior Executive of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) from July 1978. In September 2003, Errol was appointed Registrar of Banks in South Africa and served in that position until July 2011. As the Registrar of Banks, Errol represented South Africa as a full member of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and he successfully project managed South Africa’s early adoption and full implementation of both the revised 25 Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision as well as Basel II. Errol contributed in a material manner to the South African banking system successfully navigating the Global Financial Crisis of 2008.

On 1 August 2011 Errol was appointed Managing Director of Supervision and Authorisation at the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority, where after he was appointed by the Board of the Qatar Central Bank to serve on Qatar’s Financial Stability and Risk Control Committee. He relinquished his role at the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority on 31 July 2016.

Errol serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Nedbank Group Limited and Nedbank Limited and chairs various board risk and credit sub-committees. Errol is a graduate of the University of Pretoria where he obtained a B.Com. degree.