Vassi Naidoo

Vassi was appointed to the boards of Nedbank Group Limited and Nedbank Limited as a non-executive director and Chair designate on 1 May 2015 and then as Chair on 11 May 2015. Vassi was also appointed as a non-executive director of Old Mutual plc in May 2015 and of Old Mutual Group Holdings (SA) Proprietary Limited with effect from 1 October 2016. On 1 November 2016 Vassi was also appointed as a senior independent director of Liquid Telecommunications Holdings Limited, which is based in Mauritius.

Vassi was Chief Executive of Deloitte Southern Africa from 1998 to 2006, a member of the Deloitte UK executive from 2006 to 2009 and a member of Deloitte global executive from 2007 to 2011, and thereafter Vice-chair of Deloitte UK from 2009 to 2014. Vassi is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, with honorary life membership granted in 2011 for his contribution to the development of the profession in SA. He is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.