Sipho Nkosi - Sanlam Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Sipho Abednego Nkosi is Lead Independent NonExecutive Director of Sanlam Limited. He was a member of the Board of Directors since 2006 and became the Lead Independent Director of the Sanlam Board on 19 December 2016. Mr Nkosi is a member of the NonExecutive Directors committee and is the chair of the Independent Directors Committee. He is an expert in governance, marketing as well as the general business. Mr Nkosi was the CEO of Exxaro Resources Limited. Prior to this, Mr Nkosi was one of the founders and CEO of Eyesizwe Coal and Country Manager of ABB Alstom Power, having previously worked with Anglo Coal and Ingwe. He was export marketing coordinator in the international marketing division of Anglo Coal from 1986 to 1991. In 1992 Mr Nkosi joined Ingwe as the Marketing Manager responsible for international coal marketing. This position involved extensive travel and provided him with an indepth knowledge and understanding of the coal industry worldwide. Mr Nkosi serves on a number of company boards including Sanlam. Mr Nkosi is a past president of the Chamber of Mines of South Africa and was serving on the Executive Council of the Chamber since November 2006. Previously he served as chair of the Chambers Collieries Committee and the head of strategy at Southern Life. He is currently the chair of Talent10 Holdings. In November 2012 Mr Nkosi was the South African winner in the Master Entrepreneur Category of the Ernst Young World Entrepreneur Award and represented South Africa at the global awards in Monte Carlo in June 2013. On 18 October 2013 he received the Tinie Louw Award at the Afrikaanse Handelsinstituuts National Congress for his business leadership. Mr Nkosi holds the following degrees BCom, BCom, MBA and a Diploma in Marketing Management and in July 2009 he completed the advanced Management Programme at the University of Oxford in the UK. since 2016.