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MANAGING DIRECTOR: THREE TIERS INVESTMENTS AND
CONSULTING AND INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ZEONA

JACOBS

Zeona is an executive with experience in corporate communications, marketing and adveristing
with the following companies in executive and senior management positions: Johannesburg
Stock Exchange, Telkom, Cell C, Multi-Links (Nigeria), Leo Burnett.

She has served as Director and Chairman of companies with extensive governance leadership/
skills: Johannesburg Social Housing Company, Bankserv, Johannesburg Theatre, Soweto and
Roodepoort Theatre, Nestle SA, Truth and Reconciliation Commission. She has also served on
a number of advisory boards: Wits Business School and the Stellenbosch Business School. In
addition, she has served on the following African associations linked to the financial markets:
Chairman: Committee of Southern African Stock Exchanges (Cosse) and Committee Member:
African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA)

Her passions include start-ups, turn-arounds and supporting individuals and companies in
achieving their life goals.

CHIEF RISK ADVISOR, FNB

LYTANIA

JOHNSON

Lytania started her career in the financial services industry in 2001, in cost accounting. She then
moved into the risk function of the bank, where she held various risk positions over a period of
9 years. She was involved in the implementation of the Basel II programme for operational risk
at an FNB level and has also played a pivotal role in the implementation of various regulatory
projects over the years. Due to her vision of becoming a well rounded leader, she was privileged
enough to be responsible for managing the HR portfolio in conjunction with her risk portfolio
for one of the key client segments. During this period, she was the responsible lead for driving
the HR transformation journey within the Personal Banking segment of FNB. In 2014, she was
appointed as Chief Risk Officer of the International segment of the FNB business, where her
responsibilities included managing risk across 9 countries with varied maturity levels. Lytania
has also held the position of CEO for the e-Wallet business that was responsible for driving the
remittance product for FNB clients and developed a product solution that would enable access to
banking for the unbanked base. In line with her vision of being exposed to diverse opportunities,
she has also held the role of Chief Ethics Officer for the banking group for a short period of time.
Lytania has been the Chief Risk Officer for FNB since 2017 and her portfolio includes direct
responsibility for retail credit, all the non-financial risk functions, the AML operational area and
the key enabling risk functions like Risk Data and Analytics ,HR, PMO and the Risk CIO office.

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