CEO Today - Africa Awards 2023

82 | South Africa Sim Tshabalala www.standardbank.com “Our approach is underpinned by integrated thinking, connecting the emerging trends affecting our business and the issues that impact the execution of our strategy and the achievement of our value creation.” COMPANY PROFILE As Africa’s largest bank, we’re committed to using our experience, expertise and innovative vision to provide banking, investment and insurance solutions that enable inclusive, sustainable growth for communities, businesses and economies throughout Africa. We are a client-led and digitally enabled financial solution provider aiming to deliver sustainable growth for individuals, businesses and communities throughout Africa. Our client-centred approach is one of the core strategic pillars of our business, ensuring that the Standard Bank Group is constantly evolving to offer solutions that meet the changing needs of our clients. Our approach is underpinned by integrated thinking, connecting the emerging trends affecting our business and the issues that impact the execution of our strategy and the achievement of our value creation. We believe in the possibilities and opportunities that abound within Africa, and our approach and commitment can be summed up in the simple phrase ‘It Can Be’. Sim Tshabalala joined the group in 2000 in the project finance division of SCMB and in 2001 he was appointed to the group executive committee. Between 2001 and 2006, he was managing director of Stanbic Africa, and in 2006 was appointed as the chief executive of PBB. In June 2008, he was appointed chief executive of SBSA, a role he held until January 2018. In March 2013, he was appointed as the joint group chief executive of SBG, alongside Ben Kruger until September 2017, when he took over as the sole group chief executive officer. EDUCATION - BA, LLB (Rhodes University), LLM (University of Notre Dame, USA), HDip Tax (University of the Witwatersrand), AMP (Harvard) CEO of Standard Bank

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