Board of Trustees

Around 565 221 pensioners
and assets worth R2.69 trillion

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Chairperson of Board of Trustees

- Mr. Frans Baleni

GEPF Positions

Chairperson of the Investment Committee
Member of the Advisory Board
Member of the Benefits and Administration Committee

Qualifications

• BA Social Science Development Studies
• Diploma in Political Science and Trade Unionism
• Project and Infrastructure Finance Programme
• Board of Directors Certificate in Management Development
• Certificate in Human Resources Management
• Certificate in Building on Talent Management

Mr Eddie Kekana

Vice-chairperson of the Board of Trustees

Mr Eddie Kekana

GEPF Positions

Employee nominated trustees.
Deputy chairperson of the Board of Trustees
Chairperson of the Social and Ethics Sub-Committee
Member of the Governance and Legal Committee
Member of the Investment committee

Qualifications

BA Social Science Development Studies
Diploma in Political Science and Trade Unionism
Project and Infrastructure Finance Programme
Board of Directors Certificate in Management Development
Certificate in Human Resources Management
Certificate in Building on Talent Management

Mr Sipho Nkambule

GEPF Positions

Employer-nominated trustee
Member of the Benefits and Administration Committee
Member of the Remuneration Committee
Member of the Social and Ethics Subcommittee

Qualifications

Advanced Diploma in Labour Law – University of Johannesburg
Post Graduate Diploma in Labour Law – North-West University
National Diploma in Policing – Technicon SA

Mr Gregg Rafferty

GEPF Positions

Employee-nominated trustee
Member of the Benefits and Administration Committee
Member of the Governance and Legal Committee

Qualifications

Senior Certificate

Ms Lebo Mokgabudi

GEPF Positions

Employee-nominated trustee
Member of the Advisory Board
Member of the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee
Member of the Investment Committee
Member of the Valuations Subcommittee

Qualifications

Masters in business administration – GIBS
B. Com Honours– University of Witwatersrand
B. Com – UNISA

Mr Pierre Snyman

GEPF Positions

Employee-nominated trustee
Chairperson of the Governance and Legal Committee
Member of the Remuneration Committee

Qualifications

Advanced Labour Law Programme – Unisa

Ms Buyiswa Nkunjana

GEPF Positions

Employer-nominated trustee
Member of the Benefits and Administration Committee
Member of the Investment Committee
Chairperson of the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee

Qualifications

Honours in Public Administration – University of Stellenbosch
Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Social Science – University of KwaZulu-Natal
Bachelor’s in social sciences – University of KwaZulu-Natal

Government Employees Pension Fund

Board of Trustees

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Chairperson

Mr Frans Baleni

Employer Nominated Trustee

Chairperson of the Board of Trustees
Chairperson of the Investment Committee

Deputy Chairperson

Ms Kgomotso Makhupola

Employee nominated Trustee

Vice Chairperson of the Board
Chairperson of the Benefits and Administration Committee