Mark de Klerk - Vice Chairperson
Mark de Klerk is the Principal Officer of the Anglo American Platinum Group of Retirement Funds, and also holds the position of Senior Manager: Retirement Funds, for Anglo American Platinum. Mark has extensive experience in the retirement funds industry, and has been actively involved in promoting communication to fund members over the last 20 years. He has received merit awards from the IRF for his active role in fund communication. Mark has presented papers at both local and international conferences.

Johan de Waal - Director
Johan de Waal is employed by Implats as the Group's Employee Benefits Manager. He is the Principal Officer of Implats Pension Fund (established by combining Novel Platinum Pension Fund, Impala Provident Fund and Impala Supplementary Pension Fund), Impala Refineries Provident Fund and Impala Medical Plan. He is also a trustee of the Impala Workers Provident Fund and the Chairman of the Impala Beneficiary Fund. He has been active in the retirement industry since 1998. At Implats he is responsible for the long-term benefits of employees. 

Isgaak Jarodien - Director
Isgaak Jarodien is currently the Group Retirement Funds Manager at Illovo Sugar Ltd in Durban where he is also Principal Executive Officer of three Illovo retirement funds. Illovo Sugar Ltd is a multi-national company with not only local retirement funds but also retirement funds in six African countries.

He previously served as a Director at National Treasury in the Legal Tax Design Division where he was exclusively responsible for the Personal Income Tax and Savings portfolios. Prior to his appointment at National Treasury, he served as a Senior Legal Consultant to various financial services institutions.

Apart from being an admitted Attorney and Certified Financial Planner, he holds several degrees and diplomas in the areas of law, financial planning and tax. His qualifications include a Masters Degree in Laws and a B Com (Hons) specialising in income tax. In 2009 he passed the Certificate in Fundamentals in Islamic Finance with distinction, which is issued by the Islamic Finance Institute of South Africa. Isgaak is also an examiner for Milpark Business School in the Financial Planning & Insurance Faculty.

Sibusiso Luthuli - Director
Sibusiso Luthuli is the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Officer of the Eskom Pension and Provident Fund. He has a background in banking and was formerly CEO of Ithala Bank Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Ithala Development Finance Corporation Limited. He also serves as the non-executive Chairman of Cipla Medpro Pharmaceuticals Limited and is a non-executive Director of Telkom SA Limited.

Patrick Mayne - Director
Patrick Mayne is an actuary and Principal Officer of the Corporate Selection Umbrella Funds. He has been a Director in fields such as IT and HR and has strong project management skills. Patrick’s main interests are corporate governance and risk management.

Maemili Ramataboe - Director
Maemili Ramataboe held the position of Accounting Manager at Standard Chartered Bank, Lesotho for more than 10 years. In 2001 she moved to Shell & BP Petroleum Refineries in Durban, where she held the position of Treasurer. Her portfolio comprised the role of Principal Officer for both the DB and DC funds. In 2008 she joined the Government Employees Pension Fund as Principal Officer and Fund Accounting Officer. She is now MD of MAE Financial Management Solutions, which offers pension administrative services, including independent trustee and Principal Officer services. The company also offers membership of audit and risk committees and provides financial management advisor services to SMME's.

She currently serves on the interim boards of Impala Workers Provident Fund and Municipal Workers Provident Fund, where she was appointed by the Financial Services Board in terms of section 26 of the Pension Funds Act. She is also a trustee of Moriting Umbrella Provident Fund. She is a member of the Audit and Risk Committees of The Competition Commission and Tribunal South Africa; Magalies Water, Human Sciences Research Council and the Gauteng Government.

Maemili is a Chartered Accountant and MBA graduate, and is an accredited Associate of the Institute of Independent Business, UK.