Expertise and experience in accounting and auditing, other financial services, large corporates, human resources, marketing business strategy and strategic planning, doing business in emerging economies, macroeconomic and public policy, and corporate governance and stakeholder management.

Stanley qualified as a chartered accountant (SA) in 1987 and was appointed audit partner at PwC, serving several of the firm’s large clients both in the public and private sectors. During his 27 years in the audit profession as audit and advisory partner and later as member of the PwC Executive Committee, he led large and complex assignments, attended audit committee meetings of key clients, was the technical partner, trained board and audit committee members on the roles and responsibilities of the board and on governance, and gained valuable experience across the various sectors. He represented the Southern African firm in several PwC’s African and global structures. These roles provided Stanley with a wide international view and exposure to global clients. At the age of 42 he was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer for PwC Southern Africa and member of the Executive Committee for Southern Africa. During his time as the strategy leader for PwC Southern Africa, Stanley led the Government and Public Sector Industry Group for Southern Africa. He was Chairperson of Business Skills for SA Foundation, a non-profit organisation that has provided business skills training to over 18 000 entrepreneurs from disadvantaged communities. Stanley was also on the board of Business Unity SA and Chairperson of its Audit Committee, a patron of the Nepad Business Foundation – a pan-African business foundation that seeks to put Africa on a path of sound sustainable economic development. He is a Director of Sasol Limited, Chairperson of Terrasan Group Limited and Chief Executive Officer of Menston Holdings Proprietary Limited.

Board committees: Chairperson: Group Audit Committee (steps down on 30 May 2025). Member: Group Credit Committee, Large-exposures Approval Committee, Group Directors’ Affairs Committee, Group Remuneration Committee and Group Transformation, Social and Ethics Committee.

Holds 2 300 Nedbank Group Limited ordinary shares.

Nationality: South African.