Board of Trustees

Mr Ndawana has been with the Fund as the Deputy Principal Executive Officer since 1 September 2017 and was appointed as the Principal Executive Office in August 2020. He has been in the South African retirement funds industry for more than a decade and currently serves as a member of the Education and Training Committee of Batseta Council of retirement Funds. He is also serving in the Financial Sector Transformation Council’s Retirement Funds Scorecard Review SubCommittee; the Sub-Committee is currently reviewing the transformation matrix for retirements funds and related industries. Mr Ndawana is a professional member of Batseta having qualified with a Chartered Principal Executive Officer (CPEO) qualification and designation. He further holds Post Graduate Diploma in financial planning (NQF level 8) and Advanced Post-Graduate Diploma in Investments (NQF level 8), both qualifications obtained from University of the Free State. He has a Master of Business Administration degree from Henley Business School, which is part of University of Reading in the United Kingdom and is currently studying for a master’s degree in development finance at the University of Stellenbosch. Over the years, Mr Ndawana has worked as a retirement funds Consultant, Principal Consultant, Portfolio Manager, Head of Employee Benefits, among other portfolios. He has also been a Principal Officer of a bargaining council fund and a Trustee of one of South Africa’s financial institutions’ umbrella retirement funds.

Leslie was aslo elected to serve on the Batseta Board of Directors. Batseta is a non-profit organisation that serves the interests of principal officers, trustees and fund fiduciaries within the retirement industry. Leslie’s election to serve on the Board of Directors of Batseta provides the NFMW, through its Principal Executive Officer, with an opportunity not only to be part of important policy discussions, but also to shape the retirement funds landscape. We are confident that Batseta and the retirement funds industry will benefit from Leslie's expertise and industry experience. The Board of Trustees affirms its support for Leslie’s involvement in the retirement funds industry initiatives and activities.

She holds a BA Social Sciences degree from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and completed a post-graduate diploma in financial planning and an advanced post-graduate diploma in employee benefits, majoring in fund design and fund governance with the University of Free State. Tebogo has more than 17 years of industry experience and has held several senior positions, including serving as trustee, Deputy Principal Officer and Principal Officer on various retirement funds.

She is a Certified Financial Planner, currently studying towards an Executive MBA with Henley Business School and in the process of finalising the Principal Officer qualification with the Batseta Council of Retirement Funds.