Wendy Lucas-Bull


Wendy Elizabeth Lucas-Bull is a South African businesswoman, banker and corporate executive, who serves as the chairperson of Absa Group Limited, a large pan-African financial services group, with subsidiaries in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

Background

Wendy was born circa 1955. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, in 1974.

Career

Prior to her appointment as chairman of the Absa Group in 2013, Lucas-Bull served as executive director of Rand Merchant Investment Holdings, before she served as the CEO of FirstRand Limited's retail division.
Wendy is one of the four founders and board members of the Peotona Group. Previous leadership positions in business include as non-executive directorships at Barclays Plc, Anglo American Platinum Limited, the Development Bank of Southern Africa, Alexander Forbes, Eskom, Nedbank, Telkom, Aveng, Lafarge Industries, the South African Financial Markets Advisory Board, Discovery Holdings, Dimension Data Plc and the Momentum Group.

Other consideration

Wendy Lucas-Bull has served in the past, as a member of the President’s Advisory Council on Black Economic Empowerment.