Mary is a chartered accountant (SA) with more than 20 years’ working experience. She was appointed as FirstRand executive director in 2018 and was the FirstRand Group COO. In this capacity, she was the group executive director responsible for FirstRand’s diversification strategies in insurance and investment management, as well as the portfolio of subsidiaries in broader Africa and central group functions. Prior to this, Mary held the positions of deputy CEO of MMI Holdings Limited and CFO of the Mineral Services Group, and she is a 2016 World Economic Forum Young Global leader. Mary started her career at PwC, where she was admitted as one of their youngest partners globally in 2005. Mary is currently the CEO of FirstRand Group, appointed on the 1 April 2024.
