Trustees
Nolulamo Nobambiswano Gwagwa
BA, MTRP, MSc, PhD
Zwoitwaho Calvin Nevhutalu
M. Phil (Environmental law and management, environmental law and management)
Oren Fuchs
BA, Economics / Political Science, MSc(DP), Planning, Certificate (Finance), Finance / nvestments / Accounting, Distinction with Honours, Impact Investing, Executive Education, mpact Investing
Sizwe Errol Nxasana
BCom, BCompt (Hons), CA(SA
Elizabeth Maepa
BCom, Business/Commerce, General, Managing Marketing & Related Support Services
Amanda Tandi Nzimande
(APPOINTED NOT ON LOA) BCom, CTA, CA(SA), HDip Co Law
Mary Vilakazi
(APPOINTED NOT ON LOA) BCom (Hons), CA(SA)
Bongiwe Njobe
(APPOINTED NOT ON LOA) MSc and GCE O Level
foundations
Social investing (or CSI) occurs through the FirstRand Foundation, FirstRand Empowerment Foundation and FirstRand Staff Assistance Trust.
The group is acutely aware that an economy cannot hope to grow without an educated workforce. Responding to this, over time the foundations have shifted the bulk of their attention to systemic education initiatives. The group’s education programmes cover the whole education continuum from early childhood development (ECD) to primary and secondary schooling, tertiary education and workplace readiness, with the aim to increase employability and productive livelihoods.
The FirstRand social investing structures
- Original established as the Southern Life Foundation in 1988; changed to the FirstRand Foundation in 1998.
- In terms of SARS regulations, the FRF Trust is required to distribute at least 50% of all funds received by way of donation (i.e. firstrand’s 1% NPAT)) within 12 months of the end of the year in which the donation was received; in addition , investment income earned by the trust must be spent within five years of earning it. As FREF is financed through dividend income (and not via a donation), it does not face spending requirements of this sort.
- Endowment values have declined in line with the FirstRand share price