St John's College

BCom, Dip Acc, CA (SA), CD (SA), AMP (Harvard Business School, US)

Appointed to Council in January 2015

After completing his articles at Deloitte & Touche, specialising in financial services, Mike Brown worked for Deloitte & Touche as an audit manager, both locally and internationally, before joining NBS where he held various senior positions.

Following the acquisition of NBS by BoE, he was appointed as deputy MD, followed by MD of BoE Corporate, as well as a main Board Director of BoE Ltd. Post the merger of BoE and Nedbank, Mike was appointed to the role of MD: Property & Asset Finance.

In June 2004, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Nedbank Group and in March 2009, Mike was appointed Chief Executive designate, to succeed Tom Boardman from 1 March 2010 as chief executive of Nedbank Group Limited.