LOOKING TO THE FUTURE WITH STANDARD BANK’S FUNEKA MONTJANE AND KHOMOTSO MOLABE

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“The job of leadership is to create more leaders” – Funeka Montjane

This week we are joined by Standard Bank SA’s Chief Executive of Personal and Business Banking, Funeka Montjane, and Chief Information Officer, Khomotso Molabe. In conversation with Ralf Fletcher, CEO of Topco Media, Funeka and Khomotso share their insights on the significance of one’s heritage, their tips on how to keep up with change and why entrepreneurship is so vital right now. They discuss the importance of giving the South African youth a chance to move forward in their own ways, while simultaneously taking on the responsibility of becoming role models.

Prior to her current role as Chief Executive of Personal and Business Banking, Funeka Montjane held positions as the Head of Credit PBB SA, Head of Home Loans PBB SA and Chief Financial Officer PBB SA. As a qualified Chartered Accountant with a Master of Commerce degree from the University of Johannesburg, Funeka brings with her a wealth of knowledge both inside and outside the workplace. Amongst many of her achievements, Funeka was voted Top Woman Executive and Top Woman of the Year in Business at the 2012 Top Women Awards.

Chief Information Officer, Khomotso Molabe is a well-known industry thought leader in digital client experience transformation. Having trained as a chemical engineer, he started his career in component manufacturing and eventually became the production manager for the largest Johnson Matthey plant in the world. Khomotso went on to complete an MBL degree and this resulted in a 360° career change. He joined Standard Bank in Group Operations in 2008. Khomotso is a recipient of the DOW Sentrachem Award for outstanding Academic Achievement at Undergraduate Level and Quality Improvement Award as well as the Standard Bank 2010 True Blue Top 100 Award.
20 Jul 2020 English South Africa Business · Business

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