Board of Trustees

Around 490 000 pensioners
and assets worth R2.3 trillion

Chairperson of Board of Trustees

- Mr. Frans Baleni
GEPF Positions

Chairperson of the Investment Committee
Member of the Advisory Board
Member of the Benefits and Administration Committee

Qualifications

•​ BA Social Science Development Studies
•​ Diploma in Political Science and Trade Unionism
•​ Project and Infrastructure Finance Programme
•​ Board of Directors Certificate in Management Development
•​ Certificate in Human Resources Management
•​ Certificate in Building on Talent Management

Mr Eddie Kekana

Vice-chairperson of the Board of Trustees

Mr Eddie Kekana


GEPF Positions
  • Employee nominated trustees.
  • Deputy chairperson of the Board of Trustees
  • Chairperson of the Social and Ethics Sub-Committee
  • Member of the Governance and Legal Committee
  • Member of the Investment committee
​Qualifications
  • BA Social Science Development Studies
  • Diploma in Political Science and Trade Unionism
  • Project and Infrastructure Finance Programme
  • Board of Directors Certificate in Management Development
  • Certificate in Human Resources Management
  • Certificate in Building on Talent Management

Mr Sipho Nkambule

Mr Sipho Nkambule


GEPF Positions
  • Employer-nominated trustee
  • Member of the Benefits and Administration Committee
  • Member of the Remuneration Committee
  • Member of the Social and Ethics Subcommittee
Qualifications
  • Advanced Diploma in Labour Law – University of Johannesburg
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Labour Law – North-West University
  • National Diploma in Policing – Technicon SA

Mr Gregg Rafferty

Mr Gregg Rafferty


GEPF Positions
  • Employee-nominated trustee
  • Member of the Benefits and Administration Committee
  • Member of the Governance and Legal Committee
Qualifications
  • Senior Certificate

Ms Lebo Mokgabudi

Ms Lebo Mokgabudi


GEPF Positions
  •  Employee-nominated trustee
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Member of the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee
  • Member of the Investment Committee
  • Member of the Valuations Subcommittee
Qualifications
  • Masters in business administration – GIBS
  • B. Com Honours– University of Witwatersrand
  • B. Com – UNISA

Mr Pierre Snyman

Mr Pierre Snyman


GEPF Positions
  • Employee-nominated trustee
  • Chairperson of the Governance and Legal Committee
  • Member of the Remuneration Committee
Qualifications
  • Advanced Labour Law Programme – Unisa

Ms Buyiswa Nkunjana

Ms Buyiswa Nkunjana


GEPF Positions
  • Employer-nominated trustee
  • Member of the Benefits and Administration Committee
  • Member of the Investment Committee
  • Chairperson of the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee
Qualifications
  • Honours in Public Administration – University of Stellenbosch
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Social Science – University of KwaZulu-Natal
  • Bachelor’s in social sciences – University of KwaZulu-Natal

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