Wendy Lucas-Bull to step down as Absa board chair in 2022
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Absa board chair Wendy Lucas-Bull will retire in March 2022.
She says she is proud of a lot of major milestones that happened under her watch.
But it was also under her tenure that Absa fumbled its CEO succession planning and parted ways with its first black CEO.
Wendy Lucas-Bull has announced that she will retire as the chairperson of the Absa board in 2022, after being in that role for nine years. Lucas-Bull said she will reach the maximum allowed years of her tenure in March 2022. This is my last AGM. I ve been on this board for over eight years and would have completed my SARB-maximum of nine years by the end of March 2022 when I will retire, she announced during the bank s annual general meeting (AGM) on Friday morning.
David Carey pitches Greenfield past Pioneer, 5-1
Greenfield baserunner Tyler Podolski, right, beats the throw at first base fielded by Pioneer’s Sam Glazier in the top of the fifth inning Monday in Northfield. FOR THE RECORDER/DAN LITTLE
Greenfield’s Tyler Podolski eyes the ball into his glove to make a diving catch in center field for an out against Pioneer in the bottom of the fourth inning Monday in Northfield. FOR THE RECORDER/DAN LITTLE
Greenfield baserunner Jake Sak slides safely into third base on a wild throw from Pioneer in the top of the fifth inning Monday in Northfield. The visiting Green Wave scored a 5-1 victory. FOR THE RECORDER/DAN LITTLE
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The Absa group is casting its net wider with plans to expand in the US, China, Europe and the Middle East.
After the Covid-19 pandemic put some of its plans on pause, Absa is again forging ahead with the strategy to capture a large piece of commerce and investment flows to the African continent.
The bank has emerged from the pandemic with greater caution than most domestic rivals, opting to continue preserving capital after scrapping an interim dividend in August.
The Absa group is casting its net wider with plans to expand in the US, China, Europe and the Middle East, as the bank looks to grow its client base of companies investing in Africa.
(Bloomberg)
Absa Group Ltd. is casting its net wider with plans to expand in the U.S., China, Europe and the Middle East, as the bank looks to grow its client base of companies investing in Africa.