Trevor Manuel

Member, non-executive and independent

Born: 1956

Nationality: South African

Trevor Manuel – Member, non-executive & independent (photo)

Career

Trevor Manuel was a Minister in the South African government for more than 20 years, serving under the presidents Mandela, Mbeki, Motlanthe and Zuma. He served as Finance Minister from 1996 to 2009. Before his retirement from public office in 2014, he was Minister in the Presidency responsible for South Africa’s National Planning Commission. He also assumed a number of ex officio positions on international bodies, including the United Nations Commission for Trade and Development, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the G20, the African Development Bank and the Southern African Development Community. Trevor Manuel was elected to Swiss Re’s Board of Directors in April 2015. He is a member of the Investment Committee.

External appointments

Board member of SABMiller plc
Member of the International Advisory Board of Rothschild Group
Deputy Chairman of Rothschild South Africa
Chancellor of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Professor Extraordinaire at the University of Johannesburg
Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town
Trustee of the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Endowment

Educational background

National Diploma in Civil and Structural Engineering, Peninsula Technikon, South Africa
Executive Management Programme, Stanford University, USA