Marcus sat on the ANCÌ¢âÂã¢s National Executive Committee, the partyÌ¢âÂã¢s top decision-making body, between 1991 and 1999, before moving to the Reserve Bank. She became Deputy Minister of Finance in the Government of National Unity of Nelson Mandela from 1996 to 1999. She then held the Professorship of Leadership and Gender Studies at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, before going into business, initially as chairman of Western Areas mining company and later as non-executive director of Gold Fields. In 2007, she became chair of Absa Group and Absa Bank. In July 2009, she was appointed the first woman Governor of the South African Reserve Bank.
Marcus sat on the ANCÌ¢âÂã¢s National Executive Committee, the partyÌ¢âÂã¢s top decision-making body, between 1991 and 1999, before moving to the Reserve Bank. She became Deputy Minister of Finance in the Government of National Unity of Nelson Mandela from 1996 to 1999. She then held the Professorship of Leadership and Gender Studies at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, before going into business, initially as chairman of Western Areas mining company and later as non-executive director of Gold Fields. In 2007, she became chair of Absa Group and Absa Bank. In July 2009, she was appointed the first woman Governor of the South African Reserve Bank.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marcus Named South African Reserve Bank Governor (Update3) By Nasreen Seria and Janice Kew Bloomberg - July 19, 2009 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/...
South Africa: The Good News, Monday, 20 July 2009 http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/pu...