Lea was appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-executive Director with effect from 1 September 2022. She was also appointed as a member of the Social and Ethics Committee from the same date. Lea was also appointed both as a Trustee and the Chairman of the Mpact Foundation Trust in October 2023. Lea is the Managing Director of Conrad Advisory. She is an Independent Non-executive Director of Coronation Fund Managers Limited, YeboYethu RF Limited, YeboYethu Investment Company and is also the Independent Chairman of the Afrimat BEE Trust and a board member of Shared Interest. Lea is also an independent Non-executive Director of Ditiro Capital. Lea served as an Executive Director of the Oceana Group Limited from 2007 to 2016. During her 18-year tenure at the Oceana Group, Ms Conrad held executive management positions and also served as a Director on the boards of various subsidiaries and as Chairman of the Oceana Empowerment Trust. She was formerly an Independent Non-executive Director of UNISA Enterprises and the Chairman of the Board of African Phoenix Investments Limited.
Alethea Berenice Anne Conrad (Lea)
Independent Non-Executive Director
Age: 59
Qualifications: BA (Rhodes University, 1983), LLB (Rhodes University, 1986), Management Advancement Programme (Graduate School of Business, Wits University, 1995), International Executive Development Programme (Graduate School of Business, University of Witwatersrand and London Business School, 2009)
Memberships: Social and Ethics Committee and Trustee of the Mpact Foundation Trust (Chair)