Wendy Lucas-Bull
Wendy Lucas-Bull | |
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| Born | Wendy Elizabeth Adair September 11, 1953 Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Occupation(s) | Corporate leader, business executive |
| Known for | Chairperson of Absa Group |
Wendy Elizabeth Lucas-Bull (born Adair; 11 September 1953) is a South African corporate leader and business executive who held the position of chairperson at Absa Group, a leading pan-African financial services conglomerate with operations in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. She stepped down from her role at Absa on 31 March 2022.
Background
Wendy was born in Johannesburg to parents William George Adair and Lilian Flora O'Leary. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1974.
Career
Following her graduation, she began her career as an Operations Research Analyst at the Chamber of Mines Research Laboratories (1975–1976). She then worked as an Operations Research consultant for Shell International in London from 1977 to 1978. In 1978, she joined Anderson Consulting, serving in both Johannesburg and London offices, eventually becoming a partner before departing in 1994.
Prior to her appointment as chairperson of Absa Group in 2013, Lucas-Bull was an executive director at Rand Merchant Investment Holdings starting in 1995 and served as CEO of the retail division at First Rand. Additionally, she is among the four founders and serves on the board of the Peotona Group. Her extensive leadership experience includes non-executive directorships at Barclays, Anglo American Platinum Limited, the Development Bank of Southern Africa, Alexander Forbes, Eskom, Nedbank, Telkom South Africa, Aveng, Lafarge Industries, the South African Financial Markets Advisory Board, Discovery Holdings, Dimension Data Plc, and the Momentum Group.
Other consideration
Lucas-Bull has also contributed to the President’s Advisory Council on Black Economic Empowerment in a previous capacity.
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- Living people
- Absa people
- University of the Witwatersrand alumni
- South African people of English descent
- South African investment bankers
- 21st-century South African businesswomen
- 21st-century South African businesspeople
- 20th-century South African businesswomen
- 20th-century South African businesspeople