Zeda Limited announced that Ms. Marna Roets has been appointed to the board of directors of Zeda as an independent non-executive director with effect from 1 October 2023. Ms Roets is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years' experience in the financial services sector. She held senior executive positions in various banks including Standard Bank Group where she served as Director, Financial Accounting in South Africa for 4 years, as Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer for Stanbic IBTC Limited in Nigeria for 6 years, as well as CFC Stanbic Bank Limited in Kenya, where she was the Chief Operating Officer for 2 years.

She also served as Chief Operating Officer for Wealth, Investment Management and Insurance and thereafter Rest of Africa for Barclays Africa Group Limited. Prior to that she worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers as an Audit Partner and Director. Currently, Ms Roets serves on the board of AECI Limited as a Non-Executive Director, where she is a member of the Audit Committee, Social, Ethics and Sustainability Committee, and chairs the Remuneration and Human Capital Committee.

She also holds a Non-Executive Director position on the board of No More Plastics. In addition, she is a shareholder in EDUvelopment, an organisation dedicated to providing online training programs for high school students to enhance their social well-being. Ms Roets holds a BCom in Accounting, a BCom (Hons) in Accounting, and a Certificate in Theory of Accountancy, all earned from the University of Pretoria.

She is a CA(SA) and a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.