Wendy Elizabeth Lucas-Bull (''née'' ''Adair''; born 1955) is a South African businesswoman, banker and corporate executive, who served as the

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of Absa Group, a large pan-African financial services group, with subsidiaries in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. She retired from Absa on 31 March 2022.

Background

Wendy was born in around 1955. She graduated with a

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degree from the

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, in 1974.

Career

Prior to her appointment as chairman of the Absa Group in 2013, Lucas-Bull served as executive director of

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, before she served as the CEO of First Rand's retail division. Wendy is one of the four founders and board members of the ''Peotona Group''. Previous leadership positions in business include as non-executive directorships at

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, Anglo American Platinum Limited, the

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, Alexander Forbes, Eskom, Nedbank, Telkom, Aveng, Lafarge Industries, the South African Financial Markets Advisory Board, Discovery Holdings, Dimension Data Plc and the Momentum Group.

Other consideration

Lucas-Bull has served in the past, as a member of the President’s Advisory Council on Black Economic Empowerment.

References

External links

Winning Women – Wendy Lucas-Bull: Bullish In the Boardroom
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