Ansie Ramalho is a lawyer by training and considered a leading authority on corporate governance, with both deep and broad theoretical and applied knowledge on the topic. She strongly believes that corporate governance can and should be harnessed for the benefit of the economy, society and the natural environment.
Ansie chairs the King Committee on Corporate Governance for South Africa (where she has served for more than 12 years) and is a member of the Integrated Reporting Committee of South Africa and the Audit Committee Forum. Ansie also was a member of the Committee for Responsible Investing in South Africa (CRISA) where she was instrumental in the drafting of the current CRISA Code. She sits on the Chartered Director Examination Committee where she is currently the lead examiner.
Ansie serves as a professional non-executive director. She has been conferred the Chartered Director (SA) designation by the Institute of Directors South Africa (IoDSA) as well as honorary membership of the IoDSA.
Ansie regularly facilitates training on corporate governance and company law for the IoDSA and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Sponsorship Development Programme offered by KAR. She further provides corporate governance consulting services and training on an ad hoc-basis to the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a subsidiary of the World Bank - working predominantly in sub-Sahara Africa – and others.
From August 2014 to November 2016 Ansie was the appointed King IV Project Lead with responsibility for the successful finalisation of the King IV Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa, 2016. This role involved the design of the project and its governance structures, oversight and responsibility for of the successful project implementation as well as the overall drafting of the King IV Report.
Her prior positions include having been the Chief Executive of the IoDSA from 2010 to 2014.
BOARD EXPERIENCE 15 Years
DESIGNATIONS & QUALIFICATIONS Chartered Director SA® Advocate of the High Court of South Africa LLB Diploma in the Law of Insolvency Certificate in International Insolvency Law
Certificate Programme in Financing and Accounting Certificate of Coaching Skills (Results Coaching System) SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Strategy
Risk
Corporate Governance (King IV Specialist)
Finance and Assurance
Remuneration
Ethics
CURRENT GOVERNING BODY POSITIONS
South African National Blood Service (previous Chair)
KPMG Services (Pty) Ltd
Integrated Reporting Committee South Africa
King Committee (Chair)
PREVIOUS GOVERNING BODY AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS HELD
Appointments Committee of ZA Central Registry
Turning Point Home (Chair)
Committee for Responsible Investing in South Africa (founding member)
Institute of Directors in South Africa (2009-2014)
Northern Regional Council of the Association of Insolvency Practitioners in South Africa (Chair)
