Our Board of Directors

Llewellyn was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Coronation Fund Managers in September 2013 after having joined Coronation as Head of Operations in July 2012. Prior to joining Coronation, he was a partner at KPMG (appointed September 2006), where he also worked as manager and senior manager at KPMG’s offices in San Francisco and Cape Town respectively. While at KPMG, Llewellyn provided audit and risk-related services to the investment management industry. Llewellyn also serves as the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Children’s Hospital Trust, an independent non-profit organization established in 1994 to raise funds to support specific projects and programmes to help advance child healthcare through the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital. He was appointed to the NAM Board on 01 January 2022.

Nur-Reza joined Coronation Fund Managers in 2015 and is currently the Group Financial Accountant. Prior to joining Coronation, he was a Financial Manager at Glacier by Sanlam. Nur-Reza is a qualified chartered accountant who completed his articles at KPMG South Africa where he also served as an external audit manager. Nur-Reza was appointed to the NAM Board on 01 January 2024.

Birgit completed her articles with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in 2001, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant. In 2002 she was appointed as Group Financial Manager of NAM. Although Birgit left the Group in August 2004 to join Consult Buro (Pty) Ltd as a shareholder and director, she continued to provide advice and consulting services until she was appointed to the Board of NAM in November 2006. She also serves on the Board of Standard Bank Namibia.

Schalk was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers(PwC) in Windhoek for 11 years, where he was the Namibian service line leader for the Advisory practice until 30 June 2010. His field of expertise is corporate governance, focusing on enterprise risk management, sustainability and internal control processes. Upon his withdrawal as a partner from PwC, he formed the consulting practice Fiducia Corporate Governance Solutions, which provides a wide range of specialist corporate governance consulting services to clients in the private and public sectors. He was appointed to the NAM Board in March 2012. He also serves as an independent non-executive director on the board of Nictus Holdings Limited.

Evat is a civil engineer by profession having graduated from Tampere University of Technology, Finland, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering (1992). He is the CEO and majority shareholder of Consulting Services Africa (CSA), a Namibian Multi-disciplinary Engineering Consulting Company, and he has served in that position from 2003 until present. He has been working as a consultant for most of his career and has extensive knowledge of the technical aspects affecting construction projects in Namibia, with an experience of more than twenty-eight (28) years. Evat also served on the ENGIMED Board for the University of Namibia (UNAM) and is currently a trustee on the UNAM Engineering Fund, which helps disadvantaged engineering students. He also lectured at the UNAM Faculty of Engineering and IT, at the Jose Eduardo Dos Santos Campus from 2010 to 2012, in the field of Civil Engineering. Evat brings on board a wealth of experience in business management and leadership. He was appointed to the NAM Board on 01 January 2022.

Absalom is a Chartered Accountant with an MBA from GIBS. He has over 16 years of experience in capital markets, strategic management, and regulatory oversight. Absalom has received advanced training in leadership, project management, and risk management from renowned institutions, including the University of Cape Town, University of Stellenbosch, and Euromoney in London. He has held key leadership roles, such as General Manager of Capital Markets and General Manager of Strategy and Projects at NAMFISA. In these roles, he played a pivotal role in shaping regulatory frameworks and driving strategic initiatives. He was previously an audit manager at Deloitte in Oman Deloitte Namibia. Additionally, he has served as a Director of the Namibia Stock Exchange (NSX) and Metropol (Pty) Ltd, and as a Council Member of ICAN, making significant contributions to the advancement of Namibia’s financial markets.

Nixon is a seasoned lawyer and founder of Nixon Marcus Public Law Office, a legal practice operating since 2010. He holds a BA (Law) and LLB Degrees from the University of Cape Town. Prior to the establishment of his law firm, he served in various legal roles including that of a Deputy Government Attorney and an Acting Judge of the High Court of Namibia. He also served on various bodies such as the Law Reform and Development Commission, the Transportation Commission of Namibia and the Namibia Football Association Disciplinary Committee, of which he was chairperson.

Tarah is the former Chief Executive Officer of the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He holds a Bachelor of Economics and Media Studies degree from the University of Namibia. He also holds a Masters in International Business( MIB) from the Polytechnic of Namibia. He held numerous non-executive positions on the boards of TransNamib, Road Fund Administration, New Era Publications Corporation, NAMZIM Newspapers (Pty) Ltd, Team Namibia among others. He was appointed to the NAM Board on 01 April 2015 and became Chief Executive Officer on 04 January 2021.