Zarina Bassa
Non-Executive Director
ADMINISTRATION
Woolworths Holdings Ltd
South Africa
Biography
Ms. Zarina Bassa is Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. The Other directorships include: Songhai Capital, Kumba Iron Ore, Vodacom South Africa, Sun International, Lewis Group, Oceana Group, Woolworths Financial Services, Financial Services Board, YeboYethu and National Business Initiative. Previous board roles include chairing the Public Accountants’ and Auditors’ Board, the Auditing Standards Board, the Accounting Standard Board, the JSE’s GAAP Monitoring Panel, the SA Institute of Chartered Accountants and Vice President of ABASA. She joined ABSA as the head of Retail Banking in 2002 and was later appointed as Executive Director: Retail Banking. Prior to joining ABSA she was a partner at Ernst & Young. She joined the Board in 2011. She is a member of the audit and risk committees.
Research Interest
Accounting & Marketing