Financial services provider Standard Bank Group has appointed Margaret Nienaber, currently the group’s CE for Client Solutions, as COO, with immediate effect.
As COO, she will be responsible for the Engineering, Innovation and Brand and Marketing functions in addition to Client Solutions.
Nienaber has been with the group for 12 years. Before serving as the CE of Client Solutions, she was the CE of Standard Bank’s Wealth division, a business that has been recognised as Africa’s Best Bank for Wealth Management by Euromoney and that boasts the largest Bancassurance arrangement on the African continent.
Prior to joining Standard Bank, she served on the Santam executive team and managed People and Brand, as well as the business’s South East Asia expansion.
Nienaber holds a BCompt and BCompt (Hons) degrees and qualified as a chartered accountant.