Chancellor

Mr Tito Titus Mboweni is currently the Regional Advisor to Goldman Sachs, the Chairperson of Accelerate Property Fund and is a non-executive director and Chairperson of Zijin Platinum in South Africa, amongst other several commitments within the private sector and academia.

He was the Minister of Finance of the Republic of South Africa (RSA) from 9 October 2018 to 5 August 2021. He was Minister of Labour of the RSA from 1994 to July 1998. Prior to his appointment as Minister of Labour, Mr Mboweni was Deputy Head of the Department of Economic Policy in the African National Congress (ANC) from 1990 to 1994 and Head of ANC Policy Department from 1994 to 1998. He also represented the ANC on several domestic and international platforms. He was the EIHGTH Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) from 1999 to 2009. Prior to that, he joined SARB in 2008 as an Advisor to the Governor. During his tenure as SARB as a Governor, he was also a Chairperson of SADC Committee of Central Bank Governors (CCBG).

Mr Mboweni obtained Bachelor of Arts (Honours equivalent) degree in Economics and Political Science from the National University of Lesotho in 1985. In 1987, he obtained Master’s degree in Development Economics from University of East Anglia, in England.
He is an Honorary Professor at University of Witwatersrand and Stellenbosch University. He has been awarded a number of honorary doctorates (5). He is currently the Chairperson of African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), a THINK TO DO tank based in Accra, Ghana.

Mr Mboweni served as Chairman of the Board of NAMPAK, SacOil Holdings Limited; and Accelerate Property Fund (all listed companies). He served as well on the Board of Directors of Discovery Limited. From June 2010 to 2014, Mr Mboweni served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of AngloGold Ashanti. He is an international Advisor to Goldman Sachs International and a member of Total Oil Marketing’s Strategic Consultative Committee for Africa and the Middle East (equivalent to an Advisory Board).
He is a member of the Board of Governors of ASIA School of Business, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and served as a Panel Member on the High Level Advisory Panel for the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa. Mr Mboweni also served as the Chairman of the Board of Tourism Business Council of South Africa.

On the academic side, Mr Mboweni was awarded Honorary Doctorates from the University of Kwazulu Natal, University of Johannesburg, University of Cape Town, University of Stellenbosch, and University of East Anglia (England). He also serves as Honorary Professor of Economics at the University of South Africa; University of Pretoria and University of Limpopo. He is a fellow of the Stellenbosch University’s Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) as well as the Bellagio Rockefeller Centre, Italy. He had also served as Chancellor of the North West University from 2000 to 2005.