Nedbank Group, Chief Executive

Education: BAcc (Unisa), PGDA (Natal)

Jason Quinn is the Chief Executive of Nedbank Group Limited. He was previously at Absa Group Limited for 16-years and held the role of Interim Group Chief Executive and Group Financial Director. Prior to that he was a Partner at EY.

At Absa Group Limited, Jason held various senior executive roles notably leading the separation negotiations with Barclays Plc and the creation of South Africa’s largest black owned, asset manager with funds under management in excess of R1tn together with Sanlam and ARC as well as the R12bn Absa Group limited broad based BEE transaction.

On the ESG front, a successful milestone was the creation of African Rainbow Energy and Power, a black-owned leading investor in the renewables space, while Jason was spearheading the firm’s efforts in renewing its focus on ESG as part of a strategic reset.

Jason is a past Chairperson of the CFO Forum of SAICA and a past National Council member of SAICA. He was named CFO of the Year in 2020, also winning in the categories of Strategic Execution and moving into Africa.