The Board of Directors of Absa Bank Botswana Limited ("the Bank"), announced the appointment of Sethunya Makepe-Garebatho as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Bank, with effect from 15 September 2021. The appointment is subject to conclusion of the voting of shareholders at the Bank's Annual General Meeting in June 2022. Sethunya is a seasoned executive, with a forte in labour law and employee relations and has more than 26 years of experience that has seen her working for various organizations such as Debswana Diamond Company, the Botswana Telecommunications Corporation and Global Resorts Botswana. She is the Managing Director and Principal Consultant of People Connections, which is a Human Resource and Consultancy practice that Sethunya founded in 2002.