The FirstRand board announced that Mr. Thomas Winterboer has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of FirstRand Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiary, FirstRand Bank Limited (the boards). Mr. Winterboer brings to the boards a wealth of experience, having spent a large part of his professional career as an audit firm partner serving clients in the financial services sector. FirstRand further announced that Patrick Maguire Goss will retire as an independent non-executive director and Paul Kenneth Harris will retire as non-executive director, effective 30 April 2018.