Octodec Investments Limited appointed Akua Aboagyewaa Koranteng as an independent non-executi director of the company with effect from 1 September 2017 and will join the investment and social, ethics, remunerate & transformation committees as a committee member. Akua practical work experience has been obtained from working within the Corporate Finance division of Merrill Lynch and the Structured Property Finance division of Rand Merchant Bank. Akua has held the position of non-executive director on the board of Jones Lange LaSalle (Pty) Ltd, founded Zinza Investments (Pty) Ltd, a commercial real estate advisory and investments company and is currently the head of Capital Investments at Sifiso Learning Group (Pty) Ltd.