Sim Tshabalala

Group Chief Executive Officer, Standard Bank Group

Sim Tshabalala is Group Chief Executive Officer of Standard Bank Group, in the role since March 2013.

Standard Bank announced in April 2025 that he will retire by the end of 2027. No successor had been named by October 2026.

In the job

  1. Completed buyout of Liberty Holdings minorities; Liberty delisted and became wholly owned subsidiary. Source

  2. Board announced retirement of CEO Tshabalala and CFO Arno Daehnke by end-2027, starting succession process. Source

  3. Reported record FY2025 headline earnings of about R49.2bn, ROE 19.3%. Source

Career before

  1. 1994-2000Structured finance, Real Africa Durolink Investment Bank
  2. 2001-2008Managing Director, Stanbic Africa
  3. 2008-2013Chief Executive, Standard Bank South Africa
  4. 2009-2013Deputy Group Chief Executive, Standard Bank Group

Education

BA and LLB (Rhodes University); LLM (University of Notre Dame); Higher Diploma in Tax (Wits); AMP (Harvard)

Sources

  1. standardbank.com
  2. businessday.co.za
  3. african.business
  4. standardbank.com
  5. businessday.co.za
  6. senspdf.jse.co.za
  7. dailyinvestor.com
  8. en.wikipedia.org

Facts last checked 2 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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