The Executive Committee offers a wealth of expertise from within the profession with broad representation from Industry and the financial services sector.

	Hendrik Thessner is currently Head of Operational Risk at Nedbank Corporate and a Fellow of The Institute of Risk Managers since 2005. His Enterprise-wide Risk Management experience includes implementation of the Enterprise-wide Risk Management and Operational Risk Management Frameworks and the implementation of BaseI II within the Operational Risk environment. Hendrik is also a certified Compliance Professional and holds an MBA. He is the current President of IRMSA.
	Reginald Haman is a Past President of IRMSA and Second Vice President, having served on the Executive Committee for the last 5 years. He was a member of the King 3 Risk Management Working Group (IoD SA) and serves on various risk and audit committees as an non-executive member. He has been involved in the Risk Management field for the last 15 years and held senior risk management roles in various large corporate entities. He is currently the Executive responsible for Enterprise Risk Management (Audit, Risk and Compliance) at the NHFC.
	Dalene Rohde is a chartered accountant (SA), a certified internal auditor and holds a masters degree in business economics. She has over 10 years' experience in corporate governance, risk management and internal audit. Currently with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Dalene has been appointed as Honorary Treasurer.
	Berenice Francis is the Imperial Holdings Executive responsible for Risk, Transformation and People Development. She is the First Vice President of IRMSA.
	Pieter le Roux is a Human Resource Developer (HRD), holds an Honours degree in Operations Management, Advanced Diploma in Banking Law and a Certificate in Compliance Risk Management. He has 21 years' experience in various HRD disciplines and 7 years' experience in Compliance Risk Management Training and Development in the banking industry. Currently with Standard Bank South Africa (SBSA) overseeing compliance and other risk training and development initiatives for the Group. He is currently the Chairperson of the Education and Technical Committee.
	Philip Tillman is the Vice President of CURA, responsible for Africa. Philip has been invloved in Enterprise-Wide Risk Management implementations at over 30 Enterprises in Southern Africa across multiple industries. Philip chairs the IRMSA Sales & Marketing committee and serves on the Events committee meeting.
	Sheralee Morland has been appointed Honorary Secretary of IRMSA and also holds the Events and Conference portfolio.
	Chris Brits has 20 years of short term insurance and risk management consulting experience. He started his career in 1990 at Commercial Union Insurance Company and left to join Alexander Forbes 5 years later as a consultant in their Risk Management Division. Chris is currently the National Business Unit Leader for the Risk Management Consulting Division at Alexander Forbes. He holds a Masters degree in Commerce from Cranfield and a Masters degree in Business Administration from Henley in the U.K.
	Alicia Swart is responsible for IRMSA marketing.
	Bheki Gutshwa is a qualified CIA and CCSA. He also holds BCompt and Advanced Programme in Risk Management. His areas of expertise are internal audit and risk management. He is currently a Risk Manager at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).

The Institute acknowledges the contribution made by the following co-opted members of Committees:

	Steve Winks (Steve Winks and Associates), past President, who serves on the Education & Technical Committee.
	Karen De Klerk (Eskom) who serves on the Conference Committee
	Nicholas Nkosi (Standard Bank) who serves on the Education & Technical Committee
	Salomy Perumal (Zurich Insurance Company South Africa Ltd) who serves on the Memberhip Committee
	Whitey Van Der Linde (University of Johannesburg) who serves on the Education & Technical Committee
	Mark Robins, Vice President-Risk Management at AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.

To co-ordinate and manage their event, organizational and membership requirements, IRMSA have appointed a full time team consisting of:

Janet Joubert was appointed as the General Manager of IRMSA on the 10th of November 2008. She has been involved in Audit, Risk and Compliance for her entire working career. Highlights include being involved in writing the first Risk Management Section of the Certificate in Compliance. She was also involved in the Money Laundering Forum and the LISPA’s input with regard to FICA. She is currently completing her MBA.

Kathleen Osterloh is responsible for the secretariat function for the committees.