The Mandela Rhodes Trustees

Mr Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

(Patron)

Professor G.J. Gerwel

(Chairman)
Mandela Nominee

Jakes Gerwel was Vice-Chancellor and Rector of the University of the Western Cape. He served as Director-General in the Office of President Mandela and Secretary of the Cabinet in the Government of National Unity. President Mandela decorated him for exceptional service to South Africa, and he holds several other honours. He is a Director of Naspers, Old Mutual, Goldfields and Distell. He is also non-executive Chairman of South African Airways, Brimstone, and Africon Engineering International, as well as a member of the International Advisory Board of Independent News & Media plc. He is Chancellor of Rhodes University, and holds honorary professorships at UWC and the University of Pretoria. He is Chairman of the Human Sciences Research Council, the Nelson Mandela Foundation, and the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation. He is a director of the Peace Parks Foundation. Professor Jakes Gerwel has been founding Chairman of The Mandela Rhodes Foundation since 2003.

The Rt Hon Lord Fellowes

GCB GCVO QSO
Rhodes Nominee

Robert Fellowes is Chairman of Barclays Private Banking, where he has worked since leaving Buckingham Palace after twenty-two years of service to the Queen as Assistant Private Secretary, Deputy Private Secretary and then Private Secretary. Before going to Buckingham Palace he worked in the City of London for many years. He is also a non-executive Director of SABMiller plc. He is Vice-Chairman of the Commonwealth Institute, Chairman of the Prison Reform Trust, and a Trustee of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. He also chairs the Voices Foundation. Lord Fellowes has been a Rhodes Trustee since 2000, and a founding Trustee of The Mandela Rhodes Foundation since 2003.

Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Mandela Nominee

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka was born in Durban and attended the University of Lesotho, where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Social Science and Education. She worked in Kwazulu-Natal as a teacher, and was a founder member and director of the Young Women's International Programme at the Young Women's Christian Association office in Geneva. She was elected as a member of Parliament in South Africa's first democratic elections, and chaired the Service Portfolio Committee. She is a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress. She was appointed Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, and later promoted to Minister of Minerals and Energy, in which position she was best known for developing a mining charter. In June 2005, President Thabo Mbeki appointed her as Deputy President of South Africa; she is the first woman to hold this post. Deputy President Mlambo-Ngcuka has been a founding Trustee of The Mandela Rhodes Foundation since 2003.

Justice Yvonne Mokgoro

Mandela Nominee

Yvonne Mokgoro is a Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, and the current Chairperson of the South African Law (Reform) Commission. She is President of the Governing Council of Africa Legal Aid. She currently serves on a number of Boards, University Councils and other Trusts. She is Chair of the Venda University Council. She served on the panel of Commonwealth Judges reviewing the Kenyan Constitution, and has taught law at a number of universities in South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Netherlands. She is an Honorary Professor of Law at the University of the North, University of Pretoria, and the University of South Africa. She is also the recipient of other honours. She holds membership of the International Women's Association and the International Association of Women Judges. Justice Mokgoro has been a founding Trustee of The Mandela Rhodes Foundation since 2003.

Professor Njabulo Ndebele

Mandela Nominee

Njabulo Ndebele is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town. He began his term of office following tenure as a Scholar in Residence at the Ford Foundation's headquarters in New York. Prior to that he had been Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of the North, and Vice Rector of the University of the Western Cape. Earlier positions included Chair of the Department of African Literature at the University of the Witwatersrand, and Pro Vice-Chancellor, Dean, and Head of the English Department of the National University of Lesotho. He is an award-winning author and served as President of the Congress of South African Writers, his latest novel being The Cry of Winnie Mandela. He holds honorary doctorates from several universities, and is a Fellow of UCT. He was Chair of the SA Universities Vice-Chancellor's Association and recently became President of the Association of African Universities and Chair of the Southern African Regional Universities Association. Professor Ndebele has been a founding Trustee of The Mandela Rhodes Foundation since 2003.

Mr Julian Ogilvie Thompson

Rhodes Nominee

Julian Ogilvie Thompson is a director of De Beers Consolidated Mines and De Beers SA. He is a Rhodes Scholar, and after leaving Oxford joined Anglo American Corporation in London. After his return to Johannesburg he was appointed Personal Assistant to Mr Harry Oppenheimer. He later became an Executive Director of Anglo American. He succeeded Mr Oppenheimer as Minorco SA of Luxembourg as Anglo American plc, becoming Chairman and Chief Executive until July 2002, after which he continued as non-executive Chairman until November 2002. He has received several honours. He was Vice Chairman of The Urban Foundation and is now a director of The National Business Initiative. He was a member of President Mbeki's Big Business Council. Mr Ogilvie Thomson has been a founding Trustee of The Mandela Rhodes Foundation since 2003.

The Rt Hon Lord Waldegrave of North Hill

Rhodes Nominee

William Waldegrave is a Vice Chairman of the Investment Banking Department and Chairman of the European Financial Institutions Group at UBS Investment Bank. He served as a Conservative Member of the British Parliament for close to twenty years, including sixteen years' service as a Minister. Seven of these were as a Cabinet Minister (Minister of Agriculture, Chief Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of State for Health, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster). Educated at Oxford University and Harvard, before entering Parliament he worked in the Cabinet Office in Whitehall; was Political Secretary to Prime Minister Edward Heath; and for GEC Ltd. He is Chairman of the Rhodes Trust, Chairman of the National Museum of Science and Industry, and has been a founding Trustee of The Mandela Rhodes Foundation since 2003.