Visionary leader is new WOSA chairman

VENTURE capitalist and former CEO of First National Bank (FNB), Michael Jordaan was appointed chairman of Wines of South Africa (WOSA), earlier this month. The 46-year-old businessman who is also known as a visionary leader, has taken the place of Johann Krige.

Mr Jordaan is a boutique wine producer and is passionate about environmental sustainability. He is head of a private company that invests in disruptive technologies designed to kick-start new markets; chairman of Mxit, which offers strategic leadership to this mobile messaging company that is now also playing a key role in support of primary health care services to the poor. A non-executive director of the JSE Limited, he holds a doctorate in banking supervision from the University of Stellenbosch. He worked in banking in Germany during the early 1990s before beginning his banking career in South Africa. He is a recipient of the CNBC Africa Business Leader of the Year for Southern Africa. (Photo courtesy of WOSA)