2 - 3 September 2010

Sheraton Perth Hotel, WA

Russell Loubser
CEO
Johannesburg Stock Exchange
 

Russell Loubser joined the JSE Limited as Executive President designate on 1 January 1997 and assumed office as Executive President on 1 February 1997.  After the restructuring of the JSE in December 2000, Russell became the JSE’s CEO.

As CEO, Russell has been responsible for the fundamental strategic repositioning of the JSE, including its pioneering agreements with the London Stock Exchange and FTSE as well as the acquisition of the South African Futures Exchange (SAFEX) by the JSE.  This fundamental repositioning enabled the JSE to be listed on the JSE in June 2006

Until his appointment at the JSE in 1997, he was Executive Director of financial markets at Rand Merchant Bank Limited (RMB).  He joined RMB from Finansbank Limited in 1985 where he remained, except for an absence of fourteen months.  During 1987, he was part of the team which started the futures industry in South Africa.  He was Chairman of SAFEX for 2 years and Deputy Chairman for 1 year.  Prior to his career in merchant banking, Russell qualified as a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) in 1982 while with Arthur Andersen & Co, and obtained a Mcom in Statistics at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.  Russell is an Extraordinary Professor in Mercantile Law at the University of Pretoria and was appointed to the Council of the University in 2007.

Russell is a member of the King Committee on Corporate Governance.  Russell also serves on the Board of Directors of the World Federation of Exchanges.