Ms. Happy Shihau
Head of Compliance for Investec’s Corporate and Institutional Banking
Happy Shihau is a lawyer by training and holds a LLB Degree from the University of the Witwatersrand and is currently the Head of Compliance for Investec’s Corporate and Institutional Banking. Happy has more than a decade of experience in the financial sector and has held various positions within the sector with regulatory authorities such as the Financial Services Board (which is the now Financial Sector Conduct Authority),the Prudential Authority and at other financial institutions, including Absa Capital. In Happy’s previous life she was a Civil and Criminal Litigation attorney at Fluxmans Attorneys and practiced for several years. Her love for the regulatory environment coupled with her passion for the financial markets industry has propelled her to be involved in industry initiatives such at the South African Markets Surveillance Conference, which is hosted and lead by Investec Bank. Happy has been one of the key drafters of South African’s first ever Market Surveillance Code of Conduct, which has been a significant milestone for the financial markets for market participants. Happy wishes to leave a legacy behind of a financial services industry that is better than the one she found and her mantra in life is to treat people with kindness.