Lyle Horsley

Lyle Horsley was appointed as the Divisional Head of the Fintech Unit at the South African Reserve Bank
(SARB) in November 2021. Lyle previously worked as a lead policy specialist in the Prudential Authority at the
SARB, with a focus on policy and regulatory matters in banking and financial markets. Lyle is an admitted
attorney and conveyancer in South Africa, having obtained her Bachelor of Laws degree from the University
of Cape Town and her Master of Laws (
cum laude) degree from the University of Witwatersrand. Lyle has also
served as a researcher to former Chief Justice Pius Langa at the South African Constitutional Court and worked
as a senior associate at one of Africa’s leading law firms, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, in South Africa. Lyle recently
completed the Cambridge SupTech Lab Innovation Leadership Programme by the Cambridge SupTech Lab at
the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School and served on the judging
panel for the G20 Indonesia Techsprint on CBDCs in 2022.