Mr. Zahkele Gininda

Lead Financial Markets Specialist at the SARB
Financial Markets Department

Zakhele heads the SARB Benchmarks and Advanced Analytics (SBA) and Market Intelligence divisions of the Financial Market Department. SBA is responsible for the administration of ZARONIA and the effort to reform domestic reference rates. As such, Zakhele is intimately involved in all aspects of the JIBAR transition and participates in the structures of the Market Practitioners Group and the Reference Rate Oversight Committee. Prior to joining the SARB in 2017, he spent over a decade performing various roles in prime broking at Nedbank CIB and Deutsche Bank before focusing on corporate and business strategy for about 3.5 years at Nedbank CIB.

Zakhele holds a Master of Development Finance (Stellenbosch University), an MSc in Finance (Quantitative Finance) (University of London), and an MPhil in Corporate Strategy (University of Pretoria). He obtained his Bachelor of Business Science at the University of Cape Town.