Funeka Montjane is the Chief Executive Officer for Personal and Private Banking at Standard Bank Group. Personal and Private Banking is a segment of the bank that offers financial services and life journey solutions to individual customers across all levels of the social pyramid. Before assuming her current role, Funeka held various senior positions within Standard Bank.

Funeka obtained her BCom (Accounting) and BCom (Accounting)(Honours) degrees from Wits University. She is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has further strengthened her academic credentials with a Master of Commerce degree from the University of Johannesburg, as well as completing the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Harvard Business School.

Prior to her tenure at Standard Bank, Funeka worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), where she became a partner in 2005. She currently serves as a Non-Executive Director on the board of Standard Bank Offshore Group Limited and is also a member of the Mastercard Advisory Board.

Funeka has earned numerous accolades: In 2015, she was selected as a member of the World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders class; In 2016, she was awarded the Businesswoman of the Year in the Corporate Category by the Businesswomen’s Association of South Africa (BWASA); She was honoured by the University of Johannesburg with the Dignitas Award in 2020 for her contribution to women empowerment and community upliftment; and is the 2024 recipient of the prestigious AWCA Woman of Substance Award, as well as the SAICA Chairman’s Business Trailblazer Award, recognised for driving exceptional business growth.

She is a member of the following Committees:

• Board Audit Committee
• Board Credit Committee