Job Title: Group FD
Company: Absa
Deon Raju has been the group FD at Absa since 26 April 2024. Before that, he was the group chief risk officer from 1 June 2021. He joined bank in 1999 as a financial manager after completing his BCom honours degree at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
In 2006, he was promoted to the Credit Portfolio manager and, in 2010, he became the Investment Bank treasurer. He was promoted to group treasurer in 2016.
Work
2024 – Present Group Financial Director, Absa
2021 – 2024 Group Chief Risk Officer, Absa
2016 – 2021 Group Treasurer, Absa
2010 – 2016 Investment Bank Treasurer, Absa
2006 – 2010 Credit Portfolio Management, Absa
1999 – 2006 Finance Manager, Absa
Education
2019 – 2026 Masters of Science, Finance, University of Michigan-Dearborn
2000 – 2000 BCom, Honours, University of KwaZulu-Natal
1996 – 1998 BCom, University of KwaZulu-Natal
About company: Absa Group, commonly known simply as Absa and formerly the Amalgamated Banks of South Africa until 2005 and Barclays Africa Group until 2018, is a multinational banking and financial services conglomerate based in Johannesburg, South Africa and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
