Mr. Mminele is a distinguished South African banker with over 30 years of experience. Daniel brings extensive experience in financial markets, governance, and business transformation, with a proven track record in modernisation and digitalisation.

Mr. Mminele is an Independent Non-Executive Director at Nedbank Group Limited and Nedbank Limited, having been appointed Chair in June 2023. Additionally, he serves as a Non-Executive Director at the Youth Employment Service (RF) NPC.

Mr. Mminele has held prominent leadership roles, including Chair of Alexander Forbes Group Holdings Limited and Alexander Forbes Investments Limited, and was the Chief Executive of ABSA Group and ABSA Bank Limited. He also served two terms as Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), overseeing financial markets, international economic relations and policy, as well as the Human and Operations Cluster.

His early career included roles at African Merchant Bank, Commerzbank in South Africa, and WestLB in the UK and Germany, specialising in corporate credit risk analysis, project finance, and structured finance.

In 2022, Mr. Mminele led the Presidential Climate Finance Task Team, driving the Just Energy Transition Partnership and the development of the Just Energy Transition Investment Plan. For 2025 Mr. Mminele is chairing the B20 Task Force on Energy Mix and Just Transition.

Mr. Mminele is on the Board of Directors of Salzburg Global Seminar, an organisation dedicated to challenging current and future leaders to shape a better world. In 2018, Mr. Mminele was honoured with Germany's Great Order of Merit for his efforts in strengthening German-South African relations and has also received a Lifetime Achiever Award from ABSIP.