{"id":297455,"date":"2026-04-15T14:09:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/?p=297455"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:10:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:10:00","slug":"bernard-fick-sal-us-raad-tot-2028-lei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/bernard-fick-sal-us-raad-tot-2028-lei\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernard Fick sal Universiteit Stellenbosch-raad tot 2028 lei"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

STELLENBOSCH \u2013<\/strong> Bernard Fick, ‘n onafhanklike nie-uitvoerende direkteur van maatskappye, sal die Universiteit Stellenbosch-raad lei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die US-alumnus is op Maandag 13 April op \u2018n raadsvergadering as voorsitter van die US-raad verkies en was die enigste benoeming vir die voorsitterskap. Hy is die 15de voorsitter van die raad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fick, wat in 2024 as een van drie lede van die raad deur die US-kieskollege van skenkers verkies is, dien ook as lid van die uitvoerende komitee van die raad, voorsitter van die oudit- en risikokomitee (ORK) en lid van die beleggingskomitee. Ingevolge US-regulasies sal hy nou uit die ORK tree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Slaggereed vir pos<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Fick het dit as ‘n groot eer beskryf om met hierdie verantwoordelikheid vertrou te word. “Die US het ‘n trotse geskiedenis en ‘n duidelike sin van doelgerigtheid. Ek sien daarna uit om saam met die raad en die universiteitsleierskap te werk om die voortgesette verwesenliking van sy visie en strategiese doelwitte te ondersteun,\u201d het hy n\u00e1 sy verkiesing ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOns sal daarop fokus om sterk oorsigbestuur, aanspreeklikheid en volgehoue vordering in diens van die instelling en die bre\u00ebr samelewing wat dit dien, te verseker.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Deresh Ramjugernath, US-rektor en vise-kanselier, het Fick met sy verkiesing geluk gewens en ges\u00ea sy aanstelling kom op ‘n belangrike tydstip vir die universiteit. “Bernard bring ‘n seldsame kombinasie van groot finansi\u00eble kundigheid, sterk bestuurservaring en ‘n duidelike begrip van die US se konteks en aspirasies,\u201d het Ramjugernath ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSy langtermynverbintenis met die instelling, tesame met sy professionele rekord, plaas hom in ‘n goeie posisie om die raad met integriteit en versiendheid te lei. Ek sien daarna uit om nou saam met hom te werk terwyl ons voortgaan om die universiteit se strategiese prioriteite en langtermynvolhoubaarheid te bevorder.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Dr
Dr. Nicky Newton-King, die voormalige voorsitter van die US-raad. Foto: Universiteit Stellenbosch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Die verkiesing van die voorsitter het volgens die proses wat in die US-statuut voorgeskryf word, verloop en moes uit spesifieke kategorie\u00eb van eksterne raadslede geskied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die termyn van die vorige voorsitter, dr. Nicky Newton-King, het op Woensdag 1 April ge\u00ebindig. Sy het besluit om haar nie weer as skenkerkandidaat vir die US-raad beskikbaar te stel nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Ingevolge die US-statuut beklee ‘n voorsitter die amp vir ‘n termyn van vier jaar en kan herverkies word, maar mag nie vir meer as drie opeenvolgende termyne dien nie,” het Martin Viljoen, ‘n US-woordvoerder verduidelik. “Die termyn of termyne wat hy of sy as voorsitter kan dien is uiteraard afhanklik van die tyd wat hy of sy in die raad dien.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fick se vierjaartermyn as lid van die US-raad, in sy hoedanigheid as ‘n skenkerskandidaat, eindig op 14 Oktober 2028. “Sy termyn as voorsitter van die raad is dus gekoppel aan hierdie ampstermyn. Hy sou uiteraard weer deur donateurs tot die raad verkies kon word,” het Viljoen bygevoeg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meer oor nuwe voorsitter<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Fick is ‘n US-alumnus en ‘n aktuaris van beroep \u2013 geoktrooieerde aktuaris en ‘n genoot van die Fakulteit van Aktuarisse \u2013 en werk reeds meer as 30 jaar in die finansi\u00eble sektor. Hy was onder meer 14 jaar aan Prudential Investment Managers (nou M&G Investments Southern Africa) verbonde, waar hy vir 12 jaar die uitvoerende hoof was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hy dien steeds as ‘n onafhanklike nie-uitvoerende direkteur van die M&G (Suid-Afrika) Global Funds ICAV en is ook ‘n onafhanklike nie-uitvoerende direkteur van Alexforbes Investments Ltd, Alexforbes Investments Unit Trusts Ltd en Alexforbes Invest Nominees (Rf) Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hy is in 2023 as ‘n onafhanklike lid van die beleggingskomitee van die US-raad en in 2024 as lid van die oudit- en risikokomitee geko\u00f6pteer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As hy nie homself agter ‘n lessenaar of in ‘n raadsaal bevind nie, spandeer Fick graag tyd op \u2018n gholfbaan of op sy fiets. Hy en sy vrou, Liezel, het twee volwasse kinders wat albei aan die US studeer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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