Adv S Gumede
An entrepreneurial and driven leader, mentor and lawyer with proven in-house corporate law experience in the life assurance and retirement funds industry, the regulators of retirement funds and the medical aid schemes industries, respectively; an accomplished advocate of the High Court of South Africa with excellent drafting and report writing expertise; a member of the Johannesburg Society of Advocates with a Master of Laws (“LLM”) degree in International Commercial Law, over 20 years of relevant industry and leadership experience; a former Chairperson of the Appeals Committee of the Council for Medical Schemes (“CMS”), a former member of the Disputes Settlement Team at Discovery Medical Schemes, a former Special Adviser to a Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and the current Ombudsman for the City of Johannesburg.
Career Summary
- Ombudsman, City of Johannesburg | May 2021 –
Johannesburg Metropolitan Council
- Special Adviser to the Minister | Apr 2018 – Jun 2019
National Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Ombudsman, City of Johannesburg | Jan 2015 – Feb 2018
Johannesburg Metropolitan Council
- Private Practice | Jan 2006 – Dec 2014
Advocate of the High Court: Member of the Johannesburg Society of Advocates
Earlier roles
General Counsel, Retail | bp Southern Africa (Proprietary) Limited, Durban & Cape Town
Senior Legal Advisor | Financial Services Board, Pretoria East
Legal Advisor | Old Mutual South Africa, Cape Town & Durban
Education
International Commercial Law (“LLM”) with merit | University of Kent (UK)
Bachelor of Laws (“LLB”) | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Political Studies & Industrial Sociology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
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