William Last
BCom, DipAcc CA (SA)
Appointed to the board: April 1990
Chief Executive Officer
A qualified chartered accountant, Billy Last spent just over seven years at Ernst & Young before joining LexisNexis South Africa. His strong leadership and execution skills led to him quickly progressing from Finance Manager in 1988, to being appointed to the board in 1990. In 1991, Billy headed up Sales and Marketing and in 1993; he was appointed the CEO of LexisNexis. Under his astute leadership, our business has evolved from a publisher into a knowledge based, total solutions business. Since Billy’s appointment, LexisNexis South Africa has consistently delivered annual double digit revenue and profit growth. In 1997, he was also instrumental in securing Kagiso Media as our black economic empowerment partner. Billy was honoured with the prestigious Reed Elsevier Leadership Award in 2008. LexisNexis’ common vision, under Billy’s dynamic leadership, is to continue with our focused solution expansion strategy across the research, compliance, risk and practice management solution lines and to maintain LexisNexis South Africa’s reputation for being a great place to work.
Thabo Molefe
BCom
Appointed to the board: July 2005
Commercial Director
Thabo is responsible for new-sales and marketing strategy, he also handles the development of customer markets and customer engagement models for LexisNexis South Africa, with the use of multiple sales channels, including direct sales teams, telesales and other. Managing customer relationships, go to market strategies and key accounts are key to his role.
Terrance Naidoo
Appointed to the board: January 2006
Technology and Operations
Terrance is responsible for leading all technology solutions that offer value proposition to our customers this includes; content and business systems; software development, web and mobile development and IT infrastructure. His role also requires him to manage our editorial data fabrication process and lead our customer service, subscription retention and online training support functions.
Vuyo Dwane
B.Soc. Sci (Psychology), Postgraduate Diploma (Organisation and Management),
MBA degrees from the University of Cape Town.
Appointment to the board: 1 April 2009
Vuyo is responsible for the strategic direction of the Human Resources function. She is also accountable for developing, implementing and assessing the effectiveness of programmes, policies and practices to support the business in the implementation of its strategic objectives.
Paul Worsnip
B.Compt, B.Acc (Hons), CA (SA)
Appointed to the board: April 2010
Chief Financial Officer
Paul is responsible for the Finance, IT, Collection and Distribution departments.
He controls the preparation and submission of financial information to customers, shareholders and external stakeholders. As CFO, Paul plays a central role in all acquisitions and strategic initiatives of LexisNexis South Africa. He is also responsible for compliance, and implementation of group policy, plays a key role in corporate governance and is responsible for the company’s expansion into the rest of Africa and new markets within the Commonwealth.
Greg Brown
B.Com honours degree (University of Natal); MBA (UCT).
Appointed to the Executive Management team in April 2009
Risk Management and Compliance
Greg is responsible for our Risk Management and Compliance solutions as well as Company Strategy and Innovation. Greg is responsible for the strategic direction of LexisNexis Risk Management and our Compliance solutions. Key to this role is strategy, new business development and tactical execution in order to ensure continued sustainable growth via the introduction of new products and services. Greg also plays a vital role in developing strategic plans for LexisNexis South Africa and driving innovation initiatives within the organisation.
Nick Bent
B Business Science (UCT), LLB (UCT), MBA(UCT). Admitted Attorney (South Africa), Admitted Solicitor (England & Wales)
Appointed to the executive management team: June 2010
Content Executive
Nick is responsible for all new and existing content development across all media, including print, online and mobile. He is also operationally responsible for the Editorial division, Academic university division, and the Labour Training and Seminars divisions. Quality assurance and providing products that are accurate, precise and up-to-date are key to his role.
Larsen Lockwood-Hall
BCom and MBA (UCT)
Appointed to the executive management team: January 2012
Strategy and Business Development
Larsen leads the Strategy and Business Development functions that ensure LexisNexis continued sustainable growth through the introduction of new solutions for the South African market. His responsibilities include strategic planning, acquisitions, strategic business development projects and competitive intelligence. Larsen also has executive responsibility for LexisNexis’ Electronic Research Solutions and Practice Management divisions.