Leila Fourie

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Leila Fourie is a South African author, business executive and director in the banking and finance sector. She is the current CEO of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and was the former CEO of the Australian Payments Network.[1][2][3]

Early life and education[edit]

Fourie graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from the Rand Afrikaans University and pursued a BA Honours from the University of South Africa. In 2015, she earned a doctorate from the University of Johannesburg. Fourie began her career as a management consultant in Andersen Consulting. Leila served as the Executive responsible for Consumer Finance at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. During her tenure at Standard Bank, Fourie held the role of managing director at Standard Bank's Card Division. Fourie also served as the South African chair of Diners Club International and contributed to the global advisory board. In 2016, Fourie became the CEO of the Sydney-based Australian Payments Network and in 2019, she became the Group CEO at the JSE.[4][5][6]

Awards and recognition[edit]

  • Recognized by the World Federation of Exchange's (WFE) Women Leaders 2021 for outstanding leadership
  • Alumni Dignitas Award 2021 – University of Johannesburg
  • Founders’ Medal by the Economic Society of South Africa for the best Economics thesis in South Africa[7][8]

Publications[edit]

  • The Open Banking Era – Surfing the Australian Data Wave. Chapter in Academic Book – Transformation
  • Dynamics in Fintech: An Open Innovation Ecosystem Outlook’. Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia; RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. World Scientific Publishing (2019)
  • European Journal of Finance 12(4):361–377 ‘Which factors determine sovereign credit ratings’ (May 2016)
  • Academic Presentation – 2015 Development Finance Conference: 29–30 October 2015: Sovereign rating contagion in the commodity belt of countries (2015)
  • Procedia Economics and Finance, International Conference on Applied Economics ICOAE: Sovereign credit rating contagion in the EU (2015)
  • Journal of Business Management, Credit Extension in South Africa: A business cycle perspective for the period 1985 to 2009 (2011)[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Greylisting hit bond trading, but not equity inflows, says JSE CEO". News24.com. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  2. ^ "Foreign investor sentiment towards JSE is starting to improve". IOL. 24 May 2023.
  3. ^ Energy Crisis Has Created Catalyst for Change: JSE CEO Fourie, 2023-04-13, retrieved 2023-06-24
  4. ^ "JSE CEO Leila Fourie on sustainability, digitalisation and de-globalisation". BizNews.com. 2022-05-26. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  5. ^ "The JSE will stay relevant, says chief executive Leila Fourie". The Mail & Guardian. 2021-06-27. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  6. ^ "JSE adjusting requirements to keep small- and mid-cap companies from delisting". CapeTalk. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  7. ^ Energy Crisis Has Created Catalyst for Change: JSE CEO Fourie, 2023-04-13, retrieved 2023-06-24
  8. ^ "JSE ringing in the changes to 'fund the future', says CEO Leila Fourie". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  9. ^ Fourie, Leila; Bennett, Thomas K. (2021), The Open Banking Era: Surfing the Australian Data Wave, Open Innovation: Bridging Theory and Practice, vol. 07, WORLD SCIENTIFIC, pp. 247–279, doi:10.1142/9789811239731_0009, ISBN 978-981-12-3972-4, S2CID 240164748, retrieved 2024-01-29
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