Graham Lee

Group Chief Executive Officer, Capitec

Graham Lee is Group Chief Executive Officer of Capitec, in the role since July 2025.

Succeeded co-founder Gerrie Fourie on 19 July 2025. In October 2026 the holding company was renamed Capitec Limited to reflect its move beyond banking into insurance and telecoms.

In the job

  1. Set up a dedicated team for international expansion (described as very early stage). Source

  2. Interim results: business banking clients up 123% to 686,000. Source

  3. Holding company renamed Capitec Limited to reflect expansion beyond banking (insurance, telecoms). Source

Career before

  1. 2003Joined Capitec; roles in credit, technology and data, retail operations
  2. 2022-2025Group executive team member; executive responsible for Personal Banking

Education

BBusSci (Hons) and MBA; Chartered Management Accountant

Sources

  1. senspdf.jse.co.za
  2. businessreport.co.za
  3. fastcompany.co.za
  4. capitecbank.co.za
  5. businessday.co.za
  6. businesstech.co.za
  7. businessday.co.za
  8. en.wikipedia.org

Facts last checked 2 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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