Robert Gwerengwe

Chief Executive Officer, WesBank

Robert Gwerengwe is Chief Executive Officer of WesBank, in the role since September 2025.

WesBank is the vehicle and asset finance division of FirstRand and describes itself as South Africa's leading asset-based financier. Gwerengwe moved over from DirectAxis after more than 19 years in the FirstRand group.

In the job

  1. Took over as WesBank chief executive, succeeding Ghana Msibi, who moved to lead FNB Business. Source

Career before

  1. Chief Executive Officer, Direct Axis and FNB Personal Sub Segment cluster
  2. Executive roles including MotoNovo, United Kingdom

Education

MBA, Quantic School of Business; BCom in finance and computer science, Rhodes University; postgraduate diploma in management, University of Cape Town

Sources

  1. businessday.co.za
  2. timeslive.co.za
  3. bizcommunity.com

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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