Letshego Holdings Limited announced the appointment of Christian van Schalkwyk to its board as an independent, non-executive director (NED), bringing the number of directors to twelve, of which eight are independent NEDs. Christian joined leading South African retail bank, Capitec, when it was founded, and served as company secretary and Executive Head of Risk Management from 2000 to 2015. Previously, Christian was a partner at law firm, Jan S de Villiers and a tax consultant at Andersen, as well as Chief Executive of credit risk and legal services at Boland PKS.