Peter Matlare: Versatile leader who won over Africa for Absa 1960-2021

Matlare's job was to rename and rebrand the Barclays branches and run them as a separate, sustainable, pan-African business within the Absa stable

14 March 2021 - 00:17 By Chris Barron

Peter Matlare, who has died at 60 from Covid-19, was one of SA's most seasoned, polished and urbane executives who, as deputy group CEO of Absa, pulled off one of the most challenging jobs in banking...

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