Gill Marcus was born on 10 August 1949 and is a South African banker and politician who served as Governor of the South African Reserve Bank from 2009 to 2014.
10 Facts About Gill Marcus
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Gill Marcus was the first and only woman and the ninth person to hold the position.
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Gill Marcus's grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Lithuania; both of her parents were born in South Africa.
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Gill Marcus completed her degree by correspondence with the University of South Africa, with a BComm in Industrial Psychology in 1976.
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Gill Marcus joined the SACP and the African National Congress in 1970 and began working for the exiled ANC's Department of Information and Publicity in London, later becoming the DIP's deputy secretary.
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Gill Marcus returned to South Africa in 1990 after the ANC was unbanned.
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Gill Marcus was elected a Member of Parliament in 1994 and became Deputy Minister of Finance in the Government of National Unity of Nelson Mandela from 1996 to 1999, serving under Trevor Manuel.
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Gill Marcus held the post for five years but left due to a personality clash with Mboweni.
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Gill Marcus then held the Professorship of Leadership and Gender Studies at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, before going into business, initially as chairman of Western Areas mining company and later as non-executive director of Gold Fields.
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Gill Marcus stepped down at the end of her five-year term in November 2014.