Wendy Elizabeth Lucas-Bull (née Adair; born 11 September 1953) is a South African businesswoman, banker and corporate executive, who served as the chairperson of Absa Group, a large pan-African financial services group, with subsidiaries in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
[2] Wendy was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on 11 September 1953 to William George Adair and Lilian Flora O'Leary.
[4] She joined Anderson Consulting in 1978 based in Johannesburg and London, leaving as a partner in 1994.
[3] Previous leadership positions in business include as non-executive directorships at Barclays, Anglo American Platinum Limited, the Development Bank of Southern Africa, Alexander Forbes, Eskom, Nedbank, Telkom, Aveng, Lafarge Industries, the South African Financial Markets Advisory Board, Discovery Holdings, Dimension Data Plc and the Momentum Group.
[6] Lucas-Bull has served in the past, as a member of the President’s Advisory Council on Black Economic Empowerment.