Christelle Faul Marais
Executive Director
Lucidum
Christelle has over 30 years’ experience in corporate non-executive directorship, governance, risk management ethics, risk financing, compliance, and sustainability (and all related fields) as well as consulting and training in these areas.
Since 1991, Christelle has worked at the Kathu Solar Community Trust, National Department of Science & Technology, IRMSA, Marsh, Sasol, SA Post Office and various clients across Africa in governance, company secretarial services, risk management, ethics, compliance, business continuity, risk financing, insurance, asset and liability management, litigation and economic crime.
Christelle’s experience includes financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, retail, agriculture, energy, mining, education, public sector and non-profit entities. She has served in various capacities at subsidiary, joint venture and group levels and is often co-opted for major change projects.
Christelle’s focus is to enable Boards (including Audit, Risk, Social & Ethics Committees), EXCOs and Divisional Teams through risk intelligent programs to govern risk and make informed decisions. She has developed governance and risk management frameworks (policy, strategy, standards and maturity models) and serves as independent board member/ trustee.