Covid-19: Absa Deputy CEO, Peter Matlare reported dead Listen to article Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Absa Group Limited and Chief Executive responsible for Absa Regional Operations, Peter Matlare has passed on after battling COVID-19 related complications. A statement issued by the Group stated that the Deputy Group Chief Executive who had been with the bank since 2016, died on 7th March 2021. It also noted that Peter Matlare joined the Absa Group Limited board as an independent Non-Executive Director in 2011. Absa Group Limited Chairman, Wendy Lucas-Bull said, “In August 2016, he was appointed Group Deputy Chief Executive Officer, as well as Chief Executive responsible for Absa Regional Operations, covering our presence on the continent outside of South Africa. He played a key role in overseeing our regional operations and safely leading our banks through the major Separation from Barclays and rebrand to Absa”.