Mohamed Adam

BA LLB, LLM
Deputy Chair, King Committee

Mohamed is an admitted attorney and has held several positions in professional and management roles over a career spanning about 30 years. He joined ArcelorMittal South Africa as General Counsel and GM Regulatory Affairs in 2015 and was the Divisional Executive: Regulation and Legal at Eskom prior to that. He has experience in executive management, legal and compliance, ethics, corporate governance, sustainability and integrated reporting.

He has been a member of the King Committee on Corporate Governance for many years and served on the King IV task team and King V advisory team. He was also Chair of the Ethics Institute board and currently serves as the lead independent director. He co-authored The Power of Governance: Enhancing the Performance of State-Owned Enterprises (2005) with Dr Reuel Khoza.

He is on the Legal 500 GC Powerlist: South Africa for 2024, 2025 and 2026.

He has presented at conferences locally and internationally on various topics – in particular relating to corporate governance, sustainability and integrated reporting.