Appointment Of Independent Non-Executive Director And Member Of Audit And Risk Commitee: Richard Marney TRUSTCO GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED Incorporated in the Republic of Namibia (Registration number 2003/058) Registered as an external company in South Africa (External registration number 2009/002634/10) NSX share code: TUC JSE share code: TTO OTCQX share code: TSCHY ISIN Number: NA000A0RF067 (“Trustco” or “the Group”) APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND MEMBER OF AUDIT AND RISK COMMITEE: RICHARD MARNEY The Board has approved the appointment of an independent non-executive director with immediate effect: • Richard Marney Mr Richard Marney is a British Citizen, and has a broad and varied 45-year career in emerging markets banking, investing, economics and asset management. He has been involved in senior-level business development, risk-management, fundraising and operating roles in commercial and investment banking, micro-finance, impact investment asset management, and private equity while working in globally recognised financial services organisations. Mr Marney has extensive experience on company boards of directors as well as investment and advisory committees across a broad range of sectors and regions. He has a strong track record in the design and execution of global financial strategies, broadening investor bases, and enhancing liquidity. Mr Marney currently resides in Malaysia but serves on various boards globally, including the African Guarantee Fund (Mauritius) and the Mikro Kapital Group (Luxembourg), as well as acting as a Senior Advisor – Risk Management of ResponsAbility (Zurich), where he was previously the Head – Risk Management. The group is excited to welcome Mr Marney to the board of Trustco and is confifdent that his experience will be of tremendous value to not only the board, but the group as a whole. The Bank of Namibia approved Mr Marney’s appointment. Mr Marney will also serve as an independent non-executive director for Trustco and its subsidiaries throughout the Trustco group of companies and will be appointed as a member on Trustco’s Audit and Risk committee. Trustco intends to announce the appointment of additional independent non- executive directors in due course. 26 March 2021 Komada Holdings (Pty) Ltd Company Secretary and Investor Relations Services to Trustco Group Holdings Limited JSE Sponsor Vunani Corporate Finance - Johannesburg NSX Sponsor Simonis Storm Securities Proprietary Limited – Windhoek OTCQX Sponsor J.P Galda & Co – New York Date: 26-03-2021 09:38:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.