THE CORPORATE REVOLUTIONARY, Mervyn King's life in law, business and governance

248pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2024

Authorised biography.

"Mervyn King is a Senior Counsel and former Judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa. He is Professor Extraordinaire on Corporate Citizenship at the University of South Africa, Honorary Professor at the Universities of Pretoria and Cape Town and a Visiting Professor at Rhodes.

He is Chair Emeritus of the International Integrated Reporting Council in London and of the Global Reporting Initiative in Amsterdam and a member of the Private Sector Advisory Group to the World Bank on Corporate Governance. He chaired the United Nations Committee of Eminent persons on Governance and Oversight and was President of the Advertising Standards Authority for 15 years and a member of the ICC Court of Arbitration in Paris for seven years. He is chair of the African Integrated Reporting Council and chair of the Integrated Reporting Committee of South Africa.

He has been a chair, director and chief executive of several companies listed on the London, Luxembourg and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges, and consulted, advised and spoken on legal, business, advertising, sustainability and corporate governance issues in over 60 countries. He is the author of five books on governance, sustainability and reporting, the latest being The Auditor. Quo Vadis." from Meryn King's website

South African author, journalist and broadcaster David Williams' books include Springboks, Troepies and Cadres: Stories of the South African Army, 1912-2012; On the Border: The White South African Military Experience 1965-1990, and Seven Battles that Shaped South Africa (with Greg Mills).