The Board of Control of the Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund consists of the Chairperson of the Council of the Law Society of Namibia (LSN) and three legal practitioners appointed by Council of whom at least two shall be legal practitioners who are not members of the Council, and at least two are persons who have been engaged in private practice for a period of not less than five years. The Council may further appoint an alternate member to act in the place of the chairperson during his /her absence or inability to act as a member of the board of control.
The Council of the Law Society of Namibia appointed Mr Habo Gerdes, Ms Deidre Sauls-Deckenbrock and Mr Ulrich Etzold to serve on the Board of Control of the Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund. Mr Ramon Maasdorp (Chairperson of the Law Society of Namibia) is the ex-officio member.