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Executive Directors


STEPHEN SAAD
Group Chief Executive

(44) CA (SA)
Group Chief Executive

Chairman Transformation Committee.
Appointed 1999.

GUS ATTRIDGE
Deputy Group Chief Executive

(47) CA (SA)
Deputy Group Chief Executive

Transformation Committee Member.
Appointed 1999.





Non-Executive Directors


JUDY DLAMINI
Chairman, Non-Executive Director

(49) MBChB, DOH, MBA
Managing Director and Executive Chairman of Mbekani Health & Wellbeing (Pty) Ltd and Chairman of Masibulele Pharmaceuticals.

Shareholder and Director of Imithi Investments (Pty) Ltd. Directorships include Discovery Holdings Ltd, Woolworths Holdings Ltd, Northern Platinum and GijimaAst Ltd. Transformation Committee Member and Remuneration & Nomination Committee Member.
Chairman from November 2007.
Appointed 2005.

ARCHIE AARON
Non-Executive Director / former Chairman

(76) BCom, LLB
Non-Executive Director / former Chairman

Consultant to Werksmans Inc. Attorneys. Directorships include Gold Reef Casino Resorts Ltd and Transpaco Ltd.
Chairman from 1999 to November 2007.
Appointed 1994.

SHAH ABBAS-HUSSEIN
Non-Executive Director

(45) BSc (Hons)
President of GlaxoSmithKline’s Emerging Markets..


Appointed 2009.




ROY ANDERSEN

Independent Non-Executive Director

(60) CA(SA), CPA(Texas)
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ernst & Young, former President of JSE Ltd, former Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Group Ltd.

Directorships include Sanlam Ltd and Murray & Roberts Holdings Ltd.
Appointed 2008.




RAFIQUE BAGUS

Independent Non-Executive Director

(45) BA, BA (Hons) (Economics), MA (Economics and Econometrics)
Chief Executive Officer of Ehlobo Group.

Directorships include Samancor Chrome.
Past Chief Executive Officer of Trade and Investment South Africa, a division of the Department of Trade and Industry
Transformation Committee Member.
Appointed 2003.




JOHN BUCHANAN
Independent Non-Executive Director

(64) CA (SA), BTh
Former Group Finance Director of Cadbury Schweppes SA Ltd.

Directorships include Business Connexion.
Chairman Audit & Risk Committee and Interim Chairman Remuneration & Nomination Committee.
Appointed 2002.



CHRIS MORTIMER
Non-Executive Director

(48)BA, LLB
Full-time practising attorney.

Audit & Risk Committee Member.
Appointed 1999.



DAVID NUREK
Non-Executive Director

(58) DipLaw, Grad Dip Company Law
Executive of Investec Bank Ltd.

Directorships include New Clicks Holdings Ltd, Foschini Ltd, Sun International Ltd and Distell Group Ltd.
Appointed 2001.



SINDI ZILWA
Independent
Non-Executive Director

CA(SA) BCompt (Hons), CTA, Advanced Taxation Certificate, CFP, Advanced Diploma in Financial Planning.
Chief Executive of Nkonki Chartered Accountants.

Directorships include Discovery Ltd, Ethos Private Equity Ltd, Airports Company South Africa Ltd, Strate Ltd and Woolworths Ltd.
Audit & Risk Committee Member and Transformation Committee Member.
Appointed 2006


DEREK THOMAS
Alternate Non-Executive Director



(38) MSc (Economics), MCOM (Economics), BCom (Hons) (Economics), BCom (Finance & Economics)
Alternate Director to Pasco Dyani.

Chief Executive Officer of CEPPWAWU Investments (Pty) Ltd
Directorships include Barloworld Logistics Africa and Transpaco Ltd.
Appointed 2007.


Company Secretary




HYMIE SHAPIRO
Company Secretary

(53) CA(SA), HDip Tax Law

Appointed 1999.