Group Overview
With a 170-year heritage, Aspen is a global specialty and branded multinational pharmaceutical company with a presence in both emerging and developed markets. We have more than 9 000 employees at 69 established offices in over 50 countries and we improve the health of patients in more than 115 countries through our high quality, affordable medicines.
Aspen focuses on marketing and manufacturing a broad range of post-patent, branded medicines and domestic brands covering both hospital and consumer markets through our key business segments. Our key business segments are Manufacturing and Commercial Pharmaceuticals comprising Regional Brands and Sterile Focus Brands.
Our manufacturing capabilities cover a wide variety of product types including steriles, oral solid dose, liquids, semi-solids, biologicals and active pharmaceutical ingredients. We operate 23 manufacturing facilities across 15 sites and we hold international manufacturing approvals from some of the most stringent global regulatory agencies including, among others, the United States Food and Drug Administration, the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration and the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines.
Quick Facts
Established: 1850
Employees: Approximately 9 100
Share code: APN
JSE: Listed in 1998
Board of Directors
Stephen Saad (58)
Stephen Saad (58)
Qualification: CA(SA), PhD (Commerce) Honoris Causa
Appointment: January 1999
Classification: Executive director
Sean Capazorio (57)
Sean Capazorio (57)
Qualification: CA(SA)
Appointment: January 2022
Classification: Executive director
Kuseni Dlamini (54)
Kuseni Dlamini (54)
Qualification: MPhil (Oxon), BSocSci (Hons), (Natal), Global Leadership for the 21st
Century Programme (Harvard), Foundations for Leadership in the 21st Century (Yale)
Appointment: April 2012
Classification: Independent non-executive, Chairman
Linda de Beer (53)
Linda de Beer (53)
Qualification: CA(SA), MCom (Tax), CD(SA)
Appointment: July 2018
Classification: Independent non-executive
Ben Kruger (63)
Ben Kruger (63)
Qualification: BCom (Hons), CA(SA), Advanced Programme in Management (Harvard Business School)
Appointment: April 2019
Classification: Lead Independent non-executive
Themba Mkhwanazi (52)
Themba Mkhwanazi (52)
Qualification: B.Eng (Hons)
Appointment: July 2018
Classification: Independent non-executive
Chris Mortimer (61)
Chris Mortimer (61)
Qualification: BA, LLB
Appointment: January 1999
Classification: Non-executive
Yvonne Muthien (66)
Yvonne Muthien (66)
Qualification: D.Phil (Oxford), MA (Political Science), BA (Hons)
Appointment: December 2021
Classification: Independent non-executive
Babalwa Ngonyama (48)
Babalwa Ngonyama (48)
Qualification: CA(SA), MBA, Higher Diploma in Banking Law (RAU)
Appointment: April 2016
Classification: Independent non-executive
David Redfern (56)
David Redfern (56)
Qualification: BSc (Hons), CA
Appointment: February 2015
Classification:Non-executive