George Cavaleros

Qualifications

CA(SA), CFA, ACIS, CIA, CISA, M.Com (Applied Risk Management)

Designation

Chairman

Date of appointment

5 August 2019 - Audit and risk committee

 

5 August 2019 - Board

 

16 October - Remuneration and nominations committee

 

1 February 2021 - Audit and risk committee (chair)

Board committee membership

Remuneration and nominations committee

 

Audit and risk committee

Significant directorships

Accelerate Property Fund Limited
Sygnia Limited

Number of non-significant directorships

0

Skills and expertise: External and internal audit, finance and accounting, risk management, controls, corporate governance

Experience: George retired from Deloitte during 2015 after a 30-year career with the firm. As a financial services industry partner, George provided audit and a variety of other professional services to clients including life insurance and re-insurance companies, asset managers, hedge funds and other finance entities. Currently, George serves as an independent non-executive director on the board of Accelerate Property Fund Limited, a listed real estate investment trust (REIT), where he is a member of the audit and risk, remuneration, and nominations committees.

George is also the lead independent non-executive director of a financial services group, Sygnia Limited, and chairs the group’s audit and risk committees.

Previously, George held audit and risk committee leadership positions at a medical scheme and a leading South African university.

Ronnie Bowen

Qualifications

BSc (Hons)

Designation

Independent non-executive director

Date appointed to board

28 September 2011

Board committee membership

Audit and risk committee

Significant directorships

Skills and expertise: Business management, strategy, global & local governance, Chemicals industry, finance

Experience: Former senior executive, managing speciality chemical businesses on 5 continents for Süd-Chemie AG, Germany for 30 years. He also worked for Ashland Chemicals Inc. of the United States. He has served on several boards, both locally and internationally, as managing director, executive director and chairman with joint-venture shareholders such as Sasol Limited, the Industrial Development Corporation, Central Energy Fund (CEF) Limited and PetroSA. He is a council member of a large global marketing consultancy and a member of the Institute of Directors in Southern Africa (IoDSA).

Ronel van Dijk

Qualifications

CA(SA)

Designation

Independent non-executive director

Appointment to Board

1 May 2022

Appointment to committees

1 May 2022 – Audit and risk committee

Significant directorships

Adcorp Holdings Limited, Grand Parade Investments Limited, Early Care Foundation

Skills and expertise: Finance, business management, corporate governance

Experience: Ronel is a CA(SA), having obtained a BAcc (Hons) from the University of Stellenbosch and completing articles with Arthur Andersen, where she attained the role of audit manager. In 2003, she joined the Spur Corporation Limited as Financial Manager, where she was promoted to Chief Financial Officer in 2006. After fifteen years with the Spur Corporation, Ronel decided to step away from corporate life and became a freelance consultant.

She was appointed as a non-executive director and audit and risk committee member of GPI Limited and Adcorp Holdings Limited in December 2018 and June 2019 respectively. Ronel acted as CFO of PPC Limited from 1 November 2019 to 31 March 2021 and continues to consult with the company.

Willem (Wim) Plaizier

Qualifications

BSc, MBA, EMCCC

Designation

Independent non-executive director

Date of appointment

11 February 2019 - Board

 

30 March 2021 - Audit and risk committee

 

31 March 2023 - Social and ethics committee

Board committee membership

Social and ethics committee (chair)

 

Audit and risk committee

Significant other directorships

None

Skills and expertise: Business management, strategy, supply chain operations, chemicals & mining industry

Experience: Wim has over 35 years’ industry and strategic management consulting experience across predominantly the Chemicals, Energy, Oil & Gas, Agriculture, Pulp & Paper and Metals & Mining sectors. He also brings significant international experience to the board, with more than 13 years’ in Africa. Among other roles during his career, Wim most recently served as a Partner at A.T Kearney where he was responsible for, inter alia, the African region and at a global level strategy, business planning, productivity and operations. He retired in 2017 after 21 years within the group and served from September 2018 till December 2019 as interim COO of African Parks, a nature conservancy. He is currently and independent advisor, coach and interim manager.

Thoko Mokgosi-Mwantembe

Qualifications

Diploma in Teaching (Swaziland), B.Sc (Swaziland), M.Sc (Loughborough UK), SEP (Harvard USA), MCRP (IMD Switzerland)

Designation

Chairman

Date of appointment

1 June 2018 - Board

 

1 August 2018 - Remuneration and nominations committee

Board committee membership

Remuneration and nominations committee (chair)

Significant directorships

Royal Bafokeng Platinum,
Old Mutual

Number of non-significant directorships

8

Skills and expertise: Business management, chemistry, information systems, strategy

Experience: Thoko holds a BSc and Teaching Diploma from Swaziland and a master’s degree in Medicinal Chemistry from Loughborough University in the UK. She serves as an independent non-executive director on the boards of a number of JSE listed companies. In 2005 she was named finalist for IT Personality, winner of Top ICT Individual and winner of Top ICT Businesswoman in Africa. In 2007, she was named the Businesswoman of the year in the Corporate Category.

George Cavaleros

Qualifications

CA(SA), CFA, ACIS, CIA, CISA, M.Com (Applied Risk Management)

Designation

Independent non-executive director

Date of appointment

5 August 2019 - Audit and risk committee

 

5 August 2019 - Board

 

16 October 2019 – Remuneration and nominations committee

 

1 February 2021 - Audit and risk committee (chair)

Board committee membership

Remuneration and nominations committee

 

Audit and risk committee

Significant directorships

Accelerate Property Fund Limited
Sygnia Limited

Number of non-significant directorships

0

Skills and expertise: External and internal audit, finance and accounting, risk management, controls, corporate governance

Experience: George retired from Deloitte during 2015 after a 30-year career with the firm. As a financial services industry partner, George provided audit and a variety of other professional services to clients including life insurance and re-insurance companies, asset managers, hedge funds and other finance entities. Currently, George serves as an independent non-executive director on the board of Accelerate Property Fund Limited, a listed real estate investment trust (REIT), where he is a member of the audit and risk, remuneration, and nominations committees.

George is also the lead independent non-executive director of a financial services group, Sygnia Limited, and chairs the group’s audit and risk committees.

Previously, George held audit and risk committee leadership positions at a medical scheme and a leading South African university.

Tina Eboka

Qualifications

BSc (Industrial Eng, Textile Eng), MBA

Designation

Independent non-executive director

Date of appointment

25 February 2016 - Board

 

30 March 2021 - Social and ethics committee

 

31 March 2023 - Remuneration and nomination committee

Board committee membership

Social and ethics committee

 

Remuneration and nomination committee

Significant directorships

TymeBank, TymeHolding and Pragma

Number of non-significant directorships

2

Skills and expertise:Business turnaround management, strategy, engineering, corporate governance, change management, stakeholder management and corporate affairs

Experience: Tina is currently Group managing director of NTP Radiosotopes (SOC) Limited, the commercial subsidiary of NECSA. She is the current vice chair of the OECD -NEA committee of medical radioisotopes. Her work experience in private and public sectors includes banking, science/technology research, retail and manufacturing sectors.

She is a recognised business turnaround specialist who has served as executive director of Standard Bank responsible for setting up group corporate affairs, previously was vice president at CSIR; a senior manager in textiles and stakeholder management at Woolworths and as head of engineering in a manufacturing firm in the USA. Tina has served on other listed boards previously.

Willem (Wim) Plaizier

Qualifications

BSc, MBA, EMCCC

Designation

Chairman

Date of appointment

11 February 2019 - Board

 

30 March 2021 - Audit and risk committee

 

31 March 2023 - Social and ethics committee

Board committee membership

Social and ethics committee (chair)

 

Audit and risk committee

Significant other directorships

None

Skills and expertise: Business management, strategy, supply chain operations, chemicals & mining industry

Experience: Wim has over 35 years’ industry and strategic management consulting experience across predominantly the Chemicals, Energy, Oil & Gas, Agriculture, Pulp & Paper and Metals & Mining sectors. He also brings significant international experience to the board, with more than 13 years’ in Africa. Among other roles during his career, Wim most recently served as a Partner at A.T Kearney where he was responsible for, inter alia, the African region and at a global level strategy, business planning, productivity and operations. He retired in 2017 after 21 years within the group and served from September 2018 till December 2019 as interim COO of African Parks, a nature conservancy. He is currently and independent advisor, coach and interim manager.

Tina Eboka

Qualifications

BSc (Industrial Eng, Textile Eng), MBA

Designation

Independent non-executive director

Date of appointment

25 February 2016 - Board

 

30 March 2021 - Social and ethics committee

 

31 March 2023 - Remuneration and nomination committee

Board committee membership

Social and ethics committee

 

Remuneration and nomination committee

Significant directorships

TymeBank, TymeHolding and Pragma

Number of non-significant directorships

2

Skills and expertise:Business turnaround management, strategy, engineering, corporate governance, change management, stakeholder management and corporate affairs

Experience: Tina is currently Group managing director of NTP Radiosotopes (SOC) Limited, the commercial subsidiary of NECSA. She is the current vice chair of the OECD -NEA committee of medical radioisotopes. Her work experience in private and public sectors includes banking, science/technology research, retail and manufacturing sectors.

She is a recognised business turnaround specialist who has served as executive director of Standard Bank responsible for setting up group corporate affairs, previously was vice president at CSIR; a senior manager in textiles and stakeholder management at Woolworths and as head of engineering in a manufacturing firm in the USA. Tina has served on other listed boards previously.

Seelan Gobalsamy

Qualifications

Chartered Accountant (SA) AMP (Harvard)

Designation

Chief Executive Officer

Date of appointment

10 September 2018 - Board

Board committee membership

Social and ethics committee

Significant directorships

Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Limited, Momentum Metropolitan Life Limited

Number of non-significant directorships

2

Skills and expertise: Finance, business management, strategy, mergers and acquisitions.

Experience: He is an accomplished, internationally experienced business leader, from the financial services sector. He has assumed senior leadership roles across Emerging Markets for close to 20 years including key leadership roles as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director. He served as Chief Executive of Emerging Markets for Liberty Holdings and previously the Group Chief Executive of STANLIB Group.

Prior to this he was Managing Director of Old Mutual Corporate.