ALEXANDER ABERCROMBIE

Alex is an attorney by profession and a Consultant to the national law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr. His association with GPI dates back to the inception of the Company in 1997 when he was appointed as a non-executive director. On 11 June 2012, he was appointed as the executive director responsible for the Group’s gambling operations until his retirement from the executive role on 28 February 2015. He remains on the board as a non-executive director as well as continuing on the board of the GPI/Sun International slots group of companies in which GPI has an interest. Alex is chairperson of these companies, including the holding company, Sun Slots, the management company, the 6 slots routes owned by Sun Slots countrywide and the Grand Gaming Corporate Social Investment Company. In addition, Alex is the chairman of the board of Worcester Casino (Pty) Ltd and represents GPI on the board of Sun West International (Pty) Ltd. He is also a member of the Board’s Investment Committee, Social and Ethics Committee and the Remuneration and Nomination Committee. He has numerous other business interests. He is a qualified International Commercial Mediator and a former Judge of the Cape High Court. He is the Deputy Chair of the Council of the College of Cape Town He is well known in sports circles having been appointed by the Minister of Sport as Chair of the Appeal Board of the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS). He is also Chairman of the Appeal Board of the South African Football Association and has received a Special State President’s Award: “In Recognition of Services to South African Football” from then, former President, Nelson Mandela.