Louis du Preez

Louis was appointed to the STAR board as a non-executive director on 24 January 2018. He qualified as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 1997 after completing his articles. Louis joined Jan S de Villiers and was appointed a partner of the firm in 1998. With the merger of Werksmans Attorneys in 2009, he became a member of the national executive committee of the combined firm and served as such until early 2017. While practising as an attorney, he advised clients on a variety of corporate and commercial matters. Louis was appointed to the board of KAP Industrial Holdings Limited on 1 October 2017 as a non-executive director. He joined the Steinhoff group as general counsel in mid-2017 and was appointed as Steinhoff’s commercial director on 19 December 2017.