Daniël Maree van der Merwe

Danie was appointed as a non-executive director of the STAR on 1 July 2017. He was admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 1986 and practised as an attorney specialising in the commercial and labour law fields. In 1990, Danie joined the Roadway Transport Group and was instrumental in developing the strategic direction and growth of this group. In early 1998, following the merger of Roadway Transport Group with Steinhoff Africa, he joined the Steinhoff group and, in 1999, was appointed as a director of Steinhoff International Holdings Limited. He previously acted as chief executive officer for Steinhoff’s Southern Hemisphere operations and was appointed as group chief operating officer in 2013. Danie holds several other appointments within the Steinhoff group of companies and currently serves as a non-executive director of KAP Industrial Holdings Limited.