Desmond Smith

Mr Desmond Smith was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company on 15 February 2016. Prior to the combination of the businesses of the Company (then Al Noor Hospitals Group plc) and Mediclinic International Limited in 2016, he served as an independent non-executive director of Mediclinic International Limited from 2008 and as the lead independent director from 2010. He was the Chief Executive Officer of the Sanlam Group from April 1993 to December 1997 and of the Reinsurance Group of America (South Africa) (“RGA(SA)”) from March 1999 to March 2005. He is currently Chairman of RGA(SA) and retired as Chairman of Sanlam Group in June 2017. During his career, he has served on various boards and was president of both the Actuarial Society of South Africa (1996) and the International Actuarial Association (2012).