South Africa

Norman Celliers stepped down as chairman of the Board on 28 April 2015. He continues serving as a non-executive director. His professional experience includes engineering, management consulting and private equity in South Africa and abroad. Currently, Norman Celliers is the chief executive officer of Zeder Investments Ltd. He was appointed to the Board on 10… read more »

Wouter André Hanekom was nominated and elected as chairman of the Board on 28 April 2015. André joined Bokomo Breakfast Cereals in 1988 as a financial manager. He was later appointed as operational executive and in 1994, he was appointed as chief executive officer of Bokomo. After the merger between Sasko and Bokomo, Wouter André… read more »

Chairman of the social, ethics, remuneration and transformation committee and a member of the audit, investment, risk and nominations committees.

Chairman of the audit and risk committees. Member of the nominations, investment and social, ethics, remuneration and transformation committees.

Chairman of the nominations committee and a member of the audit, investment, risk, and social, ethics, remuneration and transformation committees.

ANTHONY STEIN: Member of the risk committee. Anthony was appointed to the board in July 2009. He has considerable experience in finance in a listed company environment, SA.

JEFFREY WAPNICK: Member of the risk committee Jeffrey, who was appointed to the board on 2 October 1998, is responsible for the management of the group

Member of audit, investment, risk, nominations and social, ethics, remuneration and transformation committees.

Chairman of the investment committee and a member of the nominations, risk and social, ethics, remuneration and transformation committees.

Nomahlubi Victoria Simamane graduated as a biochemist. Nomahlubi Victoria Simamane worked for Unilever for 12 years, and was marketing director of British American Tobacco for five years. In 1999, she was appointed managing director of BLGK Bates. Nomahlubi sits on several boards, including that of the JSE-listed Cashbuild and Foschini Group. She was the 2009… read more »

Saamsoodein Pather: Since graduating from the University of Cape Town in 1973, Shams has been actively involved in investment management, which has included senior executive functions at Colonial Mutual Assurance Company, Southern Life and Real Africa Holdings. He is currently a director of Coronation Fund Managers and Lungisa Investment Holdings.

Lawrence was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in 13 July 2016. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Tiger Brands Limited since his appointment in March 2016. Prior to joining Tiger Brands, Lawrence served as the President of Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa at Mondelez International, from November 2012 to March 2016 after… read more »

Geoff Fortuin is a chartered accountant and was a partner at Deloitte & Touche for 15 years, during which time he was responsible for the audit of a number of South African listed companies. He was also a member of the Deloitte South Africa Board. Geoff Fortuin is currently the financial director of Brimstone Investment… read more »

Noel qualified as an accountant in Ireland in 1988, and joined Price Waterhouse in Johannesburg in 1989, where he worked for six years serving clients predominantly in the hotel and financial services sector. In 1995, he joined Southern Sun in a financial role and left Southern Sun in 1998 to join Tiger Brands as corporate financial services… read more »

Peter Gerard joined Old Mutual in 1978, was appointed deputy managing director of Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South Africa) in 2000, and retired in November 2008. Peter Gerard sits on a number of boards, including Real People Investment Holdings and certain Old Mutual Group subsidiary companies. Peter is a fellow of the Actuarial Society… read more »