ALEXANDRA WATSON

(68)

Chairman, Independent Non-Executive Director

BCom (Hons), CA (SA)

Strategic value contribution:

• Accounting
• Corporate and financial reporting
• Education

Alex was involved in accounting education for an extended period at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and more broadly in the accounting profession and following her early retirement is now an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at UCT. She chairs the JSE’s Financial Reporting Investigations Panel (FRIP). She was a board member of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an Amsterdam based multi-stakeholder organisation focused on impact reporting. Her role as an adjudicator on EY’s Excellence in Reporting awards since its inception and various other roles in the development of corporate reporting has provided her with deep insight into corporate reporting. 

HANNES BOONZAAIER

(51)

Non-Executive Director

Executive Director, Group Commercial Director and Chief Financial Officer

Executive Director, Group Chief Financial Officer

Certified Public Accountant (Chartered Accountant) Maîtrise de Sciences Financières et Comptables (MBA equivalent, major in Finance and Accounting) from the University of Paris-Dauphine, France

BCompt (Hons) UNISA, CA(SA)

BCom (Hons), CTA, CA(SA)

Appointed 2021

Appointed 2005

Appointed 2025

Committee membership:

Member of the Nominations and Investments Committees

Committee membership:

Member of the investment committee

Committee membership:

TBA

Strategic value contribution: 

• Investment banking
• International finance
• Finance risk management
• Private equity
• Governance
• Strategy and leadership
• Merger and acquisitions
  

Strategic value contribution:

• Financial management and commerce
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Corporate financing
• Corporate governance
  

Strategic value contribution:

• Finance and investment banking
• Accounting
• Risk management
• Auditing  

Sybile is an experienced senior management executive with extensive experience in leadership

positions in investment banking and international finance in emerging markets. Some of her

experience includes holding positions such as associate director at the International Finance

Corporation, Washington D.C., USA; senior vice president at Société Générale, Investment Banking,

Paris, France; investment officer at Inter-American Investment Corporation Washington, D.C., USA

and consultant for The World Bank, Washington, D.C., USA.

Didier qualified as a chartered accountant in 1991, after completing his articles at Betty & Dickson. He gained considerable experience with the Nampak group in various financial positions, culminating in a four-year term in Europe as financial director of Nampak Plastics Europe. Didier joined ADvTECH as group financial manager before being appointed as group financial director in 2005. In 2019 he was appointed group commercial director and chief financial officer due to the increase in his area of responsibility.

Hannes, a Chartered Accountant, joined the ADvTECH Group on 1 February 2025 as the Group Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to joining ADvTECH, he was the Group Chief Financial Officer at the AfroCentric Group and a senior manager in the corporate finance team at KPMG, where he also completed his Articles. Hannes holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Pretoria, completed a Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA) through UNISA, and was admitted as a Chartered Accountant (SAICA) in 2000. CFO South Africa awarded him the CFO Transformation and Empowerment Award in 2019. He won "Best Integrated Audit Report" for healthcare companies at the annual Board of Healthcare Funders Awards in 2022, 2023 and 2024 and was the overall winner in the JSE Small Cap section Integrated Audit Reports at the Sunday Times Companies Secretaries Award in 2022.

DANIEL SMITH

(53)

CLIVE THOMSON

(58)

Independent Non-Executive Director

Independent Non-Executive Director

B.Acc (Hons) (Wits), H.Dip Tax (Wits), CA(SA)

BCom (Hons) (UCT) M.Phil (Cantab) CA (SA)

Appointed 2022

Appointed 2021

Committee membership:

TBA

Committee membership:

Chair of the Investment Committee and Member of the Audit and Risk, and Remuneration Committees

Strategic value contribution:

• Investment banking
• Corporate finance, capital allocation and treasury
• Mergers and acquisitions
• JSE listed entities and corporate governance
• Strategy and business development

Strategic value contribution:

• Business leadership and strategy
• Corporate restructuring, acquisitions and disposals
• Corporate finance and treasury
• Governance and risk management

Dan has over 20 years’ experience in Investment Banking in South Africa and the United Kingdom and industry experience across the financial services, property, industrials, consumer, hospitality and construction sectors. Dan currently holds the position as Group Chief Financial Director at Lesaka Technologies. Prior to Lesaka, Dan previously held the position as Investment Partner at Value Capital Partners. He is the founder of the DLS Advisors and has previously held senior positions in Investment Banking at Standard Bank South Africa and Nomura International plc in London. 

Clive has over 20 years’ experience in senior leadership and executive roles. He served as chief

executive officer of Barloworld for approximately ten years, and as group finance director for close

to four years. Prior to his group chief executive officer role, he was chief executive officer of Barloworld Equipment with responsibility for leading the Caterpillar equipment business in Southern Africa, Russia and Iberia. Prior to joining Barloworld, Clive was a partner at Deloitte where he headed up the national education portfolio in addition to his audit client service and accounting technical advisory responsibilities. Clive is currently an independent non-executive director of Woolworths Holdings Limited and Vodacom Group Limited. He previously served for 6 years as a member of Council and chairman of the Finance committee at St Stithians College.

STEWART VAN GRAAN

(69)

KEITH WARBURTON

(66)

Independent Non-Executive Director

Lead Independent Non-Executive Director

BCom (Hons) Information Systems

BCom, CTA (UCT), CA (SA)

Appointed 2022

Appointed 2015

Committee membership:

Member of the Nominations and TSEC Committees

Committee membership:

Chair of the Remuneration Committee, Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee and Member of the Investment Committee

Strategic value contribution:

• Information communication and technology
• Strategy and business management
• Risk management and governance
• Business management
  

Strategic value contribution:

• Commerce and corporate management
• JSE listed entities and corporate governance
• Investment management
• Mergers and acquisitions 
• Strategy and business development
  

Stewart has in excess of 35 years’ experience in the Information Communication and Technology (ICT) industry as well as cross-functional knowledge and business management expertise which he gained across expansive geographies and multi-cultural environments with a strict adherence to corporate governance and ethical leadership.

Keith is a Chartered Accountant (SA) who has over 30 years’ experience in business and commerce and has held various executive management positions with several JSE Listed entities since qualifying as a chartered accountant at Arthur Andersen. Besides his experience in retailing and wholesaling, he also has experience in corporate finance as well as the steel and manufacturing industries. He worked for Clicks Group Ltd as chief financial officer and then as chief operating officer.