ALEXANDRA WATSON
(67)
GEOFF WHYTE
(57)
JACQUELINE CHIMHANZI (DR) (50)
Chairperson, Independent Non-Executive Director
Executive Director, Group Chief Executive Officer
Independent Non-Executive Director
BCom (Hons), CA (SA)
MA (Economic Science), University of Aberdeen
BSc (Hons), MBA, PhD (Cardiff)
Appointed 2022
Appointed 2024
Appointed 2017
Committee membership:
Chair of the Nominations Committee and Member of the Remuneration Committee and Transformation, Social and Ethics Committee (TSEC)
Committee membership:
Member of the Investment and TSEC Committees.
Committee membership:
Chair of the TSEC Committee and member of the Audit and Risk committee.
Strategic value contribution:
Strategic value contribution:
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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.
Geoff holds a Master’s degree in economics from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and has
more than 30 years’ experience across various industries. He is a commercially focused business
leader with executive experience in global organisations including Unilever, PepsiCo, Cadbury-
Schweppes, SAB-Miller and Nando’s. Geoff has a record of success in a wide variety of geographies
including South Africa, the UK, the USA, Holland, the rest of Africa, the Middle East and sub-continental India.
Jackie is the chief executive officer of the African Leadership Institute (AFLI). She has some
20 years’ experience in Strategy as both a practitioner and academic. She has worked for the IDC
as Senior Strategist and as Strategy Lead at Deloitte Consulting. She was instrumental in setting
up the Deloitte Africa Desk and advised clients on accessing opportunities in Africa. She has been
recognised by Forbes Africa magazine as one of Africa’s Youngest Power Women. She currently
serves on the board of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe and chairs the board’s ESG Committee. She is
a member of the World Economic Forum’s Africa Regional Strategy Group and a member of ONE’s
global board and its Africa Policy Advisory Board.
SYBILE LAZAR
(65)
MONDE NKOSI
(33)
DIDIER OESCH
(58)
Independent Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director
Executive Director, Group Commercial Director and 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
B.Bus.Sci. (UCT), MBA (Stanford), MA Education (Stanford)
BCompt (Hons) UNISA, CA(SA)
Appointed 2021
Appointed 2021
Appointed 2005
Committee membership:
Member of the Nominations and Investments Committees
Committee membership:
Member of the Investment, Nominations and Remuneration Committees
Committee membership:
Member of the investment committee
Strategic value contribution:
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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.
Monde is an experienced investment professional in private and public equities in South Africa and the USA. He is currently an executive director and senior investment professional at Value Capital Partners (VCP), an investment firm that acts as an engaged shareholder in several JSE-listed entities. Prior to VCP, Monde was on the investment team of FFL Partners, a San-Francisco based private equity firm managing over USD2 billion. Monde has served on the boards of several JSE-listed companies, including Net1 UEPS Technologies Inc., Grand Parade Investments Limited and Adcorp Holdings Limited.
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.
DANIEL SMITH
(52)
CLIVE THOMSON
(57)
STEWART VAN GRAAN
(68)
Alternate Director to Monde Nkosi
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)
BCom (Hons) Information Systems
Appointed 2022
Appointed 2021
Appointed 2022
Committee membership:
None
Committee membership:
Chair of the Investment Committee and Member of the Audit and Risk, and Remuneration Committees
Committee membership:
Member of the Nominations and TSEC Committees
Strategic value contribution:
Strategic value contribution:
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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 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 WARBURTON
(65)
Lead Independent Non-Executive Director
BCom, CTA (UCT), CA (SA)
Appointed 2015
Committee membership:
Chair of the Remuneration Committee, Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee and Member of the Investment Committee
Strategic value contribution:
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.