Board of Directors
David Nurek (65)
Independent non-executive chairman
Dip Law, Grad Dip Company Law
Chairman of the social and ethics committee and member of the remuneration and nominations committee
Appointed June 1997
David practised as an attorney with Sonnenberg Hoffman Galombik for 32 years, including 23 years as a partner and director. He joined Investec Group in 2000 and is regional chairman of the group’s Western Cape businesses and global head of legal risk for the Investec Group. He is non-executive chairman of Distell Group and Lewis Group, and a non-executive director of Trencor.
Prof. Fatima Abrahams (53)
Independent non-executive director
B Econ (Hons) (cum laude), M Com, D Com
Chairperson of the remuneration and nominations committee and member of the social and ethics committee
Appointed March 2008
Prof. Abrahams is an academic, experienced company director and a registered industrial psychologist. She is currently a senior professor (part-time) at the University of the Western Cape, having also served as dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Prof. Abrahams is chairperson of TSiBA Education, a non-profit private higher educational institution, and is a non-executive director of Iliad Africa, Lewis Group, The Foschini Group and Marsh (Pty) Ltd.
John Bester (69)
Independent non-executive director
B Com (Hons), CA (SA), CMS (Oxon)
Chairman of the audit and risk committee and member of the remuneration and nominations committee
Appointed October 2008
John spent 16 years in the accounting profession, including serving as a partner of Ernst & Young for 10 years. He has been involved in commerce and industry for a further 34 years, holding a number of financial directorships during this time. He is non-executive chairman of Ascendis Health and a non-executive director of HomeChoice Holdings, Personal Trust International, Sovereign Food Investments, Tower Property Fund and Western Province Rugby (Pty) Limited, as well as a trustee of the Children’s Hospital Trust.
Bertina Engelbrecht (52)
Group human resources director
B Proc, LL M, admitted attorney
Member of the social and ethics committee
Appointed as a director in March 2008
An experienced human resources professional, Bertina joined Clicks Group in July 2006. She was previously general manager for Shell SA Energy and regional human resources manager for Shell Oil Products Africa. Prior to this Bertina was director of organisational effectiveness at Sea Harvest, managed her own consultancy practice and spent eight years with Transnet.
Michael Fleming (48)
Chief financial officer
B Com, CTA, CA (SA)
Appointed as a director in March 2011
Michael joined the Clicks Group in February 2011 and was previously chief financial officer of Tiger Brands Limited. He joined the Tiger Brands group in 2000, was appointed as financial executive of the Tiger Brands consumer brands division in 2005 and promoted to chief financial officer in June 2008. During his tenure as CFO of Tiger Brands, Michael also served as a non-executive director of Oceana Group Limited.
Fatima Jakoet (55)
Independent non-executive director
B Sc, CTA, CA (SA), Higher certificate in financial markets
Member of the audit and risk committee
Appointed March 2008
After spending six years in the auditing profession, Fatima went on to lecture in financial accounting and then spent over a decade in various positions in corporate South Africa. Fatima is a non-executive director of MMI Holdings, Tongaat Hulett, Rand Refinery, AfriSam and various MTN subsidiaries.
David Kneale (61)
Chief executive officer
BA
Member of the social and ethics committee
Appointed as a director in April 2006
David was appointed chief executive officer of Clicks Group in January 2006. He was previously chief commercial officer of health and beauty retailer, Boots Group plc, in the United Kingdom. During his career at Boots, David held positions in finance, buying and marketing before being appointed director of merchandise and marketing in 1995, and managing director of international retail development in 1997. After three years as managing director of Waterstone’s Booksellers and a director of HMV Group, he returned to Boots in 2002 as director of trading, and was appointed chief commercial officer in January 2003.
Nkaki Matlala (62)
Independent non-executive director
B Sc, M Sc, M D, M Med (Surgery), FCS
Member of the audit and risk committee and the social and ethics committee
Appointed August 2010
Dr Matlala is an experienced teacher and surgeon and is currently executive director: government and stakeholder relations at Mediclinic Southern Africa. He was deputy president of the National Medical and Dental Association in the late eighties, and worked for a number of years in academic medicine and private surgical practice before establishing Safika Health in 1999. He joined Mediclinic in 2005. Dr Matlala is a member of the Hospital Association of South Africa board, a trustee of the University of Limpopo Trust and a founding member and chairman of Phodiso Holdings, a healthcare investment company.
Martin Rosen (65)
Independent non-executive director
Member of the remuneration and nominations committee
Appointed April 2006
Martin is an accomplished retailer and marketer, having spent 33 years with Pick n Pay before starting his own marketing consultancy in 2004. After 17 years in the retail operations of Pick n Pay, Martin was appointed group marketing director in 1998 and managing director of Pick n Pay Group Enterprises in 2001.
