Board of directors

Independent non-executive chairman

Dip Law, Grad Dip Company Law

Appointed 1997

Member of the remuneration and nominations committee

Member of the social and ethics committee

Directorships: Non-executive chairman of Trencor

Expertise and experience: Legal, commercial and governance. 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.

Independent non-executive director

B Econ (Hons) (cum laude), M Com, D Com

Appointed 2008

Chairperson of the remuneration and nominations committee

Chairperson of the social and ethics committee

Directorships: Lewis Group and The Foschini Group. Chairperson of TSiBA Education.

Expertise and experience: Human resources and remuneration. 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.

Independent non-executive director

B Com (Hons), CA (SA), CMS (Oxon)

Appointed 2008

Chairman of the audit and risk committee

Member of the remuneration and nominations committee

Directorships: Non-executive chairman of Ascendis Health and non-executive director of HomeChoice, Personal Trust International and Tower Property Fund. Trustee of the Children’s Hospital Trust and the Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust.

Expertise and experience: Accounting and finance. 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 37 years, holding a number of financial directorships during this time.

Independent non-executive director

B Sc, CA (SA)

Appointed 2008

Member of the audit and risk committee

Directorships: MMI Holdings, Tongaat Hulett, Rand Refinery, AfriSam and various MTN subsidiaries

Expertise and experience: Accounting and finance. 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.

Independent non-executive director

B Compt (Hons), CA (SA)

Appointed 2017

Member of the audit and risk committee

Directorships: Chairman of Mpumelelo Ventures and non-executive director of PPC

Expertise and experience: Accounting, auditing and finance. Nonkululeko was a founder and former executive chairman of SizweNtsalubaGobodo, the country’s largest black-owned accounting firm. She is currently the chief executive officer of Nkululeko Leadership Consulting.

Independent non-executive director

Appointed 2006

Member of the remuneration and nominations committee

Expertise and experience: Retail and marketing. Martin is an accomplished retailer and marketer, having spent 33 years with Pick n Pay before starting his own marketing consultancy in 2004.

Group human resources director

B Proc, LL M, admitted attorney

Appointed as a director in 2008

Expertise and experience: Human resources. She was previously general manager for Shell SA Energy and regional human resources manager for Shell Oil Products Africa. Prior to this she was director of organisational effectiveness at Sea Harvest, managed her own consultancy practice and spent eight years with Transnet.

Chief financial officer

B Com, CTA, CA (SA)

Appointed as a director in 2011

Expertise and experience: Accounting, finance and investor relations management. He was previously at the Tiger Brands group where he was appointed as financial executive of the Tiger Brands consumer brands division in 2005 and promoted to chief financial officer in June 2008. While CFO of Tiger Brands, he also served as a non-executive director of Oceana Group Limited.

Chief executive officer BA

Appointed as a director in 2006

Member of the social and ethics committee

Expertise and experience: Retail and commercial. He was previously chief commercial officer of health and beauty retailer, Boots Group plc, in the United Kingdom, where he 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.