Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa (55)
BProc

Non-executive chairman, appointed July 6 2004.

Executive chairman of Shanduka Group (Pty) Limited. Joint non-executive chairman of Mondi plc and Mondi Limited. Non-executive chairman of MTN Group Limited and SASRIA Limited. Non-executive director of SAB Miller plc, Macsteel Global BV, Alexander Forbes Limited and The Standard Bank Group Limited. Cyril is the past chairman of the Black Economic Empowerment Commission. He is vice-chairman of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria and sits on the board of the Commonwealth Business Council and the G3 Good Governance Group. Cyril has received several honorary doctorates.

Brian Joffe (61)
CA(SA)

Chief executive, appointed March 1 1989.

Non-executive director of Enviroserv Holdings Limited, and a director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries. Since founding Bid Corporation in 1988, Brian served as executive chairman until his appointment as chief executive in 2004. He has over 30 years of South African and international commercial experience. He was one of the Sunday Times’ top five businessmen in 1992 and is a past recipient of the Jewish Business Achiever of the Year award. Brian was voted South Africa’s Top Manager of the Year in 2002 in the Corporate Research Foundation’s publication “South Africa’s Leading Managers” and represented South Africa at the coveted “Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the Year” award in 2003. Awarded an honorary doctorate in May 2008 by Unisa.

Executive directors

Frederick John Barnes (57)      British

Chief executive of Bidvest Europe and 3663 First for Foodservice, appointed October 27 2003.

Fred has extensive international foodservice and distribution experience.

Bernard Larry Berson (43)      Australian
CA

Chief executive of Bidvest Asia Pacific, appointed October 27 2003.

Bernard has 21 years of international financial, administrative and management experience in numerous industries.

Myron Cyril Berzack (59)

Chief executive of Bid Industrial and Commercial Products, appointed April 29 2002.

Non-executive director of Allied Electronics Corporation Limited and Amalgamated Appliance Holdings Limited. Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries. Myron has 39 years’ experience in the electrical industry, specialising in the marketing, distribution, financial control and reporting functions.

David Edward Cleasby (46)
CA(SA)

Group financial director, appointed July 9 2007.

Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries. David was financial director of Rennies Terminals when the Rennies Group Limited was acquired by Bidvest in 1998. In 2001, he joined the Bidvest corporate office, where he has been involved in both Group corporate finance and investor relations. David was appointed as an alternate director to Peter Nyman on June 28 2006 and appointed Group financial director on July 9 2007.

Anthony William Dawe (42)
CA(SA)

Chief executive of Bidfreight, appointed June 28 2006.

Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries. Anthony has fourteen years’ experience in the freight industry with most of those years focused in the South African port environment. Prior to this, Anthony’s experience was in financing in London and he worked for one of the large accounting firms in South Africa.

Lionel Isaac Jacobs (65)
BCom, MBA

Commercial director Bidserv, appointed October 27 2003.

Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries, Bassap Investments (Pty) Limited and Dinatla Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited. Lionel is an entrepreneur with extensive negotiating and investment skills and established Bassap Investments (Pty) Limited, a core shareholder in the Dinatla consortium, to further his commitment to the principles of black economic empowerment.

Peter Nyman (63)
CA(SA), HDip Tax Law

Executive director, appointed February 1 1991.

Peter, the previous financial director, has been an executive director of the Group for nearly 18 years. He is also director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries, including Bid Industrial and Commercial Products, Bidserv and Bidvest Bank, Chairman of the trustees of the Quantum Medical Aid Society, Bidcorp Group Pension Fund and Bidcorp Group Provident Fund. Peter has extensive local and international financial experience in a diverse range of industries specialising in tax.

Sybrand Gerhardus Pretorius (60)
MCom Business Economics

Chief executive of Bid Auto, appointed February 19 2004.

Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries. Brand has thirty-five years’ experience in the motor industry (manufacturing and retail). He is the vice-chairman of the State President’s International Marketing Council and serves on the boards of the National Business Initiative and the READ Educational Trust. Brand is the immediate past President of the South African Retail Motor Industry Association.