Lindsay Peter Ralphs (53)
CA(SA)

Chief executive of Bidserv, appointed May 10 1992.

Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries and Enviroserv Holdings Limited. Lindsay joined Bidvest as operations director in 1992. In 1994 he was appointed managing director of Steiner and following the acquisition of Prestige to form Bidserv, appointed chief executive of Bidserv.

Alan Charles Salomon (59)
CA(SA), BSc (London) (with honours)

Managing director of Bidvest Bank, appointed September 10 1990.

Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries and Enviroserv Holdings Limited. Alan has 29 years’ experience in the fields of manufacturing and distribution. Alan is managing director of Bidvest Bank Limited.

Non-executive directors

Lilian Garner Boyle (61)      British
MA, Econ (Glasgow), MBA

Non-executive director, appointed January 23 2001.

Non-executive director of the South African Bank Note Company (Pty) Limited. Lilian has 39 years of diverse business experience including seven years in the freight management industry and 20 years in the travel industry.

Alfred Anthony da Costa (44)
BCom (Hons) BCom

Appointed December 8 2003.

Chairman of the IQUAD Group of Companies, director of Algoa FM, Breathetex Corporation (Pty) Limited, Ukuvula Investments (Pty) Limited and Dinatla Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited, executive chairman Ilithe Technologies (Pty) Limited and member of Unisa Council.

Alfred has 18 years’ experience in top management.

Muriel Betty Nicolle Dube (35)
BA (Hons), Executive Programme (Harvard)

Appointed October 27 2003.

Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries, Enviroserv Holdings Limited and ZAICO (Pty) Limited.

Muriel has senior strategic management and operational experience in the public sector and with multi-nationals in the private sector.

Rachel Mathabo Kunene (68)
BA English Lit (UCLA)

Appointed December 8 2003.

Chairman of PMB Petroleum Services (Pty) Limited. Director of Dinatla Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited, NPMS Energy (Pty) Limited and Ikhwezi Lomso Laundries (Pty) Limited. Trustee of Isigodlo Trust (South African Women In Dialogue), The Mazisi Kunene Foundation and of Orphans of Aids Foundation (KwaZulu-Natal). Vice chair of Business Women’s Association (Durban Branch).

Mathabo is a founder member of the broad-based empowerment group Nandi Heritage (Pty) Limited which is a shareholder in Dinatla Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited.

Tania Slabbert (41)
BA, MBA

Appointed December 8 2003.

Non-executive director of BP South Africa (Pty) Limited, Rennies Travel (Pty) Limited and Dinatla Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited.

Tania has been the chief executive officer of WDB Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited since 1999. She is a board member of the Business Women’s Association.

Independent non-executive directors

Douglas Denoon Balharrie Band (64)
CA(SA)

Appointed October 27 2003.

Non-executive director of The Standard Bank Group Limited, Myriad International Holdings B.V., Tiger Brands Limited and MTN Group Limited.

Doug has extensive experience in both commerce and industry and has served in an executive position in various blue-chip listed companies.

Stephen Koseff (57)
BCom, CA(SA), HDip BDP, MBA

Appointed June 17 1997.

Chief executive officer of Investec Limited and Investec plc.

Stephen has 32 years of financial experience and is the recipient of numerous business awards. He is a former member of the Financial Markets Advisory Board and former chairman of the Independent Banks Association. His directorships include Rensburg Sheppards plc.

Donald Masson (77)
ACIS

Appointed March 10 1992.

Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries, Cashbuild Limited, Valley Irrigation Limited, Faritec Holdings Limited and Kumnandi Food Corporation. Trustee of Investment Solutions and various other pension funds.

Donald is a former President of the Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut and a former member of the President’s Economic Advisory Council and Chairman of the SA Post Office. He has forty-one years of diverse business experience in senior executive positions at listed, unlisted and parastatal organisations.