Joseph Leon Pamensky (78)
CA(SA), OMSG

Appointed January 8 1990.

Director of Enviroserv Holdings Limited, Schindler Lifts (SA) (Pty) Limited and Worldwide African Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited. Chairman of Bidvest Bank Limited and Stonehage Financial Services Holdings (Jersey) Limited.

Joe is the longest serving non-executive director of Bidvest with over 40 years’ experience in the financial, insurance and banking industries and the recipient of a number of business and public awards. He serves as a non-executive director on the boards of public and private companies, both locally and internationally, and is a member of a number of audit and remuneration committees. Originally also a director of Bid Corporation Limited.

Nigel George Payne (48)
BCom (Hons), CA(SA) MBL

Appointed June 28 2006.

Director of a number of companies including JSE Limited, Mr Price Limited, Glenrand MIB Limited, STRATE Limited.

Nigel is a leading authority on corporate governance, risk management and internal audit and was the convenor of the risk management and internal audit task team at the King II report.

Adv Faith Dikeledi Pansy Tlakula (51)
BProc, LLB, LLM (Harvard)

Appointed June 28 2006.

Chief electoral officer of The Independent Electoral Commission. Director of Lehotsa Holdings (Pty) Limited, MMRT (Pty) Limited and Khomanani Women’s Investment (Pty) Limited.

Pansy was previously a member of the Human Rights Commission. She is the chairperson of the National Credit Regulator.

Alternate non-executive director

Lebogang Joseph Mokoena (49)
BSc (Med Sci), MBA

Appointed as alternate to AA da Costa on December 8 2003.

Non-executive director of Ten Alliance Holdings (Pty) Limited, Sesiu Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited, Bloemfontein Correctional Contracts (Pty) Limited, Culca Investments (Pty) Limited, Lumumba Capital Investments (Pty) Limited and Dinatla Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited.

Lebogang has a number of years’ experience as a director of private companies. Over the years he provided management consultancy services to SMMEs, the public and private sectors. In recent years he devoted most of his time to investment management and strategy development.

Committees

Group Executive committee
B Joffe (chairman), FJ Barnes, BL Berson, MC Berzack, DE Cleasby, AW Dawe, SG Pretorius, LP Ralphs

South African executive committee
B Joffe (chairman), MC Berzack, NW Birch, DE Cleasby, AW Dawe, LI Jacobs, L Madikizela, SG Mahlalela, P Nyman, SG Pretorius, LP Ralphs, AC Salomon, SA Thwala

Audit committee
NG Payne (chairman), DE Cleasby, RW Graham, D Masson, P Nyman, JL Pamensky, AC Salomon

Risk committee
NG Payne (chairman), MC Berzack, NW Birch, DE Cleasby, AW Dawe, B Joffe, D Masson, M Notrica, P Nyman, SG Pretorius, LP Ralphs, AC Salomon, CE Singer, BM Varcoe

Sustainability committee
JE Hochfeld (chairman), H Angove, DL Gillfillan, RJ Licht, MJW Lockley, L Madikizela, NJ Mbongwa, HP Meijer, C Rostowsky, R Stanley

Remuneration committee
DDB Band (chairman), DE Cleasby, D Masson, P Nyman, JL Pamensky

Acquisition committee
DDB Band (chairman), MC Berzack, DE Cleasby, B Joffe, D Masson, JL Pamensky, LP Ralphs

Nominations committee
DDB Band (chairman), B Joffe, JL Pamensky, MC Ramaphosa, T Slabbert

Transformation committee
LI Jacobs (chairman), MC Berzack, NW Birch, AW Dawe, MJ Finger, B Joffe, SG Mahlalela, G McMahon, M Notrica, SG Pretorius, LP Ralphs, CE Singer, T Slabbert, SA Thwala, FDP Tlakula, BM Varcoe