Peter Nyman (64)
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 19 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 (61)
MCom Business Economics

Chief executive of Bid Auto, appointed February 19 2004.

Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries. Brand has 36 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, the University of Stellenbosch Business School, the ABSA group and the READ Educational Trust. Brand is the immediate past president of the South African Retail Motor Industry Association.

Lindsay Peter Ralphs (53)
CA(SA)

Chief executive of Bidserv, appointed May 10 1992.

Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries. 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 (60)
CA(SA), BSc (London) (with honours)

Executive director, appointed September 10 1990.

Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries and managing director of Bidvest Bank. Alan has 30 years’ experience in the fields of manufacturing, distribution and treasury management.

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

Appointed December 8 2003.

Chairman of the IQUAD Group Limited, AltX listed company, director of Algoa FM, Pioneer Fishing, Dinatla Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited, executive chairman of Ukuvula Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited, council member of the University of South Africa (Unisa) and president of the Port Elizabeth Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PERCCI). He is also a director of various subsidiary and associate companies of the Ukuvula Group.

Alfred has 19 years’ experience in top management.

Muriel Betty Nicolle Dube (36)
BA (Hons), MSc (Oxon), Finance Executive Programme (SAID, Oxford), Executive Programme (Harvard)

Appointed October 27 2003.

Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries and Enviroserv Holdings Limited.

Muriel has senior strategic management and operational experience in the public sector and with multi-nationals in the private sector. She currently serves as executive director of LEMCO, an environmental advisory services firm headquartered in London.

Rachel Mathabo Kunene (69)
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, Ikhwezi Lomso Laundries (Pty) Limited and Ilembe Airport Construction Services (Pty) Limited. Trustee of Isigodlo Trust (South African Women In Dialogue) and the Mazisi Kunene Foundation Trust.

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 (42)
BA, MBA

Appointed December 8 2003.

Non-executive director of BP South Africa (Pty) Limited, Discovery Holdings (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 2001. She is a non-executive board member of the Business Women’s Association.