Directorate
 
     
 
Non-executive directors
 

Frederick John Barnes (59)
British
The previous chief executive of Bidvest Europe and 3663 First for Foodservice. Fred has extensive international foodservice and distribution experience.

 

Rachel Mathabo Kunene (70)
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 an executive director of Nandi Heritage (Pty) Limited, which is a shareholder in Dinatla Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited.

 
 
 

Alfred Anthony da Costa (45)
BCom (Hons)
Appointed December 8 2003. Director of the IQUAD Group Limited, chairman of the board of RGT Smart Limited, Dinatla Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited, executive chairman of Ukuvula Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited, council member of the University of South Africa and president of the Port Elizabeth Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is also a director of various subsidiary and associate companies of the Ukuvula Group. Alfred has 20 years’ experience in top management.


Tania Slabbert (43)
BA, MBA
Appointed December 8 2003. Non-executive director of BP South Africa (Pty) Limited, Discovery Holdings (Pty) Limited, Dinatla Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited and the Business Women’s Association. Since 2001, Tania has been the chief executive officer of WDB Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited, a company that funds the small businesses of over 47 000 rural female entrepreneurs across South Africa.
Board committee membership: nominations, transformation