Directorate
 
     
 
Independent non-executive directors
 

Douglas Denoon Balharrie Band (66)
BCom, CA(SA)
Appointed October 27 2003. Non-executive director of The Standard Bank Group Limited, Myriad International Holdings B.V. 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.
Board committee membership: Chairman of the remuneration, acquisition and nominations committees


Lilian Garner Boyle (63)
British MA,
Econ (Glasgow), MBA
Non-executive director, appointed January 23 2001. Non-executive director of South African Express Airways and the South African Bank Note Company (Pty) Limited. Lilian has 41 years of diverse business experience including seven years in the freight management industry and 20 years in the travel industry.

 

Muriel Betty Nicolle Dube (37)
BA (Hons), MSc (Oxon), Finance Executive Programme (SAID, Oxford), Executive Programme (Harvard).
Appointed October 27 2003. Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries. 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.

 
 
 

Stephen Koseff (59)
BCom, CA(SA), HDip BDP, MBA
Appointed June 17 1997. Chief executive officer of Investec Limited and Investec plc. Stephen has 34 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. He is the current chairman of the Banking Association. His directorships include Rensburg Sheppards plc.


Nkateko Peter Mageza (55)
ACCA (UK)
Appointed August 28 2009. Former group chief operations officer and executive director of Absa Group Limited. Peter started his career within the audit environment at Coopers & Lybrand and worked as an audit manager within Transnet Limited’s group internal audit services. He became chief executive officer of Autonet in 1995, the road passenger and freight logistics division of Transnet. Peter is a director of Sappi Group Limited, MTN Group Limited, Rainbow Chicken Limited and Remgro Group Limited.
Board committee membership: audit


Donald Masson (79)
ACIS
Appointed March 10 1992. Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries, Cashbuild Limited, Valley Irrigation Limited and Kumnandi Food Corporation. Trustee of various 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 43 years of diverse business experience in senior executive positions at listed, unlisted and parastatal organisations.
Board committee membership: audit, risk and sustainability, remuneration, acquisition