Board of directors

Chairman, non-executive, independent director
Director of companies
BCom
Appointed to the board from 1 June 2008
and as chairman from 1 June 2009
Born 12 September 1949

Trevor spent his formative years from 1971 in a wide-ranging number of roles in financial and commercial management positions both in southern Africa and Europe. In the late 1980s he was appointed finance and commercial director of AECI Explosives and Chemicals Limited. In 1990 he was appointed managing director of Dulux Paints and in the period 1996 to 2000 managing director of Polifin Limited. In 2001 Trevor was appointed executive director and chief financial officer of Sasol Limited with responsibility also for corporate affairs and various other portfolios. Two years later he assumed global responsibility for Sasol’s chemical businesses. In 2005 and 2006 he was deputy chief executive of Sasol Limited. At the end of 2006 he retired from executive roles and in 2007 became a non-executive director of various companies.

He serves as a board member of Absa Group Limited, Absa Bank Limited, Illovo Sugar Limited, Life Healthcare Limited, Sasol Synfuels International (Pty) Limited, Sasol Petroleum International (Pty) Limited and Sasol Polymers and Sasol Nitro – both trading as divisions of Sasol Chemical Industries (Pty) Limited.

Non-executive, independent director
Merchant banker
BSc (Eng), MBA
Appointed to the board in 2000
Born 9 June 1951

Sean, who has 29 years’ experience in banking and finance, is a senior adviser with JP Morgan, having run a boutique advisory firm, Fidelis Partners, for a year. Prior to this he was a senior adviser in Morgan Stanley’s Johannesburg office, where he worked for 13 years, head of mergers and acquisitions at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell and head of corporate finance at Rand Merchant Bank.

Sean also serves on the board of Ceramic Industries Limited.

Independent, non-executive director
Business women
BCom (Stats), BCom (Hons)(Acc), CA(SA)
Appointed to the board 1 January 2011
Born 17 September 1977

Yolanda was the group chief executive officer of Mvelaphanda Group Ltd.  She joined Mvelaphanda Holdings' corporate finance division in January 2003. In July 2007 she was appointed chief executive officer of Mvelaphanda Group Limited, a position she held until the end of December 2010 concluding the successful unbundling of the company.

Yolanda started her career in marketing with Robertsons’ Foods and then moved to Fisher Hoffman PKF, an auditing firm, where she completed her articles.

She serves on the boards of Absa Group Limited, Absa Bank Limited and Steinhoff International Holdings Limited.

Non-executive, independent director
Strategy consultant
BSc
Appointed to the board 1 June 2008
Born 9 November 1947

Thabang is a strategy consultant and has consulted to major corporate clients such as DBSA, SA Port Operations, StatsSA, City of Tshwane, FFC, Nozala, Transnet Fiscal and Financial Commission and the Vaal University of Technology (2010) for the past eight years. Thabang spent 13 years at executive level in the Civil Aviation Directorate in Lesotho. During this period he was elected vice-president of the African Civil Aviation Commission for the East African region for three years. He joined Transnet in 1994 and was promoted to the position of transformation strategist at Transnet Group as general manager in 1997 and to chief executive of PX in 1998, a position which he held until January 2000.

Thabang has attended executive management programmes at London Business School, University of Singapore and the Harvard Business School.

Non-executive director
Director of companies
BJuris, BProc LLB
Appointed to the board in 2007
Born 13 January 1956

Thandi is a director and shareholder of Peotona, an investment company owned and managed by four women – Cheryl Carolus, Wendy Lucas-Bull, Dolly Mokgatle and Thandi Orleyn. She is also a mediator and arbitrator for Tokiso Dispute Settlement; a member of the Competition Tribunal and adjunct professor of Law at the University of Cape Town; she also serves as vice-chairman of the Council of the University of Fort Hare. She sits on various boards including the South African Reserve Bank, Toyota SA and Implats Limited.

Thandi was an attorney and regional director of the Legal Resources Centre, national director of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration and director of a commercial law firm.

Non-executive, independent director
Director of companies
BA, LLD
Appointed to the board in 1993
Born 4 February 1944

Johannes worked for Old Mutual from 1971 to 2002, where he was general manager (investments) from 1985 to 1997. In September 1997 he was appointed to lead Old Mutual’s demutualisation project, which culminated in July 1999 with its listing on the London Stock Exchange and the JSE Limited. Over the past 25 years he has served on the boards of various companies listed on the JSE Limited. He currently serves on the boards of Assore Limited and Foord Compass Limited.

Non-executive, independent director
Director of companies
Appointed to the board from 1 November 2009
Born 21 September 1967

Kholeka started her career as trainee accountant and has held several senior finance positions across diverse industries. Until recently she was finance director at BP South Africa associate company. She joined 3M South Africa as corporate accountant and assumed the general manager finance role within six months. She has worked for Eskom in the consulting and treasury departments.

Non-executive, independent director
BCompt (Hons), CA(SA)
Director of companies
Appointed to the board from 1 November 2009
Born 23 January 1949

Rynhardt retired as group general manager Sasol Limited at the end of 2008 after 31 years with Sasol. During his employment with Sasol he held various positions in financial and accounting management. At retirement he was a member of Sasol’s group executive committee and director and member of most of Sasol’s major subsidiaries. He is a director of Alert Steel Holdings Limited and a trustee of the Sasol Pension Fund.

Non-executive
MCom (Business Economics)
Non-executive director
Appointed to the board 22 February 2011
Born 15 February 1948

Brand Pretorius started his career at Toyota South Africa in March 1973. Following a number of management positions in research, planning, sales and marketing he was appointed managing director of Toyota SA Marketing in 1988. In March 1995 he joined McCarthy Motor Holdings and was promoted to chief executive officer of the holding company, McCarthy Limited, in October 1999.

Brand has received numerous national marketing and leadership awards. He holds honorary professorships at the University of Johannesburg and the University of the Free State and is a Fellow in Leadership at the Gordon Institute of Business Science. He is a member of the National Business Initiative, the READ Educational Trust Board of Trustees and the advisory board of the University of Stellenbosch Business School.

Brand serves as non-executive director on the boards of ABSA Group, ABSA Bank Limited, RGT Smart and Eliance. He is also a member of the advisory board of the international consultancy firm Alexander Proudfoot.

Chief executive
CA(SA)
Appointed to the board in 1992
Born 23 February 1949

After completing his articles, David joined Coopers & Lybrand and was then seconded to England for three years.

He has been involved in the electronics and electrical engineering industry for over 20 years, working for CG Smith, GEC and as deputy managing director of Alstom.

In 1992 David was appointed financial director of Reunert.

He was appointed as chief executive on 21 September 2011.

Executive director
BCom
Appointed to the board in 1993
Born 5 March 1950

After completing his articles at Deloitte & Touche, Pat qualified as a chartered accountant. Pat joined the Barlow Rand Group in 1976. He was promoted soon after and subsequently served as managing director for various companies in the Barlow Rand Group.

With the unbundling of the Barlow Rand Group in 1993, Pat was appointed executive director of Reunert and chairman of Reunert Consumer and Commercial Holdings.

MC Krog
Financial Director
CA(SA)
6 June 1969
Appointed to the board 21 September 2011

Manuela Krog started her career with Deloitte & Touche where she qualified as chartered accountant (South Africa) in 1996. She was appointed as an audit partner in 1999 and has served many clients in diverse industries with a specific focus on manufacturing, tourism and group audits since then.

Manuela was appointed financial director designate on 15 July and to the board as financial director on 21 September 2011.