Appointed to the
board in 2001 and as chairman from
1 June 2005
Born 13 September
1938
Martin joined
Deloitte & Touche in 1956 in Johannesburg
. He was appointed a partner in 1968
and transferred to Durban . He returned
to Johannesburg in 1983 and was appointed
managing partner.
In 1991 he became chief executive,
a position he held until 1999. Thereafter
he acted as chairman of the board
until his retirement in 2001.
He serves as a board member of Illovo
Sugar Limited, JD Group Limited, Liberty
Group Limited, Liberty Holdings Limited,
Murray & Roberts Holdings Limited,
Pretoria Portland Cement Company Limited,
Standard Bank Group Limited and Standard
Bank of SA Limited.
2. KS
Fuller (66)
Non-executive,
independent director
CA(SA)
Appointed to the
board from 1 June 2005
Born 5 December
1939
Kingsley joined
Deloitte & Touche in East London
in 1961 as an articled clerk. After
qualifying as a CA(SA) in June 1963,
he transferred to the Johannesburg
office in 1964. He has held various
positions in Deloitte, culminating
in his appointment as a senior partner
at the Sandton office in 1990. He
retired from Deloitte in 2003. Kingsley
is the current chairman of the Board
of Trustees of Deloitte & Touche
Pension & Provident Fund.
3. BP
Connellan (66)
Non-executive,
independent director
CA(SA)
Director of companies
Appointed to the
board in 1999
Born 28 June 1940
Brian retired
as executive chairman of Nampak Limited
in 2000, a position he had held since
1990. He joined the Barlow Group in
1964 and managed a number of subsidiaries
before being appointed as director
of Barlow Rand Limited in 1985.
He is a director of Absa Group Limited,
Illovo Sugar Limited, Sasol Limited
and Tiger Brands Limited. In addition,
Brian is a past councillor of the
South Africa Foundation, Corporate
Forum and the Institute of Directors
, as well as a contributor to King
I and King II on corporate governance.
4. KJ
Makwetla (65)
Non-executive,
independent director
Social Work Diploma,
PMD (Harvard)
Appointed to the
board in 2000
Born 14 September
1941
Bobby spent
most of his working life in the furniture
industry. He served as executive director
for King Food Corporation, a subsidiary
of Tiger Brands (Tiger Oats) and Tiger
Foods.
He serves on the boards of Lebowa
Platinum and Potgietersrus Platinum.
Bobby is chairman of Clear Channel
Merafe (Pty) Limited and deputy chairman
of Smokey Hills Trading (Pty) Limited.
In his various capacities, Bobby has
contributed extensively to black economic
empowerment issues at government level.
5. SD
Jagoe (55)
Non-executive,
independent director
BSc (Eng),
MBA
Merchant banker
Appointed to
the board in 2000
Born 9 June
1951
Sean is a senior
adviser in Morgan Stanley’s
Johannesburg office, with 25 years’
experience in banking and finance.
Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, he
was head of mergers and acquisitions
at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, head
of corporate finance at Rand Merchant
Bank and chief professional officer
with the Industrial Development Corporation.
Sean also serves on the boards of
AVI Limited and Ceramic Industries
Limited.
6. KC
Morolo (43)
Non-executive,
independent director
BSc Mech Eng,
MEng
Appointed to the
board in August 2004
Born 6 August
1963
Khumo is general
manager projects in the capital expansion
department of Eskom that is responsible
for electricity generation assets
creation.
She holds a BSc Mechanical Engineering
degree from Wits University and obtained
her MEng (Engineering Management)
qualification at the University of
Pretoria in 1998.
Khumo started work as a management
trainee at Liberty Life, becoming
a computer programmer in 1989. In
1994 she moved to Eskom as a consulting
engineer. She was promoted to engineering
manager at Matimba power station in
1999 and progressed to become power
station manager in January 2002. In
September 2003 Khumo was appointed
general manager for production for
a cluster consisting of two power
stations, Arnot (near Middelburg)
and Matimba in Lephalale (previously
Ellisras), the largest direct dry-cooled
installations in the world.
7. JC
van der Horst (62)
Non-executive,
independent director
BA, LLD
Director of companies
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 Securities
Exchange.
Over the past 20 years he has served
on the boards of various companies
listed on the JSE Securities Exchange,
and he is currently also on the boards
of Assore Limited and Wooltru Limited.
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTORS
8. G
Pretorius (58)
Chief executive
BSc, BEng, LLB,
PMD
Appointed to the
board in 1990
Born 24 August
1948
Gerrit joined
Fuchs Electronics as a development
engineer in 1973 and completed an
LLB, studying part-time. Progressing
through the ranks, he was appointed
managing director of Reutech in 1989.
In 1990 he was appointed to the Reunert
board. Following the unbundling of
the group in 1993 he restructured
Reunert’s telecommunications
interests and established joint ventures
with Siemens Limited and GEC plc.
A year later he was appointed chief
executive of Telephone Manufacturers
of South Africa .
In April 1997, Gerrit was promoted
to chief executive of Reunert Limited.
9. BP
Gallagher (56)
Executive director
BCom, CA (SA)
Appointed to the
board in 1993
Born 5 March 1950
Pat joined
the Barlow Rand Group, Rand Mines
Properties as financial accountant
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 Limited
and chairman of Reunert Consumer and
Commercial Holdings.
10. GJ
Oosthuizen (52)
Commercial director
BIuris, LLB
Appointed to the
board in 1997
Born 31 March
1954
Gerrit practised
as a lawyer for nine years before
joining the Barlow Rand Group as an
industrial relations adviser in 1987.
In 1996 he was appointed executive
director: human resources at PPC Limited
and the following year returned to
Reunert as an executive director.
Gerrit’s current responsibilities
include general commercial work, corporate
communications and legal affairs.
11. DJ
Rawlinson (57)
Financial director
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 for the past
15 years in the electronics and electrical
engineering industry, working for
CG Smith, GEC and as deputy managing
director of Alstom. He became financial
director of Reunert and was appointed
to the Reunert board in 1992.
COMMITTEES
Audit
and risk committee
KS Fuller (chairman),
BP Connellan, SD Jagoe, G Pretorius,
DJ Rawlinson
Remuneration
committee
SD Jagoe (chairman),
MJ Shaw, JC van der Horst
Nomination
committee
MJ Shaw (chairman),
SD Jagoe, JC van der Horst
Group
executive and risk management committee
G Pretorius (chairman),
BP Gallagher, GJ Oosthuizen,
DJ Rawlinson
