CORPORATE PROFILE
WHL DIRECTORATE
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SIMON SUSMAN (61) Chairman of the nominations and sustainability committees and member of the remuneration, risk and social and ethics committees Other directorships include: Allied Electronics Corporation Limited (Altron), Business Against Crime and Trent Limited. |
Joined the board in 2010 Chairman of the remuneration committee and member of nominations, sustainability and social and ethics committees Other directorships include: Nedbank, Nedbank Group, Mutual & Federal, Fairbairn Private Bank, African Rainbow Minerals and Investment AB Kinnevik. Tom was appointed Lead Independent non-executive director on 17 November 2011, to act in cases where the Chairman is conflicted. He has held a number of senior positions in the banking industry since 1986 and previously held the position of Chief executive officer at Nedbank. Tom is currently a non-executive director at Nedbank. Past directorships also include Boardmans and Sam Newman Limited as well as BoE International Holdings Limited. |
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Joined the board in 2006 Member of the audit and remuneration committees Other directorships include: The Elgin Wine Company, National Sea Rescue Institute (Chairman) and Cape Town Routes Unlimited (Chairman). Peter was previously with the Sun International group of companies for thirty four years. He was Chief executive of Sun International’s South African operations from 1993 and Group chief executive for the last four years of his employment with the group. |
 LINDIWE BAKORO (38) BCOM (UCT), POST-GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN ACCOUNTING (UCT), HIGHER DIPLOMA IN TAX LAW (WITS), CA (SA) Independent non-executive director Joined the board in 2009 Member of the audit, remuneration and risk committees Other directorships include: Group Five, Sea Harvest and Hyundai Automotive South Africa Lindiwe joined Rand Merchant Bank in 1999 where she gained extensive merchant bank experience in project and infrastructure finance. Since 2006 she has worked as an independent project financier specialising in financial advisory debt and equity arranging for infrastructure related transactions. |
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ZARINA BASSA (48) Joined the board in 2011 Member of the audit and risk committees Zarina is Executive Chairman of Songhai Capital. She serves as a non-executive director of Kumba Iron Ore, Vodacom South Africa, Sun International, Woolworths, Lewis Group, Oceana Group, National Business Initiative, Financial Services Board and Woolworths Financial Services of which she is immediate past Chairman. She is also chairman of Yebo Yethu Ltd. Zarina was previously an executive director at Absa Bank and a member of the Absa Group Executive Committee, with accountability for Private Banking. Prior to joining Absa in 2002 she was a partner at Ernst & Young where she spent 17 years across the UK and SA offices. She qualified as a CA in 1988 and was amongst the first black female CA’s. Previous board roles include chairing the Public Accountants' and Auditors' Board, the Auditing Standards Board, the Accounting Standards Board, the JSE's GAAP Monitoring Panel, the SA Institute of Chartered Accountants' and Vice President of ABASA. Zarina was named Top Women in Business and Government in 2007 and Top Business Personality in Financial Services: Banking in 2008. |
ANDREW HIGGINSON (55) (BRITISH) Joined the board in 2012 Member of the audit and risk committees. Other directorships include Tesco Plc and BSkyB Group Plc. Andrew has held a number of senior leadership roles in retail in Britain and is currently the Chief Executive Retailing Services of Tesco Plc. He previously held the position of Finance director at Tesco Plc and at several other British based retail. He also served as a non-executive director and as the Chairman of audit committees for a number of companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. |
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MIKE LEEMING (68) Joined the board in 2004 Chairman of the audit and risk committees and member of the nominations committee Other directorships include: AECI Limited, Allied Electronics Corporation Limited (Altron), Imperial Holdings and Real Africa Holdings. Mike was previously the Chief operating officer at Nedcor and has an in-depth knowledge of financial services as well as manufacturing. |
Joined the board in 2004 Chairman of the social and ethics committee and member of the nominations and sustainability committees Other directorships include: Boschendal (Chairman), Cape Empowerment Trust (Chairperson) and Standard Bank Group. Chris was previously the Chairperson of South Atlantic Fishing (SAFCO) and he has been a director of Sea Harvest Corporation and JCI. He has been extensively involved in the development and upliftment of communities both as a Minister in the Presbyterian Church and as a community leader, serving in a number of capacities including Chairperson of the Western Cape ANC. He has executive experience in a number of industries and as a non-executive director has proactively led transformation at a number of listed companies. |
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Joined the board in 2009 Member of the risk and social and ethics committees Other directorship include: DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc. Thina is an attorney with fifteen years legal experience. She has been a director of various companies both listed and un-listed in the banking, property, portfolio investment, aviation and public sector companies over a period of six years. In 1996 Thina formed her own legal firm, Thina Siwendu & Associates. Her firm specialises in public-private partnerships, project financing, corporate structuring and corporate governance. |
STUART ROSE (SIR) (62) (BRITISH) Joined the board in 2011 Member of the remuneration, risk and sustainability committees Other directorship include: Land Securities Group plc. Stuart has strong international retail experience. He started his career in retail at Marks & Spencer in 1971, where he remained until 1989, before going on to become Chief executive at a number of well known UK retailers including Argos plc, Booker plc and Arcadia Group plc. He relinquished the position as CEO of Marks & Spencer in July 2010 and retired as its Chairman on 4 January 2011. |
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SINDI ZILWA (44) Joined the board in 2002 Member of the audit, risk and social and ethics committees Other directorships include: Aspen Pharmacare Holdings, Discovery Holdings and Rebosis Property Fund Limited. Sindi became the second black female chartered accountant in South Africa in 1990 and is the Chief executive officer of Nkonki. Her previous directorships include the Transkei National Buildings Society, the South African Mint, WIPHOLD, Telkom, Primedia Limited, ACSA, Strate and Ethos Private Equity. She was the Chairman of the BUSA Standing committee on Transformation, was a board member of the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors and was a member of the GAAP Monitoring Panel. |
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| EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS | ||
IAN MOIR (53) (AUSTRALIAN) Joined the board in 2010 Member of the risk, sustainability and social and ethics committee Other directorships include: Country Road Limited and Woolworths Financial Services Ian was appointed to the board of Country Road on 23 October 1998. He was formerly Chief operating officer of the company before being appointed Chief executive officer in November 2000. He was previously Executive director and Chief operating officer of Woolmark. He joined the board in January 2010 and was appointed the Group chief executive officer in November 2010. |
ZYDA RYLANDS (47) Joined the board in 2006 Member of the risk and sustainability committees Other directorships include: African Capital Portfolio Limited, Open Society Foundation, The National Urban Reconstruction and Housing Agency and The Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention. Zyda joined Woolworths in 1996 and worked in the finance and store operation teams. She was appointed the People director of Woolworths (Proprietary) Limited in 2005 and was appointed to the board of Woolworths in August 2006. |
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NORMAN THOMSON (60) Joined the board in 1991 Member of the risk committee Other directorships include: Country Road Limited and Woolworths Financial Services. Norman joined Woolworths in 1991 in a logistics capacity and introduced the integrated supply chain management systems. He was appointed to the board in 2001 and was responsible for corporate stores, franchise and distribution. He became Finance director in 2002. |
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| GROUP SECRETARY | ||
THOBEKA SISHUBA-MASHEGO (40) Appointed in 2012 Member of the executive team Thobeka was appointed Group Secretary on 1 February 2012. She started her career in financial services (banking), had a stint in asset management, before moving on to specialising in taxation, governance and risk strategy guidance. Thobeka was the Group Executive for Corporate Governance at Metropolitan, prior to her joining Woolworths. Thobeka is responsible for all aspects of corporate governance, including risk, legal and company secretariat. |
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