CHANTEL REDDIAR (48) 
DIRECTOR: GOVERNANCE, RISK AND COMPLIANCE, AND GROUP COMPANY SECRETARY
BA, LLB, LLM, MBA, AMP

Member of the Woolworths South Africa Board and the WHL Information Management Committee.

Chantel joined Woolworths in September 2016 as the Director: Governance, Risk, Legal and Compliance and Group Company Secretary. Chantel has over 20 years’ experience as a corporate lawyer. In addition to her role as Group Company Secretary, her executive responsibilities include oversight of the Group’s corporate governance, compliance, legal, and risk functions.

Previously, Chantel was Group Company Secretary for Sun International Limited and the Director: Corporate Services and Legal. Prior to Sun International, Chantel served as a Legal Advisor at Nissan South Africa, having completed her articles at Webber Wentzel Bowens.

SAM NGUMENI (56)
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: FOODS
BCOM, MBA, AMP

Member of the WHL Risk, Information and Technology, Social and Ethics, and Sustainability Committees; member of the Woolworths South Africa and Country Road Group Boards; Chairman of Woolworths Financial Services Board; the Woolworths Trust and WHL Information Management Committee.

Sam has been with the WHL Group for 26 years, primarily in Financial Services, and has more than 17 years retail credit experience. He was appointed as the Group Chief Operating Officer in March 2012. He was previously the Chief Operating Officer of Woolworths South Africa and Chief Executive Officer of Woolworths Financial Services, where he spearheaded the successful joint venture between Woolworths and ABSA Limited. Sam was appointed to the WHL Board in 2014.

Sam is a member of the South African Rugby Executive Council.

ZAID MANJRA (58)
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND GROUP FINANCE DIRECTOR
CA(SA), MBL

Member of the WHL Risk, Information and Technology and Treasury Committees and member of the Woolworths South Africa, Country Road Group and Woolworths Financial Services Boards.

Zaid has been with the WHL Group for over 15 years and has held various senior leadership roles within the Group’s Finance function. He was appointed interim Group Finance Director in July 2023, and was subsequently appointed as the Group Finance Director and to the WHL Board in December 2023.

ROY BAGATTINI (60)
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
B.COM

Chairman of the Woolworths South Africa and Country Road Group Boards; member of the WHL Risk, Information and Technology, Treasury, Social and Ethics, and Sustainability Committees.

Roy was appointed to the WHL Board and as Group Chief Executive Officer in February 2020. Prior to this he was President: Americas for Levi Strauss & Company, where he was responsible for leading the company’s largest commercial operations, including a significant network of retail stores covering the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Latin America. Roy also played an instrumental role in the development and acceleration of the e-commerce and omni-channel capabilities of Levi Strauss.

He has extensive operational, management, and turnaround experience in global consumer and retail markets gained over 20 years in roles including President: Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa for Levi Strauss; President: Asia and Africa for the Carlsberg Group, based in Hong Kong, and in various roles in SABMiller plc internationally and in South Africa.

ROB COLLINS (54) (BRITISH)
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
MA (HONS)

Chairman of the WHL Risk, Information and Technology Committee and member of the Sustainability Committee.

Rob is an experienced executive director, with extensive expertise across retail, digital, agriculture, and food industries. He established the online business within Waitrose, serving as e-commerce director and leading its fastest growing business channel. Rob has spent over 26 years at John Lewis Partnership Plc, holding various management roles until 2020, including Managing Director of Waitrose & Partners and member of John Lewis Partnership board and executive committee.

Rob currently serves as the vice chairman of The Prince’s Countryside Fund, which supports farmers and rural communities.

NOLULAMO (LULU) GWAGWA (64)
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
BA; MTRP; MSc; MPhil, PhD

Member of the WHL Remuneration and Talent Management, Risk, Information and Technology and Social and Ethics Committees.

Lulu has held leadership roles in the public sector and in business and is an experienced executive and non-executive director. Her current roles are as board chairman for Barloworld Limited, FirstRand Foundation, FirstRand Empowerment Foundation and Zutari Africa and Middle East. She has also served on the boards of several listed companies including Massmart, FirstRand Limited, Sun International and Afrox.

ITUMELENG KGABOESELE (53)
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
CA(SA)

Member of the WHL Remuneration and Talent Management, Audit and Risk, Information and Technology Committees.

Itumeleng is an experienced private equity and investment banking professional with over 20 years experience in financial services. He has served as Vice-President at Citigroup’s investment banking division and other major international banks.

Itumeleng is Founder and CEO of Sphere Holdings and an independent Non-Executive Director of Old Mutual Limited.

LWAZI BAM (52)
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
CA(SA)

Chairman of the Audit and Treasury Committees and a member of the Risk, Information and Technology Committee.

Lwazi was previously the Chief Executive of Deloitte Africa having served in various senior leadership roles at Deloitte during his over 29 years with the group.

He was also a member of the Deloitte Global Executive Committee until he stepped down from his roles at Deloitte in May 2022.

Lwazi is a former Chairman of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA); a past President of the Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants in Southern Africa (ABASA), and a former member of the Securities Regulation Panel and Presidential Climate Finance Task Team.

Other directorships and trusteeships include The Standard Bank Group Limited, Anglo American Platinum Limited, Zeda Limited, Resource Mobilisation Fund and the Nelson Mandela Foundation.

CHRISTOPHER COLFER (55) (CANADIAN)
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
BA

Member of the WHL Audit, Remuneration and Talent Management, Nominations and Risk, Information and Technology Committees.

Christopher has over 30 years’ experience in international retail, digital transformation, beauty and e-commerce across public, private and start-up businesses in the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, the United States of America and Australia. He joined Richemont International in 2002, where he was the group CEO of the textiles businesses Chloé, Shanghai Tang, James Purdey & Sons, Old England and Hackett, he was later appointed CEO of Alfred Dunhill Limited and the fashion and textile businesses. Christopher also led Richemont’s early investment in Net-a-Porter, overseeing the growth of the business from start-up to full acquisition. Most recently Christopher has spent his time serving on private and listed boards in the UK, SA and Australia, whilst also managing his own private growth fund. He also currently works as a co-investor and advisor with various global private equity and venture capital firms where he has focused his energies on high growth businesses in the beauty, digital transformation and e-commerce verticals.

Other directorships include Bombora Capital, Medik8, The Dom, Design Milk, LYST.COM and Squiz.

BELINDA EARL (62) (BRITISH)
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
BSC (HONS) ECONOMICS & BUSINESS

Chairman of the WHL Sustainability Committee and member of the WHL Nominations and Risk, Information and Technology Committees.

Belinda has over 30 years’ experience in fashion, design, general merchandise, and management and was awarded the Order of the British Empire for services to retail in 2017. Belinda started her retail career at Harrods and served as Style Director for Marks & Spencer plc and was the Chief Executive Officer of Jaeger, a premium British fashion brand, until 2011. She was also Chief Executive Officer of the department store group Debenhams plc from 2000 to 2003, after a career of 15 years in the group. Belinda currently serves as a Senior Advisor to NewtonEurope, a specialist organisation in operational improvement.