Board of directors

Appointed: 1 October 2001

Board committee membership

	Chairman of Group executive and steering committee
	Attends various board committee meetings ex officio
	Group chief operations officer until 31 March 2011

Other directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group, Long Street Property Development (Pty) Ltd, Salamax 765 (Pty) Ltd and Tsiya Group (Pty) Ltd.

Skills, expertise and experience
Prior to joining MTN, Sifiso was Eskom’s executive director responsible for sales, customer service, electrification and distribution technology. Before Eskom, he worked as a consulting electrical engineer in the building services industry and in the mining and railway sectors.

Appointed: 1 January 2010

Board committee membership

	Chairman of remuneration and human resources committee
	Nominations committee

Other directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group, Eaton Towers LLP and Venture Partnership Foundation Limited.

Skills, expertise and experience
Alan previously served as group strategy and new business director for Vodafone plc, was a member of the executive committee of the Vodafone Group, a board member of the GSM Association, chairman of Vodafone Ventures and chairman of the board of trustees of the Vodafone UK Foundation.

Appointed: 1 June 2006

Board committee membership

	Chairman of social and ethics committee
	Risk management, compliance and corporate governance committee

Other directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group, Standard Bank Group Ltd, South African Bank Note Company Ltd, South African Mint Company Ltd, Edgo Merap (London) Limited, Omega Risk Solutions, the Tälberg Foundation (Sweden), Hayleys Energy Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd, Kgontsi Holdings Ltd, Kgontsi Investments Ltd, Euromax (London & Mumbai) Ltd, Petmin Mining and chairman of the Thabo Mbeki Foundation.

Skills, expertise and experience
Koosum is currently executive chairman of Edgo Merap in London. Prior to that, she was senior business development manager at Shell International Exploration and Production (Pty) Ltd in London; general manager, corporate, for Shell Southern Africa; senior economist at the Chamber of Mines; and economist at the Electricity Commission of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. She was also a graduate lecturer at University of Durban Westville.

Appointed: 1 January 2010

Board committee membership

	Audit committee
	Risk management, compliance and corporate governance committee
	Chairman of social and ethics committee

Other directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group, Eqestra Holdings Limited, Clover Industry Limited, Ethos Private Equity Limited, Four Rivers Trading 261 (Pty) Ltd, Ntamele Investment Company (Pty) Ltd, Tunleys Mail and Print (Pty) Ltd, Songhai Capital (Pty) Ltd, Majorshelf 142 (Pty) Ltd, Bairds Renaissance (Pty) Ltd, ABSA Foundation, Remgro Limited, Sappi Limited, Rainbow Chicken Limited and a Trustee for Kelrose Trust.

Skills, expertise and experience
Peter is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants United Kingdom and was until June 2009 Absa executive director and group chief operations officer. He has extensive experience in the financial and banking arena.

Appointed: 1 January 2010

Board committee membership

	Risk management, compliance corporate governance committee
	Social and ethics committee*

Other directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group, African Bank Investments Limited, Incwala Resources (Pty) Ltd, Eyomhlaba Investment Holdings Limited, Hlumisa Investment Holdings Limited, Richards Bay Titanium (Pty) Ltd, Richards Bay Mining (Pty) Limited and DEMA Incwala Investment.

Skills, expertise and experience
Dawn’s career has primarily been in the financial services sector and dates back to 1983. She is the current chairperson of POWA (People Opposing Women Abuse).

Appointed: 1 July 2006

Board committee membership

	Nominations committee
	Remuneration and human resources

Other directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group, CEO of M1 Group Limited (an international investment group with a strong focus on the telecommunications industry), director of various companies in the M1 Group as well as EZ-Link, B-Pro Limited, B-Jet Limited, Horizon Global Services, IMC, Mint Trading, Unioil and Facconable Group.

Skills, expertise and experience
Azmi founded T-One, a telecoms company providing long-distance services between the United States and other international destinations.

Appointed: 1 June 2006

Board committee membership

	Risk management, compliance and corporate governance committee
	Audit committee

Other directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group, Lengau Logistics (Pty) Ltd, ArcelorMittal SA, Ivolve Procurement & Rental Partner, Metropolitan Health Group, MMI Holdings Limited, NM Rothschild and Sons (SA) (Pty) Ltd, PSU Revenue Management trading as PSU International, RTG Fleet Services (Pty) Ltd, Resilient Property Income Fund Limited, Serengeti Properties (Pty) Ltd, Salvage Management and Disposal (SMD), Sameh Properties and Silver Unicorn Trading, Sasol Limited.

Skills, expertise and experience
Johnson is chairman of MMI Holdings Ltd, ArcelorMittal SA and Resilient Property Income Fund. He served as a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and is a past chairman of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Appointed: 29 November 2009

Board committee membership

	Group executive and steering committee
	Attends various board committee meetings ex officio

Other directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.

Skills, expertise and experience
Nazir is a qualified chartered accountant with wide international experience in Europe and the Middle East. Since joining the MTN Group, Nazir has been responsible for the Group financial management and accounting function, has participated in several of the Group’s merger and acquisition activities and serves on a number of MTN’s subsidiary boards.

Appointed: 1 July 2006

Board committee membership

	Chairman of the risk management, compliance and corporate governance committee
	Audit committee
	Social and ethics committee*

Other directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group, various companies in the Uranus Group, Pick n Pay Stores Limited, Exxaro Resources Limited and a trustee of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation.

Skills, expertise and experience
Jeff is a founder member and CEO of Uranus Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd and previously served as CEO of the Financial Services Board. He is also a founder member and former president of the Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants (ABASA) and was chairperson of the Public Accountants and Auditors Board in 1995.

Appointed: 1 March 2004

Board committee membership

	Audit committee
	Risk management, compliance and corporate governance committee
	Social and ethics committee*

Other directorships
Non-executive director of various companies in the MTN Group, director of the Public Investment Corporation Limited and Growthpoint Properties Limited.

Skills, expertise and experience
Jan is a registered chartered accountant and a founding partner of Strydoms Incorporated Chartered Accountants (SA), a firm specialising in business valuations, litigation support and forensic investigations. He is now a professional consultant to Strydoms. He is also a senior member of the Special Income Tax Court for taxation appeals.