Our board of directors
at 31 December 2012
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MC Ramaphosa (60)
BProc, LLD (HC)
Independent non-executive director and chairman
Appointed: 1 October 2001
Board committee membership
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Remuneration and human resources committee |
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Chairman of the nominations committee |
Other directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group, founder and
executive chairman of Shanduka Group (Pty) Ltd, non-executive
chairman of The Bidvest Group Ltd, joint executive
chairman of Mondi Plc and Mondi Ltd. Cyril is also a non-executive
director of SAB Miller plc, Alexander Forbes Ltd and
Standard Bank Group Ltd. In December 2012, Cyril was
elected deputy president of the ruling African National
Congress.
Skills, expertise and experience
Cyril joined the Council of Unions of South Africa as a legal
adviser in 1981. He went on to join the National Union of
Mineworkers, South Africa’s largest trade union, serving as
general secretary until 1991. Executive chairman of Shanduka
Group (Pty) Ltd since 2003. Past chairman of the Black
Economic Empowerment Commission in South Africa. He
was also chairman of the Constitutional Assembly which
negotiated South Africa’s first democratic dispensation.
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AF van Biljon (65)
BCom, CA(SA), MBA
Lead independent non-executive director
Appointed: 1 November 2002
Board committee membership
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Chairman of the audit committee |
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Nominations committee |
Other directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN
Group, St Augustine College of South
Africa, chairman and trustee of Standard
Bank Group Retirement Fund and Liberty
Group Pension and Provident Funds.
Skills, expertise and experience
Between 1975 and 2002, Alan held the
position of group financial director for the
following companies: Truworths Ltd, The
Greatermans Checkers Group, Sun
International, Kersaf Investments and the
Standard Bank Group. In 2002, he established
a specialised financial consultancy under
the name of van Biljon & Associates. His
past non-executive directorships include
Alexander Forbes, Sage Group, Peermont
Global and Hans Merensky Holdings.
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RS Dabengwa (55)
BSc (Eng), MBA
Group president and CEO
Appointed: 1 April 2011
Executive director
Appointed: 1 October 2001
Board committee membership
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Chairman of the executive committee |
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Attends various board committee
meetings by invitation |
Other directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group, Long Street Property Development (Pty) Ltd, Sea Star Motors (Pty) Ltd and Tsiya Group (Pty) Ltd.
Skills, expertise and experience
Before his appointment as Group president and CEO, Sifiso was MTN’s Group chief operations officer for seven years. 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. |
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A Harper (56) (British)
BA (Hons)
Independent non-executive director
Appointed: 1 January 2010
Board committee membership
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Chairman of the remuneration and human resources committee |
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Nominations committee |
Other directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group, Eaton Towers Ltd and Venture Partnership Foundation Ltd.
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. |
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KP Kalyan (58)
BCom (Law) (Hons) Economics, Senior Executive Management Programme
Independent non-executive director
Appointed: 13 June 2006
Board committee membership
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Chairman of the social and
ethics committee |
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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 (Pty) Ltd, South African Mint Company Ltd, Edgo Merap (London) Ltd, Omega Risk Solutions, the Tälberg Foundation (Sweden), Hayleys Energy Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd, AOS Orwell Oil and Gas (Nigeria) and Petmin Mining and chairman of the Thabo Mbeki Foundation.
Skills, expertise and experience
Koosum is the 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 the University of
Durban Westville. |
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NP Mageza (58)
FCCA
Independent non-executive director
Appointed: 1 January 2010
Board committee membership
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Audit committee |
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Risk management,
compliance and corporate
governance committee |
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Social and ethics committee |
Other directorships
Director of various companies
in the MTN Group, Remgro Ltd,
Sappi Ltd, Rainbow Chicken Ltd,
Eqstra Holdings Ltd, Clover
Industries Ltd and Ethos Private
Equity Ltd.
Skills, expertise and
experience
Peter is a Fellow of the
Association of Chartered
Certified Accountants (UK),
and was group executive
director and group chief
operations officer at Absa
until June 2009. |
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MLD Marole (52)
BCom (Acc), Dip Tertiary Education, MBA, Executive Leadership Development Programme
Independent non-executive director
Appointed: 1 January 2010
Board committee membership
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Risk management, compliance and corporate governance committee |
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Social and ethics committee |
Other directorships
Director of various companies
in the MTN Group, African Bank
Investments Ltd, Eyomhlaba
Investment Holdings Ltd,
Richards Bay Titanium (Pty) Ltd,
Richards Bay Mining (Pty) Ltd,
Richards Bay Tisand (Pty) Ltd,
Santam, JP Morgan Sub Saharan
Africa Advisory Board and the
Development Bank of
Southern Africa.
Skills, expertise and
experience
Dawn's career has primarily
been in the financial services
sector and dates back to 1983.
She is also a member of the
Presidential Review Committee
on State Owned Entities. |
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AT Mikati (40) (Lebanese)
BSc
Non-executive director
Appointed: 18 July 2006
Board committee membership
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Nominations committee |
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Remuneration and human
resources committee |
Other directorships
Director of various companies
in the MTN Group, CEO of
M1 Group Ltd (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 Ltd, B-Jet
Ltd, 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. |
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MJN Njeke (54)
BCom, BCompt (Hons), CA(SA), H Dip Tax Law
Independent non-executive director
Appointed: 13 June 2006
Board committee membership
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Audit committee |
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Risk management,
compliance and corporate
governance committee |
Other directorships
Director of various companies
in the MTN Group. Chairman of
MMI Holdings Ltd, ArcelorMittal
SA, Resilient Property Income
Fund, Adcorp Holdings Ltd and
Silver Unicorn Trading 33
(Pty) Ltd. Director of Serengeti
Properties (Pty) Ltd, Sameh
Properties, South African
Qualifications Authority and
Sasol Ltd.
Skills, expertise and
experience
Johnson co-founded Kagiso
Trust Investment (Pty) Ltd,
served as a partner at
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.
and was chairman of the South
African Institute of Chartered
Accountants. |
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NI Patel (56)
BCom, BCompt (Hons), CA(SA)
Executive director: Group chief financial officer
Appointed: 27 November 2009
Board committee membership
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Executive committee |
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Attends various board
committee meetings by
invitation |
Other directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.
Skills, expertise and
experience
Nazir has wide international
experience in Europe and the
Middle East. Since joining the
MTN Group, he has been
responsible for the Group
financial management and
accounting function and has
participated in several of the
Group's merger and acquisition
activities. |
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JHN Strydom (74)
MCom (Acc), CA(SA)
Non-executive director
Appointed: 11 March 2004
Board committee membership **
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Audit committee (withdrawn
29 May 2012) |
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Remuneration and human
resources committee |
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Risk management,
compliance and corporate
governance committee |
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Social and ethics committee* |
Other directorships
Director of various companies
in the MTN Group, non-executive
director Afrisam (Pty)
Ltd, Growthpoint Properties
Ltd, the Public Investment
Corporation Ltd and chairman
of the PIC Investment
Committee.
Skills, expertise and
experience
Jan is 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. |
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F Titi (50)
BSc Hons (Mathematics), MA (Mathematics), MBA
Independent non-executive director
Appointed: 1 July 2012
Board committee membership
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From March 2013,
remuneration and human
resources committee |
Other directorships
Director of various companies
in the MTN Group, non-executive
chairman of Kumba
Iron Ore Ltd and Investec Bank
Ltd, and joint chairman of
Investec Ltd and Investec plc.
Fani is a director and investor in
the private equity firm, Tsiya
Group (Pty) Ltd.
Skills, expertise and
experience
Fani is a former executive
director of African Bank
Investment Ltd, founding CEO
of Kagiso Media Ltd and
founding director of Kagiso
Trust Investment (Pty) Ltd. He
was also the founding chairman
of Tiso Group (Pty) Ltd, non-executive
deputy chairman of
Bidvest Group Ltd and
non-executive chairman of
AECI Ltd. Fani has extensive
experience in the private
equity and banking sectors,
and general business. He has
served on audit, remuneration
and nomination committees
of various boards. |
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J van Rooyen (63)
BCom, BCompt (Hons), CA (SA)
Independent non-executive director
Appointed: 18 July 2006
Board committee membership
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Chairman of the risk
management, compliance
and corporate governance
committee |
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Audit committee |
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Social and ethics committee |
Other directorships
Director of various companies in
the MTN Group, various companies
in the Uranus Group, Pick n Pay
Stores Ltd, Pick n Pay Holdings Ltd,
Exxaro Resources Ltd and chairman
of Financial Reporting Standards
Council.
Skills, expertise and
experience
Jeff founded his own auditing
practice in 1984, which merged
with Deloitte & Touche in 1990. He
was then appointed as a partner at
Deloitte until June 2000. He 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. Jeff is a former trustee of the
International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS) Foundation. |
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Withdrawn 5 March 2013 |
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Nominated to nominations committee 5 March 2013 |
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