Who is responsible - profiles of our board of directors
The board is responsible for the adoption of strategic plans, the monitoring of operational performance and management, and the development of appropriate and effective risk management policies and processes. The full extent of the board’s responsibilities is available in the board charter.
Profiles of our board of directors
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PF Nhleko (55)
Executive chairman^
BSc (Civil Eng), MBA
Appointed: 28 May 2013
Board committee membership:
Chairman: Nominations committee;
member: remuneration and human
resources committee.
Other directorships: Chairman of
various companies in MTN Group,
chairman of Pembani Group (Pty)
Limited, director of BP Plc, Anglo
American Plc, Afrisam (South
Africa) (Pty) Limited, Opiconsivia
Investments 230 (Pty) Limited.
Skills, expertise and experience:
Strategic leadership and finance. |
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BD Goschen (51)
Executive director, Group chief
financial officer
BCom, BCompt (Hons), CA(SA)
Appointed: 22 July 2013
Board committee membership:
Various board committee meetings
by invitation.
Other directorships: Director of
various companies in MTN Group.
Skills, expertise and experience:
Accounting, finance and
operations. |
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A Harper (59) (British)
Independent non-executive director
BA (Hons)
Appointed: 1 January 2010
Board committee membership:
Chairman: Remuneration and
human resources committee;
member: nominations committee.
Other directorships: Director of
various companies in MTN Group,
Azuri Technologies Limited and
Gigabit Fibre Limited.
Skills, expertise and experience:
General business and
telecommunications. |
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KP Kalyan (61)
Independent non-executive director
BCom (Law) (Hons) Economics,
Senior Executive Management
Programme (London Business
School)
Appointed: 13 June 2006
Board committee membership:
Chairman: Social and ethics
committee; member: risk
management, compliance and
corporate governance committee.
Other directorships: Director of
various companies in MTN Group,
non-executive chairman of Edgo
Merap, director of AOS Orwell
Energy, Aker Solutions, Anglo
American South Africa and Petmin
Mining, member of the Thabo
Mbeki Foundation Advisory Council
and President Faure Gnassingbe
Advisory Investment Council.
Skills, expertise and experience:
Economics and the energy sector. |
5. |
S Kheradpir (55) (American)
Independent non-executive director
Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate
in Electrical Engineering
Appointed: 8 July 2015
Board committee membership:
Member: Risk management,
compliance and corporate
governance committee.
Other directorships: Director of
various companies in MTN Group
and Coriant International Group.
Skills, expertise and experience:
Business leadership and business
operations, engineering and
information technology. |
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NP Mageza (61)
Independent non-executive director
FCCA
Appointed: 1 January 2010
Board committee membership:
Chairman: Risk management,
compliance and corporate
governance committee; member:
audit committee; social and ethics
committee.
Other directorships: Director of
various companies in MTN Group,
Remgro Limited, Sappi Limited,
RCL Group, Eqstra Holdings Limited
and Ethos Private Equity Limited.
Skills, expertise and experience:
Accounting, banking and finance. |
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MLD Marole (56)
Independent non-executive director
BCom (Acc), Dip Tertiary
Education, MBA, Executive
Leadership Development
Programme
Appointed: 1 January 2010
Board committee membership:
Member: Risk management,
compliance and corporate
governance committee; social and
ethics committee.
Other directorships: Director of
various companies in MTN Group,
Richards Bay Mining (Pty) Limited,
Santam Limited, The South African
Post Office and the Development
Bank of Southern Africa.
Skills, expertise and experience:
Financial services. |
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AT Mikati (43) (Lebanese)
Non-executive director
BSc
Appointed: 18 July 2006
Board committee membership:
Member: Nominations committee;
remuneration and human resources
committee.
Other directorships: Director of
Orascom Construction Limited,
Director of various companies in
MTN Group, CEO of the M1 Group
Limited (an international investment
group with a strong focus on the
telecommunications industry) and
director of various companies in
the M1 Group. He also serves on
the boards of the Children Cancer
Centre, the International College
and Columbia University board of
visitors.
Skills, expertise and experience:
General business and
telecommunications. |
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MJN Njeke (57)
Independent non-executive director
BCom, BCompt (Hons), CA(SA),
H Dip Tax Law
Appointed: 13 June 2006
Board committee membership:
Member: Audit committee; risk
management, compliance and
corporate governance committee.
Other directorships: Director of
various companies in MTN Group,
chairman of MMI Holdings Limited,
Resilient Property Income Fund,
Adcorp Holdings Limited,
Silver
Unicorn Coal and Mineral (Pty)
Limited, Serengethi Properties (Pty)
Limited, Sameh Properties (Pty)
Limited and Sasol Limited.
Skills, expertise and experience:
General finance and tax. |
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KC Ramon (48)
Independent non-executive director
BCompt, BCompt (Hons), CA(SA),
Senior Executive Programme
Appointed: 1 June 2014
Board committee membership:
Chairman: Audit committee.
Other directorships: Director of
various companies in MTN Group,
AngloGold Ashanti Limited, Lafarge
and deputy chair of the Financial
Reporting Standards Council of
South Africa.
Skills, expertise and experience:
Accounting, finance and general
management. |
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JHN Strydom (77)
Non-executive director
MCom (Acc), CA(SA)
Appointed: 11 March 2004
Board committee membership:
Member: Risk management,
compliance and corporate
governance committee;
nominations committee;
remuneration and human resources
committee.
Other directorships: Director of
various companies in MTN Group
and director and deputy chairman
of Afrisam Group (Pty) Limited and
Afrisam South Africa (Pty) Limited.
Skills, expertise and experience:
General business, accounting and
taxation. |
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AF van Biljon (68)
Lead independent non-executive
director
BCom, CA(SA), MBA
Appointed: 1 November 2002
Board committee membership:
Member: Nominations committee.
Other directorships: Director of
various companies in MTN Group,
chairman and trustee of Standard
Bank Group Retirement Fund.
Skills, expertise and experience:
General business, accounting and
finance. |
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J van Rooyen (66)
Independent non-executive director
BCom, BCompt (Hons), CA(SA)
Appointed: 18 July 2006
Board committee membership:
Member: Remuneration and human
resources committee; audit
committee; social and ethics
committee.
Other directorships: Director of
various companies in MTN Group,
various companies in the Uranus
Group, Pick n Pay Stores Limited,
Pick n Pay Holdings Limited, Exxaro
Resources Limited.
Skills, expertise and experience:
Accounting and finance.
RS Dabengwa (58)^^
Executive director, Group president
and CEO
BSc (Eng), MBA
Appointed: 1 April 2011 as CEO
and to the board in 2001
Resigned: 9 November 2015
Board committee membership:
Chairman: Attended various board
committee meetings by invitation.
F Titi (53)^^
Independent non-executive director
BSc Hons (Mathematics),
MA (Mathematics), MBA
Appointed: 1 July 2012
Resigned: 31 December 2015
Board committee membership:
Member: Remuneration and human
resources committee. |
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