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Dawn Marole
(57)
Independent non-executive
director
BCom (Acc), Dip Tertiary
Education, MBA, Executive
Leadership Development
Programme
Appointed:
1 January 2010
Scheduled board attendance:
5/6
Board committee membership:
4/4
4/4
Other directorships:
Director
of various companies in MTN
Group, South African Post Office
(SoC) Limited, Richards Bay
Mining (Pty) Limited, Santam
Limited, Resilient Properties
Income Fund and the
Development Bank of
Southern Africa.
Skills, expertise and experience:
Financial services, risk and
corporate governance.
Azmi Mikati
(45) (Lebanese)
Non-executive director
BSc
Appointed:
21 July 2006
Scheduled board attendance:
6/6
Board committee membership:
1/1
4/4
Other directorships:
Director
of various companies in MTN
Group, CEO of M1 Group Limited
(an international investment
group focusing on telecoms),
director of various companies
in M1 Group and director
of Orascom Construction
Limited. He also serves on the
boards of the Children Cancer
Centre, the International College
and Columbia University board
of visitors.
Skills, expertise and experience:
Telecommunications.
9.
10.
Nkunku Sowazi
(54)
Independent non-executive
director
MA
Appointed:
1 August 2016
Scheduled board attendance:
6/6
Board committee membership:
1/4
3/4
1/1
Other directorships:
Director of
various companies in the MTN
Group. Chairman of Kagiso Tiso
Holdings and Synchem Group.
Director of Grindrod Limited,
IQ Business Holdings and Tiso
Blackstar SE (UK). Co-founder
trustee of the Tiso Foundation
and Washington-based Housing
for HIV Foundation.
Skills, expertise and experience:
Investment management,
business leadership.
Alan van Biljon
(70)
Independent non-executive
director
BCom, CA(SA), MBA
Appointed:
1 November 2002
Retired on 31 December 2017
Scheduled board attendance:
6/6
Board committee membership:
1/1
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.
Jeff van Rooyen
(67)
Independent non-executive
director
BCom, BCompt (Hons), CA(SA)
Appointed:
18 July 2006
Scheduled board attendance:
6/6
Board committee membership:
4/4
4/4
4/4
Other directorships:
Director
of various companies in MTN
Group, various companies in
Uranus Group, Pick n Pay Stores
Limited and Exxaro Resources
Limited.
Skills, expertise and experience:
Accounting and finance.
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14.
15.
Stanley Miller
(59) (Belgian)
Independent non-executive
director
Intermediate diploma from the
Institute of Certified
Bookkeepers (SA), Diploma in
law and administration. Various
executive programme courses
(UCT Business School)
Appointed:
1 August 2016
Scheduled board attendance:
6/6
Board committee membership:
3/4
Other directorships:
Director
of various companies in MTN
Group, executive chairman of
AINMT AB Sweden, CEO of
Leaderman NV (Belgium),
Leaderman SA (Lux), non-
executive director of MTS
OJSC Russia.
Skills, expertise and experience:
Telecommunications and media.
Christine Ramon
(50)
Independent non-executive
director
BCompt, BCompt (Hons), CA(SA),
Senior Executive Programme
(Harvard)
Appointed:
1 June 2014
Scheduled board attendance:
6/6
Board committee membership:
4/4
Other directorships:
Director
of various companies in MTN
Group, AngloGold Ashanti
Limited, chairman of the CFO
forum 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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12.
Governance, people
and remuneration
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