Board of directors
Non-executive
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Nkateko (Peter) Mageza (59)
FCCA (UK)
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE
CHAIRPERSON
Peter was appointed as the chairperson of
the board on 16 November 2011 following
his appointment to the board. Peter was the
group chief operations officer and executive
director of ABSA Group Limited until 2009.
Peter started his career within the audit
environment at Coopers & Lybrand and
worked as an audit manager within Transnet
Limited’s group internal audit services.
He became the chief executive officer
of Autonet in 1995, the road passenger
and freight logistics division of Transnet.
Peter is a non-executive director of Sappi
Group Limited, MTN Group Limited, RCL
Group Limited, Anglo American Platinum
Limited and Remgro Group Limited. |
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Marthinus Johannes (Martin) Croucamp (69)
IAC, AEP, AMP
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Martin has spent his entire career in the
banking sector, which included being
managing director of MLS Bank Limited
and a member of ABSA’s executive
team, as well as a member of the ABSA
enterprise risk management committee.
He chaired the Imperial Bank risk and
remuneration committees until November
2010. He has extensive general business
management experience at executive
level, with particular emphasis on strategy
formulation, marketing and administration. |
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Sankie Dolly Mthembi-Mahanyele (63)
BA, PHD (HON)
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Sankie has been a deputy secretarygeneral
of the African National Congress
and served in government as Housing
Minister for eight years. She was awarded
a doctorate by the Central University of
Technology in the Free State in recognition
of her work in this department. Sankie
was the first female cabinet minister to
act as State President for South Africa.
Sankie is currently a director of Edwin
Construction Proprietary Limited, Ma-Africa
Film Productions Proprietary Limited and
the Central Energy Fund (state-owned
enterprise). |
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Anthony John (Tony) Phillips (68)
BSC (ENG)
LEAD INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
Tony was appointed MD of Barlows
Equipment Co in 1988, and MD of
Finanzauto SA, Spain in 1992. He was
appointed a director of Barloworld Limited in
1996 and was CEO from 1998 until 2006. From
2005 until 2007 Tony was the chairperson of
Pretoria Portland Cement Company Limited.
Tony is currently a director of Austro Group
Limited (chairperson), Newman Lowther and
Associates (chairperson), Worldwide Fund
for Nature, Wasteman Holdings Proprietary
Limited, Kansai Plascon Proprietary Limited
(vice-chairperson) and Mpact Limited
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Timothy Dacre Aird (Tim) Ross (70)
BCOM, CA(SA)
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Tim was a partner with Deloitte & Touche
for 36 years and retired in May 2008. He led
the Deloitte Johannesburg audit practice
and served on the executive committee
as client service director, as well as on the
board and remuneration committees. Tim
was the lead advisory partner for a number
of multinational clients and headed the
Deloitte World Cup 2010 initiative. He is an
independent non-executive director of
Liberty Life Limited, PPC Limited, Mpact
Limited, Adcorp Holdings Limited and CIDA
Empowerment Proprietary Limited. |
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Veli Joseph Mokoena (54)
BA, PDM (WBS)
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Veli is a director and co-founder of
investment holding company Ninathi
Investments Holdings Proprietary Limited.
Until December 2010, Veli was CEO of
Ukhamba Holdings Proprietary Limited. He
was also previously an executive director
of Imperial Fleet Services. Veli is currently a
director of DAWN Limited, Executive Carport
Proprietary Limited and chairperson of
Giuricich Brothers Construction Proprietary
Limited. |
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Salukazi (Salu) Dakile-Hlongwane (64)
BA (ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS), MA
(DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS)
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Salu is the chairperson of Nozala Investments
Proprietary Limited, a company she
co-founded in 1996. Her early career
experience included: senior investment
officer at the Lesotho National Development
Corporation; African Development Bank;
senior manager – Structured Finance division
at FirstCorp Merchant Bank, and assistant
general manager at BoE Specialised
Finance. Salu is a non-executive director of
some of Nozala’s investee companies. She
is also a director of MultiChoice South Africa
Holdings Proprietary Limited, a trustee of
Nozala Trust and Chancellor House Trust. |
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LOUIS LEON VON ZEUNER (53)
B.ECON
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Louis served as deputy group chief executive
officer of Barclays Africa Group Limited
from 2009 to 2012. Louis obtained a
Bachelor of Economics from the University of
Stellenbosch and holds several international
qualifications. Louis is an independent
non-executive director of Edcon Holdings
Limited, AFGRI Limited, MMI Holdings
Limited, Telkom SA, SOC Limited, Paycorp
Limited, Cricket South Africa, Rugby
Players Commercial Board and SA Rugby’s
executive committee. |
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Executive
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Jan Lodewyk (Jannie) Serfontein (39)
BCOM (HONS), CA(SA)
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (“CEO”) AND
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (CFO)
Jannie was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Eqstra in July 2015. He served as Chief Financial Officer of the Group for the past 4 years since his appointment in January 2011. He started his career with Deloitte & Touche in 1999. After completing his training contract, he spent two years in the United States of America in Deloitte & Touche’s Washington DC practice as part of its global development programme. He returned to South Africa in 2002. In 2007, he joined the Deloitte & Touche partnership as an assurance partner in the Pretoria office. |
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