Leadership

A E RUPERT (37)

Appointed: 29 November 2018

Directorships: Mr Anton Rupert has served as non-executive director on the Board of Compagnie Financière Richemont SA since 2017 and is a member of the Strategic Security Committee and was a member of the Nominations Committee until April 2022. He was a director of Watchfinder.co.uk from July 2018 until December 2019. He is a partner of Compagnie Financière Rupert. Since January 2021, he is a member of the Advisory Board of Asia Partners Fund LP I, a regional Southeast Asia private equity fund focusing on growth stage technology-based opportunities. He is a member of the board of GESDA, the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator.

He has knowledge of and insight into tech start-ups and has had extensive exposure to all the Group’s businesses. He brings valuable insight into changing consumer behaviour in digital marketing and web-based commerce.

P J NEETHLING (40)

Appointed: 28 November 2019

Directorships: Mr Neethling served as an Investment Executive in the corporate finance division of Remgro Management Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Remgro and has acquired extensive business experience through a number of other directorships. He holds a BComm (Hons) degree in Financial and Investment Management from Stellenbosch University. Mr Neethling is an alternate member to Mr J P Rupert on the Investment Committee.

J MALHERBE (69)

Appointed: 11 October 2006

Directorships: Mr Malherbe is a director of Compagnie Financière Richemont SA, Pension Insurance Corporation Group Limited and Reinet Investments Manager SA. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant and worked with a predecessor firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers before joining Rand Merchant Bank Limited in 1985. He joined the Rembrandt Group in 1990 and is a member of the Investment Committee.

J P RUPERT (75) Chairman

Appointed: 18 August 2000

Directorships: Mr Rupert is the Chairman of Compagnie Financière Richemont SA and the Chairman of Reinet Investments Manager SA, the management company of Reinet Investments S.C.A. He studied economics and company law at Stellenbosch University and has had an extensive career in international business, banking and finance. After working for Chase Manhattan Bank and Lazard Frères in New York he founded Rand Merchant Bank Limited in 1979. In 1985 he joined the Rembrandt Group. He holds honorary doctorates in Law, Economics and Commerce. He served as Chancellor of Stellenbosch University from 2009 to 2019 and is Chairman of the Peace Parks Foundation. He is the Chairman of the Investment Committee and the Remuneration and Nomination Committee.

K S RANTLOANE (44)

Appointed: 30 November 2020

Directorships: Mr Rantloane is the founder of Ata Capital and is currently a director of Rain Group Holdings Proprietary Limited, SLG Proprietary Limited, Masana Petroleum Solutions Proprietary Limited, Imbewu Capital Partners Proprietary Limited and a trustee of the Click Foundation. Previously he was Head of Debt Capital Markets at Deutsche Bank AG, Johannesburg. He began his career with Rand Merchant Bank Limited and served as Executive Assistant to the CEOs of FirstRand Limited and FirstRand Bank Limited. He holds a BSc (Hons) degree from the University of Cape Town and a FRM designation from the Global Association of Risk Professionals. He is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee, the Investment Committee and the Social and Ethics Committee.

G G NIEUWOUDT (49)

Appointed: 28 November 2019

Directorships: Mr Nieuwoudt is the founder and managing partner of Southern Right Capital. He serves as a director of the Accumulus Fund, a Cayman-based exempted company. Previously, he served as the director of Alternative Investment Solutions at Edmond de Rothschild Capital Holdings, London and a managing partner and portfolio manager at Silver Creek Capital. He is a CFA Charter Holder and holds a BComm Mathematics degree from Stellenbosch University. He is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Investment Committee.

M MOROBE (68)

Appointed: 18 June 2007

Directorships: Mr Morobe was the National Director of the Programme to Improve Learner Outcomes (PILO) until 2020, a position he assumed in 2013 after seven years as chief executive officer of then JSE-listed Kagiso Media Limited. He has a 51-year career spanning the worlds of student activism, trade unionism, work in the non-governmental sector, politics, the public sector, conservation and the corporate sector. Always seeking fresh challenges, Mr Morobe was in 1994 appointed as the first CEO and Chairman of the Financial and Fiscal Commission. Thereafter, from 2004 to 2006, he joined the Presidency as Head of Communications. He has also served in various board capacities, both in the non-governmental and private sectors, among other things, the Council on Higher Education (1999 – 2000); Chairman South African National Parks Board (1999 – 2005); Chairman Ernst & Young (SA) (2001 – 2005); Chairman Johannesburg Housing Company (2003 – 2006). Currently, Mr Morobe is Chairman of Wispeco Holdings Proprietary Limited, he serves as a non-executive director of RMB Holdings Limited, TotalEnergies Marketing South Africa Proprietary Limited and he is a Trustee on the boards of the DG Murray Trust and the Rothschild Foundation. He is Chairman of the Social and Ethics Committee.

P J MOLEKETI (68)

Appointed: 4 November 2009

Directorships: Mr Moleketi is a former Deputy Minister of Finance of the Republic of South Africa and Gauteng Province MEC of Finance and Economic Affairs, as well as a director of several companies listed on the JSE Limited. He is the non-executive Chairman of PPC Limited. He holds postgraduate economics and management qualifications from the University of London and Harvard Business School and has extensive international exposure, extensive strategic leadership skills and in-depth corporate governance experience in both the public and private sectors. He is a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee and the Social and Ethics Committee.

N P MAGEZA (70)

Retired: 30 June 2025

Directorships: Mr Mageza was previously the Chief Operations Officer of the Absa Group. He is a Chartered Certified Accountant and a Fellow of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) UK, as well as a director of a number of companies including Absa Group Limited. He has gained extensive experience through holding various executive positions in the audit, financial services and transport and logistics sectors. He was a member of the Social and Ethics Committee.

F ROBERTSON (70)

Retired: 30 June 2025

Directorships: Mr Robertson is Executive Chairman of Brimstone Investment Corporation Limited and is also Chairman of Sea Harvest Group Limited. Mr Robertson serves as non-executive director on the board of Aon Re Africa Proprietary Limited and serves as Trustee of the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation in South Africa and the District Six Museum. He is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of the Western Cape. He was a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee and the Investment Committee.

S E N De Bruyn (53)

Deputy Chairman and Lead Independent Director

Appointed: 16 March 2015

Directorships: Ms De Bruyn has 28 years’ transacting and corporate finance experience in M&A and Private Equity both in South Africa and internationally. She is a co-founder of Identity Partners, a woman-led investment firm. Ms De Bruyn was previously Executive Director of Women’s Development Bank Investment Holdings and Vice President at Deutsche Bank working in their Johannesburg, London and Tokyo offices. She has 23 years’ experience as a director of companies and currently serves as a non-executive director on the Board of RMB Holdings Limited. She is Chairman of TotalEnergies Southern Africa Proprietary Limited and 10X Asset Managers Limited. Ms De Bruyn previously served on the Boards of Rand Merchant Insurance Holdings Limited, Discovery Group Limited, FirstRand Bank Limited, Anglo-American Platinum Limited and Ethos Private Equity Limited. She is also a member of President Ramaphosa’s Advisory Council on Investment and previously served as a member of JP Morgan’s EMEA Advisory Council.

She is the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee, and a member of the Social and Ethics Committee and the Remuneration and Nomination Committee.

C P F VOSLOO (50)

Chief Investment Officer and alternate executive director to J J Durand

BAcc (Hons), M Comm (Tax), CA (SA), CFA (US)
Years of service with the Group: 3

Directorships: Mr Vosloo was appointed as an alternative executive director to Mr J J Durand in April 2024. He joined the Remgro Management Board from the same date, assuming responsibility for Remgro’s investment activities. He serves as a nonexecutive director on the board of RCL Foods Limited, Mediclinic Group Limited and Invenfin Proprietary Limited. Mr Vosloo is an alternate member to Mr J J Durand on the Investment Committee.

M LUBBE (55)

Chief Compliance and Operations Officer

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Years of service with the Group: 31

Directorships: Ms Lubbe was appointed as executive director of Remgro in September 2016 and is responsible for Compliance and Corporate Social Investments of the Company. She acts as Board member of Remgro Limited’s wholly owned subsidiaries and is Chairman of Historical Homes of SA Limited. She serves as a non-executive director on the boards of Business Partners Limited, Capevin Holdings Proprietary Limited and Wispeco Holdings Proprietary Limited. She is a member of the Social and Ethics Committee as well as a member of the Mediclinic Group Limited ESG Committee.

N J WILLIAMS (60)

Chief Financial Officer

BComm (Hons), CA(SA)
Years of service with the Group: 30

Directorships: Mr Williams was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Remgro in April 2016 and has served on the boards of various Remgro investee companies. He currently serves as a director of Air Products South Africa Proprietary Limited, Business Partners Limited, eMedia Investments Proprietary Limited and TotalEnergies Marketing South Africa Proprietary Limited. He previously served in the Group as Remgro’s Head of Corporate Finance and also as the Chief Financial Officer of VenFin Limited. He is a member of the Investment Committee.

J J DURAND (58)

Chief Executive Officer

BAcc (Hons), MPhil (Oxon), CA(SA)
Years of service with the Group: 29

Directorships: Mr Durand was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Remgro in May 2012. He has served on the boards of various Remgro investee companies, and currently serves on the boards of Heineken Beverages Holdings Limited, Namibia Breweries Limited, Mediclinic Group Limited and OUTsurance Group Limited. Previously, he served as the Chief Investment Officer of Remgro, as well as the Financial Director and Chief Executive Officer of VenFin Limited. He is a member of the Investment Committee.