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Our Leadership

Group Board of Directors

Chairman

Phillip Jabulani Moleketi

Qualifications
Postgraduate Diploma in Economic Principles (University of London), AMP (Harvard), MSc (University of London)

Appointed March 2018

Areas of expertise and contribution
Experience in the fields of finance and economics including having previously held the position of Deputy Minister of Finance from 2004 to 2008

Other directorships
Brait SA, Development Bank of Southern Africa, Vodacom, Harith General Partners

Chief executive officer

Roland Van Wijnen

Qualifications

Venture Capital & Private Equity: IE Business School, Madrid, Spain 2018
Senior Management and Senior Leadership: IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland 2006 & 2014
The General Manager Program: Harvard Business School, Boston, USA 2005
Industrial Engineering: Twente University, Enschede, Nederland 1990 – 1995

Appointed to board 1 October 2019

Areas of expertise and contribution

Strategy Design & Execution
Budget/P&L/Cash Flow Management
Project Management & Consulting
Acquisition & Restructuring
Post-Merger Integration
Customer Value Management
Supply Chain & Manufacturing
International Trading & Shipping
Quality Control & Compliance
Back-Office Optimization including Shared Services
Employee Engagement

Other directorships

Owner: Striance.com – Online platform to connect change management professionals

Guest Speaker: Various conferences and business schools, Worldwide

Chief financial officer

Brenda Berlin

Qualifications

Bachelor of Commence, University of Witwatersrand, 1986
Bachelor of Accounting,
CA (SA)
Completion of articles (PwC), 1990
Corporate Finance Elective of the MBA, Wits Business School, 1991
Program for Management Development, Harvard Business School, 1995

Appointment date

February 2021

Areas of expertise and contribution

Strategy formulation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Legal and compliance
Strategic finance
Strong mining experience
Fund raising
Finance control including treasury and tax

Other directorships

None

Executive Director

Anthony Charles Ball

Qualifications
BCom (Hons) (University of Cape Town), MPhil (management studies) (Oxford University), CA(SA)

Appointed March 2018

Areas of expertise and contribution

Extensive experience in business building as well as investment skills

Other directorships

The Reclamation Group,
Value Capital Partners,
Allied Electronics Corporation,
Real Foods
NET1 Applied Technologies South Africa

Independent Non-Executive Director

Kunyalala Maphisa

Qualifications

Leadership Programme, African Leadership Institute, Oxford University, UK, 2006
LLM (International Trade Law), University of Cape Town, 2003
LLB, University of Cape Town, 2001
BA (Industrial Relations and Public Administration), University of Cape Town, 1998

Appoint date

January 2021

Areas of expertise and contribution

Legal
Mergers & Acquisitions
African continent experience and network
B-BBEE strong knowledge

Other directorships

University of Cape Town
Businesswomen’s Association of South Africa

Independent non-executive director

Noluvuyo Mkhondo

Qualification
BAcc (University of the Witwatersrand), MBA (London Business School), CA(SA)

Appointed March 2018

Areas of expertise and contribution

Investment banking and corporate finance experience including mergers and acquisition, investment evaluation, strategic long-term financial planning and cross-border transactions

Other directorships

Novus Holdings Limited
Value Capital Partners
Metair Investments

Independent non-executive director

Nonkululeko Gobodo

Qualification
CA(SA)

Appointed February 2017

Areas of expertise and contribution

Accounting, auditing, advisory, mergers and acquisitions, entrepreneurship and leadership consulting

Other directorships

Clicks Group Limited
Nkululeko Leadership Consulting

Independent non-executive director

Charles Naude

Qualifications
BSc (Hons) (geology, chemistry) (University of Pretoria), MBL (Unisa)

Appointed January 2015

Areas of expertise and contribution
Over 30 years’ experience in all facets of the cement industry, including aggregates, readymix and lime

Independent non-executive Director

Mark Richard Thompson

Qualifications
BCom, LLB, BAcc, CA(SA)

Appointed May 2019

Areas of expertise and contribution

Wide ranging international finance and general business experience in a highly competitive global industry as chief financial officer of Sappi Limited and, post his retirement from Sappi, non-executive positions in the FirstRand group, private equity, industry and construction.

Other directorships

Hudaco, Sasfin Bank, Bravo Group (private-equity owned), First Rand Insurance Company

Independent non-executive director

Todd Moyo

Qualifications
CA(Z), CA(SA), RPA(Z), MCSZ

Appointed November 2013

Areas of expertise and contribution
Experience spans several economic sectors and disciplines including production, sales and marketing and information technology

Group Executive Committee

Chief executive officer

Roland Van Wijnen

Qualifications

Venture Capital & Private Equity: IE Business School, Madrid, Spain 2018
Senior Management and Senior Leadership: IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland 2006 & 2014
The General Manager Program: Harvard Business School, Boston, USA 2005
Industrial Engineering: Twente University, Enschede, Nederland 1990 – 1995

Appointed to board 1 October 2019

Areas of expertise and contribution

Strategy Design & Execution
Budget/P&L/Cash Flow Management
Project Management & Consulting
Acquisition & Restructuring
Post-Merger Integration
Customer Value Management
Supply Chain & Manufacturing
International Trading & Shipping
Quality Control & Compliance
Back-Office Optimization including Shared Services
Employee Engagement

Other directorships

Owner: Striance.com – Online platform to connect change management professionals

Guest Speaker: Various conferences and business schools, Worldwide

Chief financial officer

Brenda Berlin

Qualifications

Bachelor of Commence, University of Witwatersrand, 1986
Bachelor of Accounting,
CA (SA)
Completion of articles (PwC), 1990
Corporate Finance Elective of the MBA, Wits Business School, 1991
Program for Management Development, Harvard Business School, 1995

Appointment date

February 2021

Areas of expertise and contribution

Strategy formulation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Legal and compliance
Strategic finance
Strong mining experience
Fund raising
Finance control including treasury and tax

Other directorships

None

Managing director: International

Mokate Ramafoko

Qualifications
BSc (University of Cape Town), BSc (Hons) Metallurgy (University of Pretoria), Masters in Business Administration (University of South Africa)
Appointed to exco February 2018
Areas of expertise and contribution
Over 23 years of experience in the cement manufacturing, quality assurance and cement process optimisation industries

Managing director: South Africa & Botswana

Njombo Lekula

Qualifications
National diploma chemical engineering (Vaal University of Technology), MBA (University of Stellenbosch)
Appointed to exco November 2015

Areas of expertise and contribution

Engineering and technical expertise
Operations management
strategic leadership in the Rest of Africa

Group Company Secretary

Company Secretary

Kevin Ross

Qualifications

Mining and Minerals Technology and Business Overview Program, University of Johannesburg, 2014
Certificate (Competition Law), University of Witwatersrand, 2013
Higher Diploma (Tax Law), Rand Afrikaans University, 2010
Higher Diploma (Insolvency Law), Rand Afrikaans University, 2007
LLB, Rand Afrikaans University, 2003
B.Com, Rand Afrikaans University, 2001
Certificate (Entrepreneurship), Potchefstroom University, 1997

Appoint date

January 2021

Areas of expertise and contribution

Corporate Governance and Company Secretarial
Mergers & Acquisitions
Development Projects
Procurement
Regulatory

Other directorships

Waterstone Consulting (Pty) Ltd