Detailed group directorate
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Roy Cecil Andersen (62)
CA(SA) CPA (Texas)
Independent non-executive chairman
Appointed to the Board in 2003. Appointed chairman in 2004.
Chairman of the nomination committee. Member of the remuneration & human resources committee, the health, safety & environment
committee and the social & ethics committee with effect from
1 July 2010. Trustee of The Murray & Roberts Trust. Director of
Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited, Nampak Limited, Virgin
Active Group Limited and Business Against Crime. Member of
the King Committee on Corporate Governance. Previously chairman
of Sanlam Limited. Former chief executive and deputy chairman of
Liberty Group.
Roy served as executive president of the JSE Limited from 1992 to
1997 where he was responsible for overseeing its restructuring,
including the introduction of electronic equity trading. Roy was
with Ernst & Young from 1971 to 1992 where his last position was
executive chairman. He holds the rank of Major General and is
Chief of Defence Reserves of the SANDF, Honorary Colonel of the
Transvaal Horse Artillery as well as a member of the Council for the
Support of National Defence. He is a member of the Defence Staff
Council and the Military Command Council.
David Duncan Barber (57)
FCA (England & Wales) AMP (Harvard)
Independent non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in 2008. Chairman of the audit committee.
Member of risk management committee. Director of AFGRI Limited.
Former global chief financial officer of Anglo Coal, a division of the
Anglo American plc Group with operations in Australia, Canada,
Venezuela, Colombia, China and South Africa. Former chief
financial officer of Anglo American Corporation of South Africa. The
majority of his career was spent in the Anglovaal Group prior to its
unbundling where he held the position of group chief financial
officer. He has served as a non-executive director and member of
the audit committee for several companies, including Anglo
Platinum Limited, Barnard Jacobs Mellet Holdings Limited, Telkom,
Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corp Limited. His career has also
included positions within PricewaterhouseCoopers, Fedsure and
SA Breweries.
Alan De Villiers Charles Knott-Craig (58)
BSc Eng (Elec) MBL DBL (hc) DBA (hc)
Independent non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in 2008. Chairman of the health, safety &
environment committee. Director of Nedbank Group Limited and
Nedbank Limited. Board member of Council for Scientific and
Industrial Research (CSIR) and Right to Care. Previously chief
executive of Vodacom Group. Alan is a telecommunications
consultant and was recently awarded an Honorary Professorship in
Business Leadership.
Namane Milcah Magau (58)
BA EdD (Harvard) MEd BEd
Independent non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in 2004. Member of the remuneration &
human resources committee and the health, safety & environment
committee. Trustee of The Murray & Roberts Trust. President of the
Businesswomen’s Association. Director of Santam Limited, Simmer & Jack Mines, Monara Empowerment Rating (Proprietary) Limited, Xhumani Zandla Bafazi Investments (Proprietary) Limited and Merrill
Lynch South Africa (Proprietary) Limited. Member of Women In
Sport cc and the Advisory Board of University of Cape Town
Business School. Dr Magau is currently director of her own
consulting company and was formerly the director of group human
capital services at the SABC. She came to the SABC from the CSIR
where she was vice president of human resources.
John Michael McMahon (63)
PrEng BSc Eng (Glasgow)
Independent non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in 2004. Member of the health, safety &
environment committee. Director of Central Rand Gold Limited and
Impala Platinum Holdings Limited. Former chairman of Gencor
Limited and Impala Platinum Holdings Limited. Former director of
Gold Fields. Michael was a project manager at Murray & Roberts
during the 1970s.
Imogen Nonhlanhla Mkhize (47)
BSc Information Systems (Rhodes) MBA (Harvard)
Independent non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in 2005. Member of the audit committee
and the risk management committee. Chairman of Richards Bay
Coal Terminal. Director of companies including Sasol Limited,
Mondi plc, Mondi Limited and MTN Service Provider (Proprietary)
Limited. She is a member of the Financial Markets Advisory Board
and Rhodes University Board of Governors.
Imogen was CEO of the 18th World Petroleum Congress from June
2003 to July 2006. Previously, she was the executive chairman of
the Zitek Group and managing director of Lucent Technologies
South Africa. Her formative employment history also includes Anglo
American, Andersen Consulting and Nedcor. In 2001, the World
Economic Forum recognised her as a Global Leader for Tomorrow.
William Alan Nairn (65)
PrEng BSc Eng (Mining)
Independent non-executive director
Appointed to the Board on 30 August 2010. Member of the risk
management committee and the health, safety & environment
committee. Director of AngloGold Ashanti Limited. Previously served
on the boards of several companies including Anglo American plc,
Anglo Platinum Limited and Kumba Resources Limited.
Anthony Adrian Routledge (62)
BCom CA(SA)
Independent non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in 1994. Member of the audit committee,
remuneration & human resources committee and social & ethics
committee with effect from 1 July 2010. Trustee of The Murray &
Roberts Trust. Former executive director of Nedcor Limited, Nedbank
Limited and Sankorp Limited.
Mahlape Sello (48)
LLB, Master of Arts and Law (Russia)
Independent non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in 2009. Chairman of the social & ethics
committee with effect from 1 July 2010 and member of the audit
committee. Serves on the Johannesburg Bar Council and is
a member of the South African Law Reform Commission. Former
chairman of the Advisory Committee on Licensing of Private
Hospitals at the Gauteng Department of Health.
Sibusiso Patrick Sibisi (55)
BSc Physics (Hons) PhD (Cambridge)
Independent non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in 2007. Chairman of the risk management
committee and member of the nomination committee. President
and CEO of the CSIR. Chairman of Denel and director of Liberty
Group Limited. Co-founder of a research-based enterprise at
Cambridge. Fulbright Fellow at the California Institute of Technology
in 1988. Former deputy vice chancellor, research and innovation,
University of Cape Town.
Royden Thomas Vice (63)
BCom CA(SA)
Independent non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in 2005. Chairman of the remuneration &
human resources committee. Member of the risk management
committee and the nomination committee. Trustee of The Murray &
Roberts Trust. CE of Waco International Limited and chairman of
Hudaco Industries Limited. Previously CEO of Industrial and Special
Products of the UK-based BOC Group. Previously chairman of
African Oxygen Limited (Afrox), Afrox Healthcare and Consol Glass
Limited. Governor of Rhodes University.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Brian Cameron Bruce (61)
PrEng BSc Eng (Civil) DEng (hc) HonFSAICE
Group chief executive
Appointed to the Board and group CE in 2000. First joined the
Group in 1967. Director of Clough Limited. President (1994) of
South African Institution of Civil Engineering. Member of University
of Witwatersrand Council.
Previously chairman (2001 to 2004) and member (2004 to 2007) of
Construction Industry Development Board. Director of National
Business Initiative. Recipient of awards and active leader in
development of strategic future of the regional and international
construction and engineering sector.
Malose Phillip Chaba (50)
PrEng BSc Eng (Elec) MSc
Group executive director
Joined the Group in 2004 and appointed to the Board in 2009.
Head of group assurance which oversees all aspects of the Group’s
risk management, internal audit, health, safety & environment,
technical and project review and systems compliance.
Appointed director of Murray & Roberts Limited and in 2008
appointed group chief engineer and executive director responsible
for Murray & Roberts Marine and Wade Walker. Member of the
NEPAD Business Forum (Energy Working Group). Founder member
of Black Business Council and the National Science and Technology
Forum.
Orrie Fenn (55)
BSc (Hons) Eng MPhil Eng DEng
Group executive director
Joined the Group and appointed to the Board in 2009. Appointed
executive director for the Group’s Construction Products SADC
cluster as well as development of group housing strategy. Previously
chief operating officer of PPC. Former project director in Blue Circle
Cement and spent seven years at the Chamber of Mines Research
Organisation, where he obtained a doctorate in engineering.
Member of the SA Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, a fellow of
the Institute of Quarrying and holds a government Certificate of
Competency (Mines and Works).
Trevor George Fowler (59)
BSc Eng (Civil)
Group executive director
Joined the Group and appointed to the Board in 2009. Appointed
executive director responsible for Construction SADC. Previously
chief operations and accounting officer in the South African Presidency.
Has extensive professional experience earned in Canada, USA,
Botswana and South Africa in civil, structural and development
engineering ranging from design, construction, teaching, policy
development and implementation. Subsequent to 1990, played a
leading role in Gauteng Provincial and National Government
administrative and political developments. Served on the Technical
Team of the Provincial Demarcations Commission of CODESA as
well as the Technical Services Task Team of the Local Government
Negotiating Forum which negotiated the Local Government
Transition Act of 1993. Served as advisor to the Minister of Water
Affairs and Forestry, political advisor to a former Gauteng Premier
and also served as Gauteng MEC for Development Planning and
Local Government as well as the Speaker of Gauteng Legislature.
Former chairman of the boards of the Institute for Research and
Local Government (Inlogov) and Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority
(TCTA). Deputy chairman of Health Systems Trust and board
member of Development Bank of Southern Africa.
Roger William Rees (57)
BSc (Econ) Hons FCA
Group financial director
Joined the Group and appointed to the Board in 2000. Early career
development with Arthur Andersen in London and Johannesburg.
Held financial leadership positions in the international food, tobacco
and media sectors. Has extensive international experience in
corporate finance activities including due diligence, mergers and
acquisitions. Chairman of Murray & Roberts International Limited.
Deputy chairman of Clough Limited.
GROUP SECRETARY
Yunus Karodia (38)
CFA CA(SA)
Joined the Group in 1999. Appointed group secretary in April 2007.
Previously financial manager at Murray & Roberts International
Limited based in Dubai and financial manager of Murray & Roberts
Concessions. Trustee of Letsema Vulindlela Black Executives and
Sizwe Broad-Based Community Trusts.
Sean Joseph Flanagan resigned as a director on 31 January 2010. |