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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.