GROUP executive

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

ROY CECIL ANDERSEN (64)
CA(SA) CPA (Texas)

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

Roy was appointed to the Board in 2003 and became chairman in 2004. He is chairman of the nomination committee and a member of the remuneration & human resources committee, the health, safety& environment committee and the social & ethics committee. He is also a trustee of The Murray & Roberts Trust. Roy’s other directorships include Aspen Pharmacare Holdings, Nampak, Sasfin Bank and Business Against Crime, and he is a member of the King Committee on Corporate Governance. He was previously the chairman of Sanlam and the chief executive and deputy chairman of Liberty Group. Roy served as executive president of the JSE from 1992 to 1997 where he was responsible for overseeing its restructuring, including the introduction of electronic equity trading. He 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 (DAVE ) DUNCAN BARBER (59)
FCA (England & Wales) AMP (Harvard)

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Dave was appointed to the Board in 2008. He is chairman of the audit & sustainability committee and a member of the risk management committee. He is a director of AFGRI Limited. Dave was formerly the 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 as well as 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, Barnard Jacobs Mellet Holdings, Telkom, Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corp. His career has also included positions within PricewaterhouseCoopers, Fedsure and SA Breweries.

THENJIWE CLAUDIA PAMELA CHIKANE (46)
BCom BCompt (Hons)

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Thenjiwe was appointed to the Board on 15 June 2012. She is a member of the audit & sustainability committee and the risk management committee. Thenjiwe is a director at Nedbank Group, Nedbank Limited, Datacentrix Holdings and the Institute of Directors and a trustee of AfricaRice. She previously held the position of Head of the Gauteng Department of Finance and Economic Affairs and served on the boards of several companies including the Development Bank of Southern Africa and Telkom SA. She was the chairperson of the State Information Technology Agency.

NAMANE MILCAH MAGAU (60)
BA EdD (Harvard) MEd BEd

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Namane was appointed to the Board in 2004. She is a member of the remuneration & human resources committee and the health, safety & environment committee, and trustee of The Murray & Roberts Trust. Namane is a director of AON South Africa, Crowie Holdings, Enza Construction and the National Research Foundation, and previously held directorships at Santam, Simmer & Jack Mines and Merrill Lynch South Africa. Namane is currently a director of her own consulting company, and a member of the Advisory Board of University of Cape Town Business School she 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 (65)
PrEng BSc Eng (Glasgow)

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Michael was appointed to the Board in 2004. He is a member of the health, safety & environment committee and the remuneration& human resources committee. Michael is a director of Central Rand Gold and Impala Platinum Holdings. He was formerly the chairman of Gencor and Impala Platinum Holdings, and a director of Gold Fields. Michael was a project manager at Murray & Roberts during the 1970s.

WILLIAM (BILL) ALAN NAIRN (67)
PrEng BSc Eng (Mining)

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Bill was appointed to the Board in 2010. He is chairman of the health, safety & environment committee and a member of the risk management committee. Bill is a director of AngloGold Ashanti and non-executive chairman of MDM Engineering Group and of the Procurement Committee for MTN Group. He previously served on the boards of several companies including Anglo American plc, Anglo Platinum and Kumba Resources.

ANTHONY (TONY) ADRIAN ROUTLEDGE (64)
BCom CA(SA)

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Tony was appointed to the Board in 1994. He is a member of the audit & sustainability committee, the remuneration & human resources committee and the social & ethics committee, and a trustee of The Murray & Roberts Trust. Tony was formerly an executive director of Nedcor, Nedbank and Sankorp.

MAHLAPE SELLO (50)
LLB, Master of Arts and Law (Russia)

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Mahlape was appointed to the Board in 2009. She is chairman of the social & ethics committee, a member of the audit & sustainability committee, the nomination committee and the remuneration & human resources committee. Mahlape serves on some of the committees of the Johannesburg Bar Council and the General Council of the Bar and is a member of the South African Law Reform Commission and the chairperson of the Advertising Industry Tribunal of the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa. Mahlape was formerly the chairperson of the Advisory Committee on Licensing of Private Hospitals at the Gauteng Department of Health.

SIBUSISO PATRICK SIBISI (57)
BSc Physics (Hons) PhD (Cambridge)

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Sibusiso was appointed to the Board in 2007. He is chairman of the risk management committee and a member of the nomination committee. Sibusiso is president and CEO of the CSIR, director of Liberty Group, Telkom SA and a member of the Roedean School Board of Governors. He was the co-founder of a research-based enterprise at Cambridge and a Fulbright Fellow at the California Institute of Technology in 1988. He was formerly the deputy vice chancellor, research and innovation, at the University of Cape Town.

ROYDEN THOMAS VICE (65)
BCom CA(SA)

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Royden was appointed to the Board in 2005. He is chairman of the remuneration & human resources committee and a member of the risk management committee and the nomination committee. He is also a trustee of The Murray & Roberts Trust. Royden is chairman of Hudaco Industries, Waco International and Puregas, and a Governor of Rhodes University. He was previously the Chief Executive Officer of Waco International and of Industrial and Special Products at UK-based BOC Group, chairman of African Oxygen (“Afrox”), Afrox Healthcare and Consol Glass.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

ANDRIES JACOBUS (COBUS) BESTER (52)
BCom (Acc) Hons CA(SA)

GROUP FINANCIAL DIRECTOR

Cobus first joined the Group in 2006 following the acquisition of Concor and was appointed to the Board 2011. Cobus is the chairman of Murray & Roberts International Holdings and a director of Clough. He was previously group financial director for Basil Read and Concor for three and six years respectively and managing director of Concor from 2005 – 2011. He has extensive experience in the construction and engineering industry.

ORRIE FENN (57)
BSc (Hons) Eng MPhil Eng DEng

GROUP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Orrie joined the Group and was appointed to the Board in 2009. He is the executive director responsible for the Group’s Construction Products Africa operating platform. Orrie was previously chief operating officer of PPC and project director for Blue Circle Cement. He spent seven years at the Chamber of Mines Research Organisation, where he obtained a doctorate in engineering. Orrie is a 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).

HENRY JOHANNES LAAS (52)
BEng (Mining) MBA

GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Henry first joined the Group in 2001 and was appointed to the Board and as Group chief executive in 2011. He is a member of the health, safety & environment committee. Henry is a director of Murray & Roberts International Holdings and Clough. He played an instrumental role in the global expansion of the Cementation Group and has a strong track record of successful resolution of complex commercial matters and business strategy development and implementation.

Most recently, Henry was as executive director of Murray & Roberts Limited responsible for the Group’s Engineering businesses. Since 2007 he served as a member of the Group executive committee as director of Murray & Roberts Limited.

EMMARENTIA (RENTIA) JOUBERT (33)
BCom (Acc) Hons CA(SA) GTP (SA)

GROUP SECRETARY

Rentia joined the Group in March 2010, when she was appointed as the financial manager at Murray & Roberts Cementation. She was appointed Group secretary on 1 August 2012.

Alan Knott-Craig resigned as an independent non-executive director on 17 January 2012. Yunus Karodia stepped down as Group Secretary effective 1 August 2012 to take up a financial leadership role at Murray & Roberts Cementation. Directors’ ages as at 30 June 2012.

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