welcoming note
Welcoming Note
Corporate Profile
Directorate

Hi Everybody,

Here at Mr Price we know good business is simple business, that’s why when we started the Mr Price Group with one small retail outlet in Brickhill Road, Durban, in 1987 we started with a few simple goals.

Being average Joe’s ourselves, we looked at what the average South African needed in their life – more choice, honest value for money and the ability to enjoy life on a budget and if you look at each of our divisions you will see that they deliver these needs across the different product categories.

For us at Mr Price it is about doing it right the first time and with the help of our business partners (everyone who works in every division at all levels) we have gone from strength to strength. That’s why at Mr Price Group we are always expanding, evolving and growing.

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Mr Price Group Limited and its subsidiaries operate over 750 stores across Southern Africa.

DIVISIONS

Mr Price Group consists of four retail chains, focusing on clothing, footwear, accessories and homewares. These chains are divided into two operational divisions namely; the apparel and home divisions.

Apparel Home

Mr Price is about casual fun and relaxed fashion for the whole family. This value retail chain offers casual clothing, intimate wear and accessories for kids and adults at affordable prices. Located across Southern Africa, our stores are known for their popular house brands which include RT, RED (surf wear), BODY MATERIAL (underwear) and MAXED (sportswear). Mr Price is about affordable fashion for everyone.

Click here to visit the Mr Price website: www.mrprice.co.za

The Mr Price Sport range comprises sporting apparel, footwear, equipment and accessories. All major sport types, including seasonal and non-seasonal sports, are represented in both international and own brands. All the product has been rigorously tested and carries endorsement of top sports personalities in each sporting code. The high costs of sports goods are a thing of the past and Mr Price Sport is excited to bring performance product within reach of the South African sports fan.

At Miladys the belief is that fashion isn’t about age, it’s about attitude. This fashion retailer provides classic and updated classic clothing, footwear, intimate wear and accessories to women throughout South Africa, Swaziland, Botswana and Namibia. Brands include Rene Taylor which caters for the fuller figured woman, Ml for classic and contemporary formal and leisurewear apparel, and Sequel for intimate and sleepwear. Targeting women between the ages of 30 and 55, Miladys’ mission is to provide our customers with a shopping experience that exceeds expectations with product assortments that give pleasure and satisfaction in buying and wearing.

Click here to visit the Miladys website: www.miladys.co.za

From kitchenware to lounge living, Mr Price Home is about affordable modern living. Launched in 1998 and located throughout Southern Africa, Mr Price Home offers customers the latest in contemporary home textiles, kitchenware and home accessories. The products are inspired by local design talent to provide style with a distinctive local flavour.

Click here to visit the Mr Price Home website: www.mrpricehome.co.za

Sheet Street is a leading retail brand of ready-made home textiles in five Southern African countries, with over 240 stores in total. The first Sheet Street store opened its doors in Cape Town in 1990, promising customers ‘Lots of Linen for Less’. Almost 20 years later this promise still stands true and Sheet Street continues “Loving Your Home” with great value every day. Sheet Street’s wide range of quality home fashions and everyday basics targets the mass middle-income Southern African customer who wants to co-ordinate their home both tastefully and responsibly.

Click here to visit the Sheet Street website: www.sheetstreet.co.za


Inspiring tomorrow’s heroes - the RedCap Foundation, established in 2005 is making a positive difference in the lives of young South Africans. Mr Price Group contributes 1% of its net profits to RedCap Foundation to carry out its corporate social investment initiatives. The RedCap Foundation’s projects give young people opportunities that their communities, schools and environments do not offer.
The Foundation has a vision to inspire young South Africans to become citizens who take responsibility for building a peaceful and positive society for all and a mission to break the cycle of poverty by inspiring them to become self-sufficient and contributing members of the society.

Click here to visit the RedCap Foundation website: www.redcapfoundation.org

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Alastair McArthur
Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Former Managing Director of Mr Price Apparel
Joined the group 1 August 1991
Board Directorship since 26 July 1994

Stuart Bird
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Managing Director Mr Price Apparel
CA(SA)
Joined the group 13 September 1993
Board Directorship since 29 August 2008

Mark McNeil Blair
Chief Financial Officer
CA(SA)
Joined the group 1 March 2006
Board Directorship since 1 March 2006

Steve Ellis
Chief Information Officer
CA (SA)
Joined the group 9 June 1992
Board Directorship since 24 May 2005

Shane van Niekerk
Chief Operations Officer
Joined the group 5 September 1983
Board Directorship since 24 May 2005

Chris Yuill
Company Secretary
CA(SA) MBA(UCT)
Joined the group 1 February 1978
Board Directorship since 3 December 1986


Stewart Cohen
Joint Chairman
BCom LLB(RU) MBA(UCT)
Former Joint Managing Director
Joined 1 October 1986

Laurie Chiappini
Joint Chairman
Former Joint Managing Director
Joined 1 October 1986

Keith Getz
B.Proc LLM.
Partner of Bernardt Vukic Potash & Getz
Other directorships include
Spur Corporation Limited
Board directorship since 24 May 2005

Bobby Johnston
Independent director
BCom CA(SA)
Member of audit, risk and compliance committee
Chairman of remuneration committee
Chairman of nominations committee
Board directorship since 26 July 1994
Past chairman of the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa
Other directorships include JSE Securities Exchange South Africa &
STRATE Limited

Maud Motanyane
Independent director
Dip Library Science, Fellow of the World Press Institute, Member of the Institute of Directors
Founder of Tribute Magazine and Jikelele Media Group
Board director since 29 August 2008
Other directorships include:
Urban Brew Production Company,
Kagiso Media Limited,
G4 Securicor Plc,
McCann Erickson (SA) (Pty) Ltd
The Historic Schools Restoration Project

Nigel Payne
Independent director
CA(SA), MBL (UNISA)
Board directorship since 30 July 2007
Former partner of KPMG
Other directorships include The Bidvest Group Limited, JSE Limited,
Glenrand MIB Limited and STRATE Limited
Member of the King Committee on Corporate Governance

Professor Larry Ring (USA)
BSc (Industrial Management),
MSc (Management),
Phd (Industrial Management)
(Krannert School of Management, Purdue University),
Chancellor Professor of Business Administration,
Graduate School of Business Administration, The College of
William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
Board directorship since 1 February 1998

Myles Ruck
Independent director
B.Bus Sc. (UCT), PMD (Harvard)
Board directorship since 30 July 2007
Former Deputy Chief Executive of Standard Bank Group
Former Chief Executive of Liberty Group Limited
Other directorships include Aveng Limited, Standard Bank Group Limited, and
The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

Sonja Sebotsa
Independent director
LLB Hons (London School of Economics and Political Science), MA (McGill University Montreal)
Registered person with the Securities and Futures Authority of the UK
Founding Partner of Identity Partners
Board director since 29 August 2008
Other directorships include:
RMB Holdings Limited
Anglo Platinum Limited
Discovery Holdings Limited
Makalani Holdings Limited

John Swain
Independent director
CA(SA)
Chairman of audit, risk and compliance commitee
Member of remuneration committee
Member of nominations committee
Former partner of Ernst & Young
Board directorship since 27 July 1994

Moses Tembe
Independent director
BA Public Administration and Political Science, Graduate Caltex Business Management Programme (UCT)
Former Secretary General of the National African Federated Chamber of Commerce (KZN)
President of Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Board director since 29 August 2008
Other directorships include:
Elgin Brown & Hamer (Pty) Ltd
Dynachem (Pty) Ltd
Santova Logistics (Pty) Ltd
Durban Infrastructure Development Trust
Crescendo Venture Capital (Pty) Ltd