Board of directors
Executive Directors

Mark Blair
Chief Executive Officer
Year appointed
2006
Qualifications
CA(SA)

Mark Stirton
Chief Financial Officer
Year appointed
2019
Qualifications
CA(SA), FCMA, CGMA, MBA

Stewart Cohen
Honorary Chairman & Co-Founder
Year appointed
1986
Qualifications
BCom, LLB, MBA

Nigel Payne
Chairman
Year appointed
2007
Qualifications
CA(SA), MBL
Other Directorships
Bidcorp Ltd
Strate (Pty) Ltd
Vukile Property Fund Ltd

Mark Bowman
Lead Independent, Non-Executive Director
Year appointed
2017
Qualifications
BCom (Finance), MBA
Other Directorships
Other Private Companies

Daisy Naidoo
Independent, Non-Executive Director
Year appointed
2012
Qualifications
CA(SA), MCom(Tax)
Other Directorships
Anglo American Platinum Ltd
ABSA Group Ltd
ABSA Financial Services Limited
Hudaco Industries Ltd

Jane Canny
Independent, Non-Executive Director
Year appointed
2021
Qualifications
FCG (CS, CPG, ACC)
Fellow of Chartered Governance Institute of Southern Africa
Other Directorships
The Spar Group Ltd
Hollard Group Risk (a division of Hollard)

Keith Getz
Non-Executive Director
Year appointed
2005
Qualifications
BProc, LLM
Other Directorships
Spur International Ltd
Strate (Pty) Ltd
Trematon Capital Investments Ltd
Ingenuity Property Investments (Pty) Ltd

Lucia Swartz
Independent, Non-Executive Director
Year appointed
2020
Qualifications
BA
Diploma in Human Resources Management
Advanced Management Programme
Other Directorships
Tiger Brands Limited

Mmaboshadi Chauke
Independent, Non-Executive Director
Year appointed
2018
Qualifications
Other directorships
The Small Enterprise Foundation
Mamor Investments (Pty) Ltd
AfroCentric Investment Corporation Limited
Santam Ltd
Sanlam Developing Markets Limited
Mi Way Insurance Ltd

Steve Ellis
Non-Executive Director
Year appointed
2005
Alternate to Mark Blair
2021
Non-executive director
Qualifications
CA(SA)
Other directorships
None

Neill Abrams
Alternate Director
Year appointed
2010 Alternate to Stewart Cohen
Qualifications
BA, LLB, LLM
Other Directorships
Ocado Group Plc
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Board Committees
Audit & Compliance
The committee provides independent oversight of the effectiveness of the group’s assurance and compliance functions, with particular focus on combined assurance arrangements (including external assurance service providers, internal audit and the finance function) and the integrity of the annual financial statements and, to the extent delegated by the board, other external reports issued by the group.
Daisy Naidoo Chairman
Mark Bowman
Mmaboshadi Chauke
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Remuneration & Nominations
The committee oversees the group’s approach to remuneration to ensure fair, equitable and responsible remuneration in support of the group’s strategy. The committee is further responsible for overseeing that remuneration processes are carried out consistently and aligned to the group’s remuneration policy thus ensuring that the intellectual capital required to achieve the group’s imperatives is attracted, motivated, retained and rewarded. In addition, the committee oversees the composition and performance of the board and its committees.
Mark Bowman Chairman
Keith Getz
Lucia Swartz
Nigel Payne
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Risk & Information Technology
The committee is responsible for assisting the board in its oversight of risk, reviewing the group’s risk appetite and risk profile in relation to strategy, reviewing the effectiveness of the group’s risk management framework and the methodology used in determining the group’s risk profile and respective responses. The committee’s responsibility is to ensure that risks and opportunities are considered and managed in a manner that influences and fulfils the setting and achievement of the group’s strategy.
To fulfil its role, the committee oversees management’s implementation and execution of effective risk management which includes mitigation responses to key risks, reducing risks to within risk tolerance, insurance cover, business resilience, IT risk management and related assurance mechanisms. In addition, the committee plays an oversight and advisory role over the group’s IT.
Nigel Payne Chairman
Daisy Naidoo
Jane Canny
Mark Blair
Mark Stirton
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Social, Ethics, Transformation & Sustainability
The committee is responsible for fulfilling the functions set out in the Companies Act and provides oversight of and reporting on organisational ethics, responsible corporate citizenship, and stakeholder relationships. It reviews and monitors sustainable business practices and business ethics, including transformation as well as social and environmental practices, to ensure that the business achieves its strategic imperatives responsibly and ethically. This also encompasses an overview of labour practices to ensure fairness and monitoring the group’s commitment to promoting and protecting human rights.
Keith Getz Chairman
Daisy Naidoo
Lucia Swartz
Mark Blair
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Executive Leadership

Mark Blair
Chief Executive Officer
Year appointed
2006
Qualifications
CA(SA)

Mark Stirton
Chief Financial Officer
Year appointed
2019
Qualifications
CA(SA), FCMA, CGMA
Divisional heads – Trading divisions

Donovan Baney
Managing Director


Clint Larsson
Managing Director


Arn de Haas
Managing Director


Praneel Nundkumar
Managing Director