Executive

Position and qualificationsExperienceAveng board committee
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Roger Jardine

Chief Executive Officer

BSc (Physics)
MSc (Radiological Ph ysics)

Roger was appointed to the board as Chief Executive Officer in July 2008.
He serves on the board of group companies of Aveng (Africa), McConnell Dowell Corporation and Aveng Trident Steel Holdings.

Roger was national coordinator of science and technology policy in the Department of Economic Planning of the African National Congress from 1992 to 1995. In 1995, he became director general of the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology. He was chairman of the board of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Nuclear Energy Corporation between 1999 and 2005. In 1999, he joined Kagiso Media as chief executive officer and in 2006 became the chief operating officer of Kagiso Trust Investments. He serves on the board of FirstRand Limited and Natal Sharks.

Chairman of executive committee
Member of: risk committee; safety, health and environmental committee

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Juba Mashaba

Group Human Resources Director

BA, LLB (Swaziland), Human R esources Executive Programme
(University of Michigan Business School)

Juba was appointed to the board in October 2007. He serves on the boards of group companies Aveng (Africa) and Aveng Trident Steel Holdings.

Juba’s HR career started in 1995 with Eskom as a group HR manager. In 1997, he was appointed HR director of Simba, and that role was expanded in 2004 to include the PepsiCo businesses in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2004, he was appointed to the board of ArcelorMittal (South Africa) as executive director, HR. He further served on the human resources and nomination committee, the transformation committee, as well as the safety, health and environmental committee of ArcelorMittal (South Africa).

Member of: executive committee

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David Robinson

Chief executive officer of McConnell Dowell Corporation Limited

BE (Civil), MIE Aust, CP Eng, FAICD

David was appointed to the board in January 2005. He serves as a director of McConnell Dowell Corporation and all group operating and holding subsidiary companies in Australia, New Zealand, South-East Asia, the Middle East and the United Kingdom.

He serves as a director of McConnell Dowell Corporation and all group operating and holding subsidiary companies in Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia, the Middle East and
the United Kingdom. David joined McConnell Dowell as a site engineer in 1978, working on various projects throughout Australia and South East Asia. In 1985, he was appointed
state manager for New South Wales and in 1987 general manager for the civil division operations. He was appointed chief executive officer of McConnell Dowell Corporation Limited in October 2000. He is a member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, of Certified Practising Engineers and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Member of executive committ ee

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Kobus Verster

Financial Director

BCom (Hons), MBL, EMP

Kobus was appointed to the board as financial director in September 2010.
He serves on the boards of various group companies including Aveng (Africa), McConnell Dowell and Aveng Trident Steel.

Prior to joining the Aveng Group, Kobus was the chief financial officer at ArcelorMittal (South Africa) and also held various senior management positions at ArcelorMittal

Member of: executive committee: tender risk committee




Non-Executive

Position and qualificationsExperienceAveng board committee
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Angus Band

Independent non-executive Chairman

BA, BAcc, CA (SA)

Angus was appointed to the board in July 2006. He serves on the boards of group companies Aveng (Africa), McConnell Dowell Corporation and Aveng Trident Steel Holdings.

Angus joined AVI as an executive director in 1997 and was appointed managing director of National Brands in 1998 and group chief executive officer of AVI in
1999. He was previously chief financial officer of Telkom SA and commercial director of PG Bison. He retired as the chief executive officer of AVI and was appointed non-executive Chairman in October 2005. He serves on the board of Liberty Group Holdings.

Chairman of the board
Member of: investment committee; r isk committee;
remuneration and nomination committee;
transformation committee; tender risk committee
 

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Peter Erasmus

Independent non-executive director

Pr Eng, BSc (Civil) (Hons), BCom (Cum Laude), MSAICE

Peter was appointed to the board on 22 March 2011. 

Peter has worked on major infrastructural projects in South Africa and the Middle East where, over the last 10 years, he has been involved in a spectrum of private public partnerships projects and dispute resolution. He is a professional engineer and was previously the chief operating officer of Group Five and held managing director and senior management roles at Stewart Scott International, Tolcon, Keeve Steyn Inc and Tolplan Consortium. He is a member of the South African Institution of Civil Engineers and is managing director of KeyQuoin (Pty) Limited.

 

Chairman of risk committee
Member of tender risk committee

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May Hermanus

Independent non-executive director

BSc (Geology), MSc (Physical Metallurgy), Takemi Fellow, Harvard University, Fellow SAIMM

May was appointed to the board in September 2009.

May has worked in various positions in the private, public and NGO sectors in South Africa. She is a former deputy director general of the Department of Minerals and Energy for mine safety and health. She is a director of the Centre for Sustainability in Mining and Industry (CSMI) and serves on the boards of the Rail Safety Regulator, the Minerals and Mining Development Board of the Department of Mineral Resources, Sacred Heart College and is Chairperson of the Bokamoso Trust, the employee share option scheme of AngloGold
Ashanti.

Chairman of: safety, health a nd environmental committee

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Rick Hogben

Independent non-executive director

BCom

Rick was appointed to the board in September 2007.

Rick worked for the South African Breweries for 24 years, holding senior executive positions in both general and financial management, including the then Shoe Corporation of Africa and the Beer Division of SAB, before being appointed chairman of Appletiser. After joining African Oxygen in 1994, he started a number of greenfields healthcare businesses, before becoming the chief executive officer of Afrox Healthcare, a listed private healthcare group. In 2007, he retired as the chief executive officer of African Oxygen, having been in this position for six years. He has acted as a consultant to British Telecoms on healthcare matters.

Chairman of: remuneration and nomin ation committee
Member of: audit committee safety, health and environmental committee

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Michael Kilbride

Independent non-executive director

BSc (Hons) Mining Engine ering,
MDP (Unisa), SEP (London Business School)

Michael was appointed to the board on 4 July 2012.

Michael’s career includes working for Anglo American in the gold mining sector as well as serving as an executive director of both Kumba Resources and Exxaro Resources. He brings extensive experience in mining to the board.

Member of risk committee

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Thoko Mokgosi-Mwantembe

Independent non-executive director

Dip Education (Swaziland), BSc, (Swaziland) MSc (UK), SEP (Harvard), MCRP (IMD)

Thoko was appointed to the board on 13 December 2010.

Thoko is currently the CEO of Kutana Investment Group and is the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard South Africa and Alcatel South Africa. She has worked in senior positions at Siemens Telecommunications, Lucent Technologies and Telkom. She serves as an independent non-executive director on the boards of Vodacom Group, Absa Group and Knorr-Bremse SA

Member of: social, ethics and transformation committee;
remuneration and nomination committee

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Myles Ruck

Independent non-executive director

BBusSc (Actuarial Science), PMD (Harvard)

Myles was appointed to the board in August 2006.

Myles joined Standard Merchant Bank in 1985 and was appointed deputy managing director of Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank in 1996 and managing director in 1998. In 2002, he was appointed deputy chief executive of the Standard Bank Group and joined its board. He was appointed chief executive of the Liberty Group in 2003 and retired from that position in 2006. He serves on the boards of Mr Price Group, Standard Bank Group, The Standard Bank of South Africa, Standard Bank Argentina, Standard Bank Argentina SA and Thesele Group.

Chairman of investment committee
Member of audi t committee

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Mahomed Seedat

Independent non-executive director

BEng (Electrical), PMD, GCC

Mahomed was appointed to the board on 4 July 2012.

Mahomed is chairman of Eastern Platinum Limited and Western Platinum Limited. He is also a non-executive director of Lonmin plc and an independent non-executive director of  Mechel Mining OAO. He was previously chief operating officer of Lonmin plc and served as president of Lonmin South Africa and as president of Energy Coal of BHP Billiton plc. Mahomed also served as president and chief operating officer of Ingwe Collieries Limited (BHP Billiton Energy Coal South Africa Limited) and as president and chief operating
officer Aluminium Southern Africa, with responsibility for the operations at the Hillside and Bayside Aluminium Smelters in Richards Bay, South Africa and the Mozal Aluminium Smelter in Maputo, Mozambique. He started his career in the minerals industry in 1980.

Mem ber of safety, health and environmental committee

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Nkululeko Sowazi

Non-executive director

BA, MA (UCLA)< /p>

Nkululeko was appointed to the board in March 2007. He serves on the board of Aveng (Africa).

Nkululeko is chairman of Kagiso Tiso Holdings, an investment holding company with interests in media, infrastructure, power, resources and financial services sectors. He also serves on the boards of Exxaro Resources Limited and Actom Holdings. He is also chairman of Idwala Industrial Holdings, Litha Healthcare Group and The Home Loan Guarantee Company. He was previously an executive director of African Bank Investments and, prior to that, managing director of the Mortgage Indemnity Fund.

 

Chairman of social, ethics and transformation committee
Member of: remuneration and nomination committee; investment committee

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Peter Ward

Independent non-executive director

BCom, CA (SA)

Peter was appointed to the board in July 2007.

Peter joined Deloitte & Touche in 1973, was appointed an audit partner in 1983 and a group leader audit in 1993. He was appointed business unit leader of Deloitte Forensic and Dispute Services Division in 1999 and retired from Deloitte in May 2007. He serves as an independent non-executive director of Hollard Holdings and The Hollard Insurance Company.

Chairman of audit committee
Member of: ris k committee; tender risk committee