 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
|
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |