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| ABSA GROUP BOARD BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2007 |
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| L N (NTHOBI) ANGEL |
| Absa board committee memberships |
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None, but she is a trustee of the Absa Foundation. |
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| Other directorships/trusteeships |
| Ms Angel is Chairperson of a women’s investment group, TsaRona Investments, and a director of Batho Bonke
Capital (Proprietary) Limited. She is active in nature conservation and is a director of the Open Africa Initiative and the
Peace Parks Foundation. She is also a trustee of the Kagiso Trust and a board member of Deloitte Chartered
Accountants (SA). |
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| Skills, expertise and experience |
From 1994 to 1995, Ms Angel was the Public Affairs Manager at Rhone-Poulenc Rorer SA (Proprietary) Limited.
Thereafter she was appointed as General Manager: Corporate Affairs at Engen Petroleum Limited, a position
she held until early 2000, when she was appointed as Executive Director: Strategic Affairs at Engen. From 2001
to 2003, Ms Angel was seconded to the Presidency as Chief Operations Officer: Strategic Planning and
Communications.
From 2004 to 2005 she was the Chief Executive Officer of Mvelaphanda Resources Limited. She was then
appointed as the Managing Director: External Relations at Eskom. She resigned from this position in June 2006
to focus on her role as Chairperson of TsaRona Investments. |
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Age: 53
Qualifications: BA (Hons),
MSc (Sociology)
Year appointed: 2004
Independence: Non-executive
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| D C (DES) ARNOLD |
| Absa board committee memberships |
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Group Audit and Compliance Committee (Chairperson) |
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Group Risk and Capital Management Committee |
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| Other directorships/trusteeships |
| Mr Arnold is a director of the Wits Health Consortium (Proprietary) Limited and Chairperson of its audit
committee. He is Chairperson of the Barlows Pension Fund, a trustee of the Absa Group Retirement Fund and
is also Project Manager of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants/Gauteng Government
Municipalities Project. |
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| Skills, expertise and experience |
Mr Arnold was formerly the Executive Director: Finance and Administration of Barloworld Limited. He joined the
Barlows Group in 1967 and held a number of senior financial positions there, which culminated in his appointment
to the board in 1993. He retired from Barloworld at the end of March 2003.
Mr Arnold is a former President of the Eastern, Central and Southern African Federation of Accountants (ECSAFA)
and represented ECSAFA on the Council of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). He is also a
former President of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and an honorary life member of
SAICA. He has represented SAICA on the Financial and Management Accounting Committee of IFAC. |
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Age: 67
Qualifications: CA(SA), FCMA, AMP
Year appointed: 2003
Independence: Independent director |
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| S F (STEVE) BOOYSEN |
| Absa board committee memberships |
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Credit Committee: Large Exposures |
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Attends various other board committee meetings ex officio. |
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| Other directorships/trusteeships |
| Dr Booysen is a director of various companies in the Absa Group and a council member at the University of
Pretoria. |
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| Skills, expertise and experience |
After completing his articles with Ernst & Young (1980 -1983), Dr Booysen became a senior lecturer in
accounting at the University of South Africa (1983 -1988). He joined the Group in 1988 and held various
positions in the Group until he was appointed as Group Chief Executive of Absa in August 2004.
He is an honorary professor in the School of Accounting at the University of Pretoria. |
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Age: 45
Qualifications: DCom (Acc),
CA(SA)
Title: Group Chief Executive
Year appointed: 2004
Independence: Group executive
director |
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| D C (DAVE) BRINK |
| Absa board committee memberships |
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Directors’ Affairs Committee |
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Group Remuneration and Human Resource Committee (Chairperson) |
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Group Credit Committee |
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Credit Committee: Large Exposures |
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Board Finance Committee |
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Acquisitions Committee: Barclays Africa |
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| Other directorships/trusteeships |
| Mr Brink is a director of Sappi Limited. He is a trustee of the Absa Foundation and Chairperson of the Absa Group
Retirement Fund. He is Co-Chairperson of the Business Trust, a director of the National Business Initiative and
Vice-President of the South African Institute of Directors. |
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| Skills, expertise and experience |
| He joined Murray & Roberts Limited in 1970 after eight years in the gold industry with Anglo American
Corporation of South Africa Limited. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Murray & Roberts Holdings
Limited in 1986 and Chairperson in 1994. Mr Brink was Chief Executive Officer of Sankorp Limited from 1994
to 1997. |
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Age: 68
Qualifications: MSc Eng (Mining)
Diploma in Business Administration
Graduate Diploma in Company
Direction
Title: Deputy Chairperson
Year appointed: 1992
Independence: Independent director |
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| B P (BRIAN) CONNELLAN |
| Absa board committee memberships |
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Group Remuneration and Human Resource Committee |
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Group Credit Committee |
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Credit Committee: Large Exposures |
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Implementation Committee |
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| Other directorships/trusteeships |
| Mr Connellan is a director of Illovo Sugar Limited, Tiger Brands Limited, Reunert Limited and Sasol Limited. |
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| Skills, expertise and experience |
| After qualifying as a chartered accountant, he joined the Barlows Group in 1964. He managed a number of
subsidiaries and was appointed as a director of Barlow Rand Limited in 1985. Mr Connellan was Executive
Chairperson of the building materials, steel and paint division until 1990. Thereafter he was appointed as
Executive Chairperson of Nampak Limited, a position he held until retirement in 2000. |
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Age: 67
Qualifications: CA(SA)
Year appointed: 1994
Independence: Independent director |
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| Y Z (YOLANDA) CUBA |
| Absa board committee memberships |
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Group Audit and Compliance Committee |
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| Other directorships/trusteeships |
| Yolanda is a director of Mvelaphanda Group Limited, Total Facilities Management Company (Proprietary)
Limited and Life Healthcare (Proprietary) Limited. She is a member of the Nelson Mandela Foundation
Investment and Endowment Committee. |
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| Skills, expertise and experience |
| In 1999, Ms Cuba commenced her career in marketing with Robertsons Foods. Thereafter, she moved to Fisher
Hoffman, an auditing firm, where she completed her articles in 2002. She joined Mvelaphanda in January 2003
in its corporate finance division. She was appointed as Deputy Chief Executive Officer prior to being appointed
as the Chief Executive Officer of Mvelaphanda Group Limited in July 2007. |
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Age: 30
Qualifications: BCom (Stats), BCom
(Hons) (Acc), CA(SA)
Year appointed: 2006
Independence: Non-executive
director |
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