The company’s board of directors consists of 11 members (including 3 directors joining
the board with effect from the date of listing). The members of the company’s board
of directors are as follows:
| Name, age and nationality |
Business address |
Occupation/function |
Date of appointment as director |
Prof. Gert Johannes Gerwel (64)
South African |
3rd Floor, Mandela Rhodes Building
150 St Georges Mall
Cape Town, 8001
South Africa |
Chairman (non-executive) |
3 November 2003 |
Mr. Michael Flemming (53)
South African |
21 Chaplin Road
Illovo
Johannesburg, 2196
South Africa |
Managing director (executive) |
23 March 2005 |
Mr. Roger Hogarth (56)
South African |
21 Chaplin Road
Illovo
Johannesburg, 2196
South Africa |
Financial director (executive) |
7 May 2007 |
Mr. Mustaq Brey (56)
South African |
No 1 Mariendahl Lane
First Floor
Slade House
Newlands
Cape Town, 7700
South Africa |
Director (non-executive) |
28 November 2003 |
Dr. Peter Ngatane (56)
South African |
Nembula House
Lesedi Clinic
Diepkloof, 1604
South Africa |
Director (independent non-executive) |
25 July 2007 |
Mr. Garth Solomon (44)
South African |
Old Mutual Investment Group
Jan Smuts Drive
Pinelands
Cape Town, 7405
South Africa |
Director (non-executive) |
23 March 2005 |
Ms. Louisa Mojela (54)
South African |
22 Central Street
Houghton
Johannesburg, 2198
South Africa |
Director (independent non-executive) |
10 June 2010 |
Mr. Peter Golesworthy (52)
British |
6 Thorne Close
Constantia
Cape Town, 7806
South Africa |
Director (independent non-executive) |
10 June 2010 |
Mr. Trevor Munday (61)
South African |
27 Angus Road
Bryanston
Sandton, 2196
South Africa |
Director (independent non-executive) |
10 June 2010 |
Mr. Ketan Gordhan (49)
South African |
Unit 4 Rivendell
16 The Crescent
Morningside
Sandton 2196
|
Director (non-executive) |
30 November 2010 |
Ms. Francine-Anne du Plessis (55)
South African |
LDP Inc
De Waterkant Building
10 Helderberg Street
Stellenbosch, 7600
South Africa |
Director (non-executive) |
30 November 2010 |
Mr. Joel K Netshitenzhe (54)
South African |
Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection
1st Floor, Cypress Place North
Woodmead Business Park
142 Western Services Road
Woodmead, 2191
South Africa |
Director (non-executive) |
30 November 2010 |
Short biographies of the directors and senior management of Life Healthcare are set out below:
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Prof. Gert Johannes Gerwel, BA (Hons) LicGermPhil, DLitt et Phil.
Professor Gerwel gained his degrees in South Africa and Belgium, and has received
honorary doctorates from numerous local and foreign universities. He was vice-chancellor
and rector of the University of the Western Cape from 1987 to 1994, after which
he served as director-general in the office of the President for
five years and as secretary of the cabinet in the government of national unity.
Professor Gerwel is non-executive chairman of Africon Engineering International
Limited, Media 24 Limited and Brimstone Investment Corporation Limited. He chairs the boards of trustees of the
Nelson Mandela Foundation, the Nelson Mandela Rhodes Foundation, the Institute for
Justice and Reconciliation, the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation and is vice-chairman
of the Peace Parks Foundation.
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Executive directors
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Mr. Michael Flemming, BCom, BJur, BProc,
AMP (Harvard). Mr. Flemming joined African Oxygen Limited (Afrox) in 1985 and transferred
to its healthcare division in 1994. He has held several senior finance and line
management positions with both Afrox and Afrox Healthcare. He managed the
business finance function and then moved into managing a 300 bed hospital in the
North West region. A year later he was promoted to regional manager and shortly
thereafter to general manager. In 2001, he was appointed managing director of Afrox
Healthcare, which became Life Healthcare in 2005.
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Mr. Roger Hogarth, BAcc (Wits), CA(SA). After
qualifying as a chartered accountant, Mr. Hogarth joined Afrox in 1980. He has a
wealth of experience in tax, accounting, systems and financing in both the industrial
and healthcare businesses. He was manager corporate finance for Afrox, before transferring
to Afrox Healthcare as general manager finance and administration in August 2004.
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Non-executive directors
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Mr. Mustaq Brey, BCompt (Hons) CA(SA). Mr. Brey
is a founder member and chief executive officer of Brimstone Investment Corporation
Limited. Mr. Brey is a chartered accountant and currently serves on the boards of
Oceana Fishing Group Limited, the Scientific Group, Lion of Africa Insurance Company
Limited and Nedbank Limited. He serves on the audit committees of the South African
Revenue Service and Mandela Rhodes Foundation and chairs the capital and risk committee
for Nedbank.
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Dr. Peter Ngatane, BSc, MBChB, FCOG. Dr.
Ngatane is a specialist obstetrician and gynaecologist. He has served as a consultant
obstetrician and gynaecologist, as well as superintendent at the Chris Hani Baragwanath
Hospital. He also served as the head of obstetrics and gynaecology at Natalspruit
Hospital. He is currently in private practice. Dr. Ngatane is the chairman of the
South African Boxing Commission and is the medical director of Boxing South Africa.
He serves on the board of governors of the World Boxing Council, is the vice-president
of the African Boxing Union. He serves as treasurer for the International Planned
Parenthood Federation in Nairobi and is a trustee of the Commonwealth Boxing Council
based in London.
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Mr. Garth Solomon, BCom, BCompt (Hons), CA(SA).
Mr. Solomon graduated from the University of Cape Town and qualified as a chartered
accountant while completing articles with Deloitte & Touche. Thereafter he served
in various commercial and corporate finance roles with the South African Revenue
Service, Group Five Properties and African Harvest Limited before joining Old Mutual
Private Equity in 2003. He is currently a portfolio manager in the Old Mutual Private
Equity team and in this capacity serves on the boards of the Tourvest Group (Pty)
Limited and Metcash Trading Africa (Pty) Limited. He chairs Life Healthcare's investment
committee and serves on the remuneration and human resources committee.
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Ms. Louisa Mojela, BCom. Ms. Mojela is group
CEO of WIPHOLD of which she is a founder member. She holds non-executive directorships
inter alia in ABB SA, Adcorp Holdings, Distell Group, Lesotho Pension Fund,
Afrisun Gauteng, Afrisun Leisure, Emfuleni Resorts and USBED United. She previously
held positions at the Lesotho National Development Corporation, DBSA and SCMB.
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Mr. Peter Golesworthy, BA (Hons) (First
Class) Accountancy Studies CA. Mr. Golesworthy graduated from Exeter University
in the UK and qualified as a chartered accountant with the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Scotland. He currently serves as a director of a number of private
companies and as a member of certain Old Mutual businesses. He was previously the
finance director of Old Mutual, and prior to joining Old Mutual was a finance manager
in the Corporate & International Finance Department of Anglo American Corporation
of South Africa Limited.
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Mr. Trevor Munday, BCom. Mr. Munday completed
his BCom at the University of Natal, and served in several commercial, financial
and accounting roles in his formative years, both locally and overseas. He was appointed
chief executive of Polifin Limited in 1996. In 2001, he was appointed as an executive
director and chief financial officer of Sasol Limited. He later served as deputy
CEO of Sasol prior to his retirement in 2006. He serves as a non-executive director
on several JSE Listed companies including ABSA Group Limited, Reunert Limited and
Illovo Sugar Limited. He is a non-executive director of various Sasol subsidiaries
and divisions.
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Mr. Ketan (Ketso) Gordhan, BA, MPhil (University
of Sussex). Mr. Gordhan is currently consulting to the office of the President.
Up until recently he was head of the private equity division of Rand Merchant Bank.
Ketso held various senior roles in the FirstRand Group between 2001 and 2009. His
prior experience includes that of director general of the Department of Transport,
a member of the ANC’s Department of Economic Policy and a national election manager.
Ketso has held non-executive directorships in the FirstRand Group including the
Momentum Group. In an academic role, Ketso is a senior visiting fellow at the Wharton
Business School, University of Pennsylvania.
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Ms. Francine-Anne (Fran) du Plessis, BCom
LLB, CA(SA), BCom Taxation. Ms. du Plessis is an advocate of the High Court of South
Africa. She holds a number of current board positions namely KWV Holdings Limited,
Pulca (Proprietary) Limited t/a Mango Airlines and Kaap Agri Limited. Fran has previously
held non-executive directorships at SAA and Industrial Development Corporation of
South Africa Limited. Fran is a chartered accountant and has worked extensively
in both commercial and academic settings having been a partner at Bellingham & Partners
and a senior lecturer in the accounting and commercial law departments at the University
of Stellenbosch.
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Mr. Joel K Netshitenzhe, MSc (University
of London), Post-graduate Diploma in Economic Principles, Diploma in Political Science.
Mr. Netshitenzhe left South Africa to join the ANC in exile. He served in various
capacities within the ANC: Radio Freedom, Mayibuye editor, member of the ANC Politico-Military
Council and Deputy Head of the Department of Information and Publicity, and as part
of the ANC negotiating team. He has been a member of the National Executive Committee
(NEC) of the ANC since 1991. Post-1994, Joel was head of communication in President
Nelson Mandela’s office, and then joined the Government Communication and Information
System (GCIS) as CEO in 1998. In addition to being GCIS CEO, he was in 2001 appointed
head of the Policy Co-ordination and Advisory Services (PCAS) in the Presidency.
He headed the PCAS on a full time basis from 2006 until his retirement in 2009.
He now works as an independent researcher, and is the executive director of the
Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA). He is a member of the National
Planning Commission of the South African government, the advisory board of the Nelson
Mandela Trust and the board of CEEF.Africa (a section 21 company dealing with tertiary
education opportunities).
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