Board of directors

Prof GJ Gerwel (64)
BA (Hons), LicGermPhil, DLitt et Phil

Chairman – appointed to the board
3 November 2003

Professor Jakes 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 directorgeneral 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 vicechairman of the Peace Parks Foundation.

CMD Flemming (53)
BCom, BJur, BProc, AMP (Harvard)

Managing director – appointed to the board 23 March 2005

Michael 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.

RJ Hogarth (56)
BAcc (Wits), CA(SA)

Financial director – appointed to the board
7 May 2007

After qualifying as a chartered accountant, Roger 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.

MA Brey (56)
BCompt (Hons), CA(SA)

Non-executive director – appointed to the board 28 August 2003

Mustaq Brey is a founder member and chief executive officer of Brimstone. He 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.

YZ Cuba (33)
BCom (Hons), CA(SA)

Non-executive director – appointed to the board 23 March 2005

Yolanda Cuba is the chief executive officer of Mvelaphanda Group Limited, one of South Africa’s leading listed blackowned investment companies. She joined Mvelaphanda in their corporate finance division in 2003 and was appointed deputy CEO later that year. She has been responsible for initiating and executing a number of the Group’s major investments. At 29 years of age, she became one of the youngest CEOs of a JSE listed company. She has worked at Robertsons Foods (now part of Unilever) and Fisher Hoffman PKF. She also sits on a number of boards including those of Absa Limited, AVUSA Limited and Steinhoff Limited.

Dr JPF Dalmeyer (61)
MBChB, FCOG(SA)

Non-executive director – appointed to the board 23 June 2009

Dr Paul Dalmeyer graduated with an MBChB from the University of Pretoria and as a specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology FCOG(SA) from the University of Cape Town. He is a registered reproductive specialist. He serves as a board member on the International Federation of Fertility Societies and is president of the South African Menopause Society (SAMS). He has been involved in hospital business for the past 26 years and is chairman of Life Doctor Investments Limited.

PJ Golesworthy (52)
BA (Hons) (first class), Accountancy Studies, CA

Independent non-executive director – appointed to the board 10 June 2010

Peter 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 various investment committees of certain Old Mutual businesses. He was previously the finance director of Old Mutual (South Africa), and prior to joining Old Mutual was a finance manager in the Corporate & International Finance Department of Anglo American Corporation of South Africa Limited.

RCM Laubscher (59)
BCom (Hons), AMP (Harvard)

Independent non-executive director – appointed to the board 23 March 2005
Resigned 21 April 2010

Richard Laubscher holds a legal degree in commerce from the University of the Witwatersrand, an honours degree in finance from the University of South Africa (UNISA), and he attended the advanced management programme at Harvard. He was CEO of Nedcor Ltd for 10 years, and a director of Nedcor and its subsidiaries, as well as Old Mutual (SA) and Old Mutual plc. He currently serves on the boards of several private companies. He resigned from the board in April 2010.

EW Mbuthia (43)
BSc (Eng), MBA (Wits), CPA (Kenya)

Non-executive director – appointed to the board 31 December 2008
Resigned 23 August 2010

Eutychus Mbuthia graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Nairobi (Kenya) and subsequently joined PricewaterhouseCoopers where he qualified as a certified public accountant (CPA). Eutychus completed his MBA studies at the University of the Witwatersrand in 2000, the same year he joined RMB as a private equity transactor. Eutychus currently comanages RMB Ventures, one of the RMB Private Equity business units and serves on a number of boards/audit committees of RMB Ventures investee companies. He resigned from the board in August 2010.

LM Mojela (54)
BCom

Independent non-executive director – appointed to the board 10 June 2010

Louisa 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.

NV Mokhesi (formerly Sowazi) (49)
BCom

Non-executive director – appointed to the board 26 May 2005
Resigned 20 August 2010

Neo Mokhesi graduated from the National University of Lesotho and has studied advanced management at the Wits Business School and at Insead in France. She is divisional executive for marketing and corporate affairs at the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa and a council member of the National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa and the Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria. She resigned from the Company in August 2010.

TS Munday (61)
BCom

Lead independent non-executive director – appointed to the board 10 June 2010

Trevor 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.

Dr MP Ngatane (56)
BSc, MBChB, FCOG

Independent non-executive director – appointed to the board 25 July 2007

Dr Peter Ngatane is a specialist obstetrician and gynaecologist. He has served as a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, as well as superintendent of the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. He also served as the head of obstetrics and gynaecology at Natalspruit Hospital. He is currently in private practice. Peter 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 and 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.

GC Solomon (44)
BCom, BCompt (Hons), CA(SA)

Non-executive director – appointed to the board 25 March 2005

Garth 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.