Executive directors

P DU P KRUGER (64)  Non-executive chairman BSc Eng (Mining), MBL Chancellor of the Rand Afrikaans University, vice-president of the SA Foundation and past chairman of Business South Africa and the Industrial Environmental Forum. Director of several companies, among others, Schümann Sasol International AG and ABSA Bank Limited. Joined the Group in 1964 and appointed non-executive chairman in 1997. Appointed to the board in 1986.

ELISABETH BRADLEY (62)  BSc, MSc Chairman of Wesco Investments Limited, Metair Investments Limited, The Rosebank Hotel, The Winkler Hotel, vice-chairman of Toyota SA Limited, director of Standard Bank Investment Corporation Limited, The Tongaat-Hulett Group Limited, Anglogold Limited, Liberty Life Group Limited. Appointed to the board in 1998.

WARREN CLEWLOW (65)  CA(SA), DEcon (hc) Chairman of Barloworld Limited, Pretoria Portland Cement, Comparex Holdings Limited, Nedbank Limited and Nedcor Limited. Deputy chairman of Old Mutual and director of Old Mutual plc, South African Mutual Life Assurance Society, Iscor Limited. Council member of the South Africa Foundation. Appointed to the board in 1992.

BRIAN CONNELLAN (61)  CA(SA) Director of Nampak Limited, Tiger Brands Limited, Amalgamated Banks of South Africa Limited (ABSA), Reunert Limited, Illovo Sugar Limited, Oceana Group Limited and Island View Storage Limited. Appointed to the board in 1997.

SAM MONTSI (56)  BA Econ, MA Dev Econ Chief executive of Montsi Investments (Pty) Limited, founder and chairman of Siphumelele Investments Limited, director of Independent Newspaper Holdings Limited, the Southern Africa Fund of Alliance Capital Management LP (listed in New York), Fabcos Investment Holdings and NEI Limited. Appointed to the board in 1998.

JÜRGEN SCHREMPP (57)  BSc Eng Chairman of the board of management of DaimlerChrysler AG, member of the supervisory board of Allianz AG and HypoVereinsbank AG, member of the board of directors of NYSE and Vodafone Group plc. Member of the international council of JP MorganChase and the advisory council of Deutsche Bank AG. Appointed to the board in 1997.

CONRAD STRAUSS (65)  BA, PhD, MS, AMP, FIBSA DEcon (hc), DSc (hc) Chairman of Standard Bank Investment Corporation Limited and its main subsidiaries from April 1992 until 31 December 2000, when he retired, past national chairman of the South African Institute of International Affairs, past president of the South Africa Foundation (1996 – 1998). Director of Standard Bank Investment Corporation, Liberty Group Limited, Liberty Holdings Limited, Transnet, Afrox Limited and SA Breweries. Appointed to the board in 2000.