Directors' curricula vitae
D G (Don) MacLeod (67) BCom, AMP (Oxford): Mr MacLeod joined the South African sugar industry in 1971 and became part of the Illovo group in 1973. He spent 10 years in various management positions before being appointed to the board in 1983. He was previously Finance Director, was appointed Managing Director in 1992 and became chief executive in 1995. Upon his retirement in 2009 he became deputy chairman and in 2011 was appointed Chairman. He is a past Chairman of the South African Sugar Association and the South African Sugar Millers' Association.
G B (Gavin) Dalgleish (48) BScEng(Chem), MScEng(Chem): Mr Dalgleish was appointed to the board in September 2011, assumed the position of Operations Director in 2012, and was appointed Managing Director with effect from 1 September 2013. He holds a master's degree in chemical engineering and first joined Illovo in 1988 as a postgraduate student. He has since held a number of technical, business-development, operational and general management positions in Illovo. Most recently he spent three years leading the Australia-based global technology unit of AB Mauri, a yeast business which is a subsidiary of Illovo’s holding company, Associated British Foods plc, before returning to Illovo in December 2010.
M H (Mohammed) Abdool-Samad (43) BCom, CA(SA): Mr Abdool-Samad was appointed to the board as Financial Director in 2011. He holds a BCom degree and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1996. From 1996 to 2000, he held various managerial positions at Deloitte & Touche. In 2001 he joined Anglo American plc, providing risk management and treasury audit services to the group. He was appointed senior finance manager of Anglo Coal South Africa in 2005, chief financial officer in 2006, and after a restructure, chief financial officer of Anglo American Thermal Coal in 2009, responsible for Anglo American's global thermal coal assets.
L W (Larry) Riddle (54) BCom, CA(SA): Mr Riddle was appointed to the board on 1 April 2009 as Commercial Director. After qualifying as a chartered accountant, he joined Illovo Sugar in 1986. He held a number of senior management positions within the company prior to his appointment as a director. He is a past Chairman of the South African Sugar Millers' Association and the Ethanol Producers' Association of South Africa.
J P (John) Hulley (54) DipMechEng, MDP (General Management) UNISA: Mr Hulley was appointed to the board on 1 September 2013 as its Operations Director. From 1978 until 1993 he served the company in various positions and, after rejoining the company again in 2000, he held various management positions in the company's South African operations, before being appointed General Manager of the company's Swaziland subsidiary, Ubombo Sugar Limited in 2008, and subsequently its Managing Director. He also held management positions in other companies in the sugar industry, including a leading engineering and project management consulting company providing services to the sugar industry and other heavy engineering industries.
M I (Mark) Carr (Dr) (51) BSc, PhD, MBA, CertEng, FIMechE: Dr Carr was appointed to the board in 2006. As Chief Executive of the AB Sugar Group since April 2004, he has led the development of Associated British Foods' sugar activities across the world. He has also served on the executive of the World Sugar Research Organisation and the European Confederation of Sugar Producers. Prior to joining the sugar industry, Dr Carr held a variety of senior positions within Corus Group plc, formerly British Steel plc, including assignments in the USA and Europe. He gained a doctorate in mechanical engineering at Swansea University and an MBA from Warwick University. He is a director of Vivergo Fuels Limited, the World Sugar Research Organisation and Chairman of Azucarera Ebro SA.
M J (Mike) Hankinson (65) BCom, CA(SA): Mr Hankinson was appointed as a non-executive, independent director in 2008. After qualifying as a chartered accountant, he joined the Romatex group in 1976 where he rose to the position of group chief executive in 1994. In 1997 he joined Dunlop as chief executive officer, and during his tenure presided over the sale of the business to a private consortium, its delisting from the JSE, and its sale to Apollo Tyres Limited. In 2007, he was appointed as a non-executive director of Apollo Tyres and relinquished his position at Dunlop. Currently he is Chairman of The Spar Group Limited (having been appointed as such in 2004) as well as Brandcorp Holdings Proprietary Limited (appointed in 2008). He has been a non-executive director of Grindrod Limited since 2009 and has been appointed as its Chairman from the end of May 2014.
D (Len) Konar (Dr) (60) BCom, MAS (Illinois), DCom, CA(SA), CRMA: Dr Konar was appointed as a non-executive, independent director in 1995 and as Chairman of the Audit Committee in 1997. He qualified as a chartered accountant and is a professional director of companies. He was previously executive director of the Independent Development Trust where, among other activities, he was responsible for the internal audit and investments portfolios. Prior to that he was professor and head of the department of accountancy at the University of Durban Westville. He is a member of the King Committee on Corporate Governance, the Corporate Governance Forum, National Association of Corporate Directors (USA) and the Institute of Directors. He is also Chairman of Steinhoff International Holdings Limited, Exxaro Resources Limited and Mustek Limited, and a non-executive director of Alexander Forbes Equity Holdings Proprietary Limited, Sappi Limited and Lonmin plc. He chairs or serves on the audit committees of these and other organisations. He was co-chairman of the Oversight Panel of the World Bank and past Chairman and member of the external audit committee of the International Monetary Fund in Washington.
P A (Paul) Lister (50) LLB: Mr Lister was appointed to the board in 2006. He is currently Director of Legal Services and Company Secretary of Associated British Foods plc, having joined the ABF group in that role in January 2001. He was formerly associate general counsel of Diageo plc. He holds a law degree from University College London and is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales.
P M (Phinda) Madi (Prof) (50) BProc (Unizul), EDP (HEC Paris), EDP (Northwestern Chicago, USA): Professor Madi was appointed as a non-executive, independent director in November 2002. He obtained his law degree from the University of Zululand in 1987, and joined the French Bank of South Africa in that year as corporate banking and legal officer. From 1992 to 1994 he acted as in-house consultant on employment equity for the Standard Bank group. A founding member and commissioner of South Africa's Black Economic Empowerment Commission, he is also a founder of several consulting and publishing companies and author of three books on business strategy and transformation. In 2001, he was appointed visiting professor of business leadership studies at Rhodes University. He is a non-executive director of Nampak Limited, Sovereign Food Investments Limited and The SPAR Group Limited. He is also controlling shareholder and Chairman of Allcare Medical Aid Administrators (Pty) Ltd and Respiratory Care Africa (Pty) Ltd.
C W N (Nosipho) Molope (49) BSc (Medical Sciences), BCompt (Hons), CA(SA): Mrs Molope was appointed as a non-executive, independent director in 2008. After qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1999, she was appointed finance executive of Akulalwa Corporate Advisors. In 2001, she joined Wipcapital as manager: specialised funds management, and later that year was appointed group financial executive of Viamax, a subsidiary of Transnet Limited. In 2004, she joined Zungu Investments Company as financial director, and in 2005 was appointed as chief financial officer of the Financial Services Board. She resigned in December 2008 to focus on her role as a professional non-executive director of companies. She is also a director of several other companies including Andulela Investments Holdings Limited, BHP Billiton Energy Coal South Africa, Engen Limited, Nampak Limited, Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South Africa), Old Mutual Life Holdings (South Africa) Limited, MTN Proprietary Limited and three other MTN subsidiaries, and Wesizwe Platinum Limited.
A R (Ami) Mpungwe (Tanzanian) (63) BA (Hons); PGD International Law and Diplomacy (University of Zambia), SMP (University of Pretoria), Leadership Certificate Programme (Kagiso Leadership School): Mr Mpungwe was appointed as a non-executive, independent director with effect from 1 September 2009. He was the first Tanzanian High Commissioner to South Africa. He retired in 1999 after 25 years' service in the Tanzanian diplomatic service, and has a wealth of political and commercial experience in operating on the African continent. He is a non-executive director of three of Illovo's operating subsidiaries: Illovo Sugar (Malawi) Limited which is listed on the Malawi Stock Exchange, Zambia Sugar Plc which is listed on the Lusaka Stock Exchange, and Kilombero Sugar Company Limited in Tanzania. He is also a director of a number of other companies in Tanzania, and was previously a director of Illovo Sugar Limited from 2001 to 2006.
T S (Trevor) Munday (64) BCom: Mr Munday was appointed as a non-executive, independent director with effect from 9 March 2010. He spent his formative years from 1971 in a wide-ranging number of roles in financial and commercial management positions both in southern Africa and Europe. In the late 1980s, he was appointed finance and Commercial Director of AECI Explosives and Chemicals Limited. In 1990, he was appointed Managing Director of Dulux Paints and thereafter Managing Director of Polifin Limited. In 2001, he was appointed executive director and chief financial officer of Sasol Limited with responsibility also for corporate affairs and various other portfolios. In 2003, he assumed global responsibility for Sasol's chemical businesses and in 2005, he became deputy chief executive of Sasol Limited. At the end of 2006 he retired from executive roles and became a non-executive director of various companies. He is currently Chairman of Reunert Limited and the lead independent director of Barclays Africa Group Limited and Absa Bank Limited. He stepped down as lead independent director of Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited on 30 January 2014.
G M (Graham) Rhodes (52) BScEng(Chem) (Hons), ACMA, CGMA. Mr Rhodes was appointed as a non-executive director with effect from 1 September 2013. He is currently group Finance Director of AB Sugar, a division of Associated British Foods plc, having been appointed as such in March 2013. During the period 1984 until June 2012 he was employed by Air Products & Chemicals Inc, a US multinational company, where in many parts of the world he held various senior management positions, including chief financial officer for Europe, vice president and Managing Director of its European liquid bulk business, accountable for growth strategy and strategic plans as well as business expansion into Russia, Turkey and the Middle East. He has also held past directorships at Air Products Plc, Air Products Middle East, Air Products Russia and CryoService Limited.