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Paul Heinamann: Chairman
(64) |
Appointed:
24 June 1986. Appointed chairman on
2 February 2004
Qualifications:
AMP (INSEAD), FSRM (SA)
Former chief executive of Alexander
Forbes (1989 to 1998). Former president
of the South African Insurance Brokers’
Association and the Insurance Institute
of Southern Africa. |
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Forbes responsibilities include: |
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Chairman of the boards
of Guardrisk Holdings Limited, Guardrisk
Insurance Company Limited, Guardrisk Life
Limited and Alexander Forbes Insurance Company
Limited. |
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Director of Alexander
Forbes South Africa Holdings (Pty) Limited,
Alexander Forbes South Africa Intermediate
Holdings (Pty) Limited, Alexander Forbes
Group (Pty) Limited. |
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Trustee of the employee
share incentive trusts and director of the
employee investment companies. |
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Attendance of Alexander
Forbes International Limited board meetings. |
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Chairman of the Non-Life
Underwriting Committee. |
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Member of the Acquisitions
Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination
Committee. |
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| 2. John
Robins: Deputy
Chairman (British) (67) |
Appointed:
25 July 2002. Appointed Deputy Chairman
on 2 February 2004
Qualifications:
FACT
John previously served as group chief
executive of multinational general,
life and healthcare insurance group,
Guardian Royal Exchange plc (“GRE”),
which was acquired in 1999 by the
multinational insurance group Axa
Group. Prior to his time with GRE
he was group finance director of international
insurance broker, Willis Group. John
is also former chairman of the Policy
Holders’ Protection board and
the British Insurers’ International
Committee. |
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Forbes responsibilities include: |
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Chairman of the board
of Alexander Forbes International Limited. |
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Director of Alexander
Forbes Risk Services Limited, with regulatory
responsibilities to the UK Financial Services
Authority. |
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Trustee of the employee
share incentive trusts and director of the
employee investment companies. |
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Chairman of the International
Audit Committee and the Acquisitions Committee. |
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Member of the Group Audit
Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination
Committee. |
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| 3. Theo
Bohlmann: Director
(57) |
Appointed:
7 December 1989.
Qualifications:
BCompt (Hons), CA(SA)
Theo qualified as a chartered accountant
with PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. He
is former CEO of Janssen Pharmaceuticals
and former operations director of
Servgro. |
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Forbes responsibilities include: |
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Director of Alexander
Forbes Life Limited, Investment Solutions
Holdings Limited, Investment Solutions Limited,
SuperFlex Limited, Guardrisk Holdings Limited,
Guardrisk Insurance Company Limited, Guardrisk
Life Limited and Alexander Forbes Insurance
Company Limited. |
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Chairman of the Africa
Audit Committee, Alexander Forbes Life Audit
Committee, Guardrisk Audit Committee, Investment
Solutions Audit Committee and the Life Underwriting
Committee. |
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Member of the Group Audit
Committee and Non-Life Underwriting Committee.
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| 4. Wendy
Lucas-Bull: Director
(52) |
Appointed:
5 May 2006
Qualifications:
BSc
Wendy is founding director of Peotona
Group and serves on the boards of
Development Bank of Southern Africa,
Eskom and Dimension Data plc. Previously
Wendy was CEO of the retail business
of FirstRand (which included First
National Bank, WesBank, eBucks, OUTsurance
and FirstLink). Prior to that she
was an executive director of Rand
Merchant Bank and was an international
partner of Andersen Consulting (now
Accenture). |
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| 5. Mark
Nicholls: Director
(British) (57) |
Appointed:
12 May 2004
Qualifications:
MA, MBA
Having qualified as a solicitor with
Linklaters, Mark became head of corporate
finance at SG Warburg and in 1995
became a main board director of the
SG Warburg Group. More recently he
was managing director of the Royal
Bank of Scotland’s private equity
group. |
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Forbes responsibilities include: |
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Director of Alexander
Forbes International Limited and Alexander
Forbes Risk Services Limited. |
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Member of the Group Audit
Committee, International Audit Committee
and Acquisitions Committee. |
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| 6. Alan
van Biljon: Director
(59) |
Appointed:
7 October 2005
Qualifications:
BCom, CA(SA), MBA
Alan served as chief financial officer
of the Standard Bank Group from 1996
to 2002. Prior to this, Alan was group
financial director of Kersaf Investments
from 1991 to 1996 and of Sun International
from 1985 to 1991. He manages a specialised
financial consultancy under the name
of van Biljon and Associates. He is
chairman of Peermont Global Limited
and a non-executive director of MTN
and Hans Merensky Holdings. |
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Forbes responsibilities include: |
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Chairman of the Non-Executive
Sub-Committee • Member of the Group
Audit Committee and Africa Audit Committee. |
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| 7. Peet
van der Walt: Director
(67) |
Appointed:
29 November 1977
Qualifications:
BCom, CA(SA)
Former managing director and chief
executive of Federale Volksbeleggings
Bpk and chairman of Servgro. Non-executive
chairman of Alexander Forbes Limited
from 1997 to 1999. |
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Forbes responsibilities include: |
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Trustee of the employee
share incentive trusts and director of the
employee investment companies. |
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Chairman of the Group
Audit Committee. |
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Member of the Africa
Audit Committee, International Audit Committee,
Acquisitions Committee, Remuneration Committee
and Nomination Committee. |
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| 8. Jannie
Durand: Director
(39) |
Appointed:
5 October 2004
Qualifications:
BAcc, BAcc (Hons), M.Phil (Management
Studies), CA(SA)
Jannie is currently the chief executive
officer of Venfin Limited. |
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Forbes responsibilities include: |
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Chairman of the Remuneration
Committee and Nomination Committee. |
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Member of the Acquisitions
Committee. |
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Attendance of Group Audit
Committee and Africa Audit Committee meetings. |
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| 9. Cyril
Ramaphosa: Director
(53) |
Appointed:
17 September 2002
Qualifications:
BProc
Cyril was co-founder of the National
Union of Mineworkers and General Secretary
from 1982 to 1991. In 1991, Cyril
was elected Secretary General of the
ANC. He became a Member of Parliament
in 1994 and was chairperson of the
Constitutional Assembly. Cyril left
active politics in 1996. He is executive
chairman of the Shanduka Group and
non-executive director of a number
of companies. |
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Forbes responsibilities include: |
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Chairman of the boards
of Alexander Forbes South Africa Holdings
(Pty) Limited, Alexander Forbes South Africa
Intermediate Holdings (Pty) Limited and
Alexander Forbes Group (Pty) Limited. |
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Director of Alexander
Forbes Risk & Insurance Services, Alexander
Forbes Financial Services, Investment Solutions
Holdings Limited, Investment Solutions Limited
and SuperFlex Limited. |
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| Alternate Director |
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| 10. Gregory
Roberts-Baxter: Alternate
Director to Jannie Durand (33) |
Appointed:
17 February 2005
Qualifications:
BSc, MSc, MBA
Gregory has a number of years experience
in private equity. Prior to that,
he headed a special initiatives division
at a major South African bank focusing
primarily on acquisitions, joint ventures
and strategic alliances. In addition,
he spent a number of years in strategic
management consulting with a global
strategy consultancy and has experience
in building a start-up business. He
is a Chazen scholar of Columbia Business
School in New York (with honours)
and has published a number of pieces
in local and international journals
and conferences. |
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| 11. Rael
Gordon: Group
Chief Executive (38) |
Appointed:
1 April 2002
Qualifications:
BSc, FFA, CFA
Former chief executive of Investment
Solutions. Prior to joining Investment
Solutions, Rael headed the Alexander
Forbes Asset Consulting unit, and
prior to that worked at Standard Corporate
and Merchant Bank and also spent a
number of years as an actuary in the
life insurance industry. |
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| 12. Peter
Moyo: Group
Chief Executive Elect (43) |
Appointed:
1 April 2006
Qualifications:
AMP (Harvard), BCompt (Hons), CA(SA),
CA(Z), HDipTax (Law)
Peter joined Alexander Forbes on 1
November 2005. Prior to this, he was
deputy managing director of Old Mutual
South Africa, a position he held from
October 2000. Until then, he was Chief
Executive of Old Mutual Employee Benefits.
Peter was also a partner of Ernst
& Young from 1994 to 1997. |
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| 13. Mike
Ilsley: Group
Finance Director (45) |
Appointed:
12 November 1999
Qualifications:
BCom, BAcc, CA(SA)
Prior to joining Alexander Forbes
in 1999, Mike was a partner of international
accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers.
He was responsible for the audits
of a number of the firm’s large
SA clients and his wider experience
included business valuations and due
diligence investigations. Mike has
previously served as a member of the
Accounting Practices Committee of
the South African Institute of Chartered
Accountants. |
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| 14. John
Vickers: Group
Development Director (38) |
Appointed:
7 October 2005
Qualifications:
BCom, BAcc, CA(SA)
John left KPMG to join Alexander Forbes
in 1994 with responsibility for Corporate
Finance. In July 1998, John joined
Investment Solutions as chief operating
officer and was subsequently appointed
Financial Director of the Investment
Solutions group. Following the delisting
of Investment Solutions in 2003, John
returned to Alexander Forbes as Africa
Financial Director. On 7 October 2005,
John was appointed as Group Development
Director. |
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