Lead Independent Non-Executive Director | Steinhoff International Holdings Limited
2010 - present

Senior Independent Director | Sappi Limited
2006 - present

Trustee | Absa Foundation

Vice President | Institute of Directors in South Africa (IoD)

Chairperson | Absa Group Retirement Fund

Deputy Chairman | Absa Bank Limited

Chief Executive Officer | Sankorp Limited
1994 - 1997

Chief Executive Officer | Murray & Roberts Holdings Limited
1986 - 1986

Chief Executive Officer | M&R Industrial Services Limited
1983 - 1983

Managing Director | RUC Mining Contracting Co (Pty) Ltd
1974 - 1983

Manager | RUC Mining Contracting Co (Pty) Ltd
1970 - 1974

Section Manager | Western Deep Levels
1967 - 1970

London School of Economics and Political Science

Certificate of of Business Administration

University of Port Elizabeth

Honorary Doctor of Commerce

Graduate Institute of Management and Technology

Graduate Diploma in Company Direction

University of the Witwatersrand

Master of Science

Business Statesman of the Year | Harvard Business School Club

Engineer of the Year | SA Society for Professional Engineers

Marketing Man of the Year | IMM

Top Businessman Award | Business Times

Millennium Labour Council

Member

Board of Trustees, Wildlife Fund

Member

Institute of Marketing Management (IMM)

Member

National Business Initiative

Chairman

Business Trust

Co-Chairman