Linda De Beer

Age

49

Qualifications

Chartered Director (SA); Chartered Accountant (SA); MCOM Tax (Pretoria),
Professor (UJ)

Designation

Independent non-executive director

Date of appointment

30 November 2017 - Board

 

30 November 2017 - Audit committee

 

9 May 2018 - Remuneration and nominations committee

Board committee membership

Audit committee (chairman) and Remuneration and nominations committee

Significant directorships

Aspen Finance, Royal Bafokeng Platinum, Safin Holdings, Sasfin Bank

Number of non-significant directorships

1

Experience:Linda is a reporting and corporate governance advisor. She also serves as chair of the JSE’s Financial Reporting Investigations Panel, member of the King Committee on Corporate Governance in South Africa (served on the King IV Task Team) and JSE’s Issuers’ Regulatory Advisory Committee.

Thanaseelan Gobalsamy (Seelan)

Age

42

Qualifications

Chartered Accountant (SA) AMP (Harvard)

Designation

Independent non-executive director

Date of appointment

10 September 2018 - Board

 

10 September 2018 - Audit committee

Board Committee membership

Audit committee

Significant directorships

Bidvest Life Limited

Number of non-significant directorships

2

Skills and expertise: Finance, business management, strategy, mergers and acquisitions.

Experience:He is an accomplished, internationally experienced business leader, from the financial services sector. He has assumed senior leadership roles across Emerging Markets for close to 20 years including key leadership roles as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director. He served as Chief Executive of Emerging Markets for Liberty Holdings and previously the Group Chief Executive of STANLIB Group.

Prior to this he was Managing Director of Old Mutual Corporate.

Ronald Clifford Bowen

Age

66

Qualifications

BSc (Hons)

Designation

Independent non-executive director

Date appointed to board

28 September 2011

Board committee membership

Audit committee

Significant directorships

None

Skills and expertise: Business management, strategy, global & local governance, Chemicals industry

Experience: Former senior executive, managing speciality chemical businesses on 5 continents for Süd-Chemie AG, Germany for 30 years. He also worked for Ashland Chemicals Inc. of the United States. He has served on several boards, both locally and internationally, as managing director, executive director and chairman with joint-venture shareholders such as Sasol Limited, the Industrial Development Corporation, Central Energy Fund (CEF) Limited and PetroSA. He is a council member of a large global marketing consultancy.

Linda De Beer

Age

49

Qualifications

Chartered Director (SA); Chartered Accountant (SA); MCOM Tax (Pretoria),
Professor (UJ)

Designation

Independent non-executive director

Date of appointment

30 November 2017 - Board

 

30 November 2017 - Audit committee

 

9 May 2018 - Remuneration and nominations committee

Board committee membership

Audit committee (chairman) and Remuneration and nominations committee

Significant directorships

Aspen Finance, Royal Bafokeng Platinum, Safin Holdings, Sasfin Bank

Number of non-significant directorships

1

Experience:Linda is a reporting and corporate governance advisor. She also serves as chair of the JSE’s Financial Reporting Investigations Panel, member of the King Committee on Corporate Governance in South Africa (served on the King IV Task Team) and JSE’s Issuers’ Regulatory Advisory Committee.

Rod Humphris

Age

61

Qualifications

BSc (Chem Eng); BCom

Title

Non-executive chairman (appointed 1 June 2017)

Date appointed to board

11 March 1999 as executive managing director

Date of resignation

31 May 2017 as managing director

Board committee memberships

Remuneration and nominations committee and Social, ethics and risk committee

Significant directorships

Chairman of Chemical and Allied Industries’ Association (CAIA)

Number of non-significant directorships

None

Skills and expertise: Business management, strategy, engineering, financial, chemical industry, risk management

Experience: After an initial period in the gold mining industry, Rod joined Omnia as a project engineer in 1982. After occupying various positions within the Omnia Group, he was appointed as the managing director of Omnia Fertilizer in 1995 and Group managing director of Omnia Holdings Limited in 1999. Appointed as non-independent, non-executive chairman of the Group on 1 June 2017. He also served the president of the Fertilizer Society of South Africa.

Ralph Havenstein

Age

60

Qualifications

BCom; MSc (Chem Eng)

Designation

Lead independent non-executive director

Date appointed to board

6 November 2007

Board committee memberships

Social, ethics and risk committee and Remuneration and nominations committee (chairman)

Significant directorships

Northam Platinum Limited, Murray & Roberts Holdings Limited

Number of non-significant directorships

6

Skills and expertise: Engineering, governance, risk management, strategy, chemicals and mining industry

Experience: Previously served as director of Anglo Platinum, Simmer and Jack, Mintek and Sasol and on councils of Chamber of Mines and Chemical and Allied Industries' Association (CAIA).

Frank Desmond Butler

Age

65

Qualifications

BSc (Chem Eng); MBA

Designation

Independent non-executive director

Date appointed to board

27 September 2002

Board committee memberships

Social, ethics and risk committee chairman and audit committee (resigned 20 March 2017)

Significant directorships

None

Skills and expertise: Risk management, strategy and chemical industry

Experience: Frank is a private consultant in risk management and business strategies, previously a professional engineer fellow of IRMSA, he has occupied senior positions, including chairman of CRM International from 1980 to 2001.

Rod Humphris

Age

61

Qualifications

BSc (Chem Eng); BCom

Title

Non-executive chairman (appointed 1 June 2017)

Date appointed to board

11 March 1999 as executive managing director

Date of resignation

31 May 2017 as managing director

Board committee memberships

Remuneration and nominations committee and Social, ethics and risk committee

Significant directorships

Chairman of Chemical and Allied Industries’ Association (CAIA)

Number of non-significant directorships

None

Skills and expertise: Business management, strategy, engineering, financial, chemical industry, risk management

Experience: After an initial period in the gold mining industry, Rod joined Omnia as a project engineer in 1982. After occupying various positions within the Omnia Group, he was appointed as the managing director of Omnia Fertilizer in 1995 and Group managing director of Omnia Holdings Limited in 1999. Appointed as non-independent, non-executive chairman of the Group on 1 June 2017. He also served the president of the Fertilizer Society of South Africa.

Ralph Havenstein

Age

60

Qualifications

BCom; MSc (Chem Eng)

Designation

Lead independent non-executive director

Date appointed to board

6 November 2007

Board committee memberships

Social, ethics and risk committee and Remuneration and nominations committee (chairman)

Significant directorships

Northam Platinum Limited, Murray & Roberts Holdings Limited

Number of non-significant directorships

6

Skills and expertise: Engineering, governance, risk management, strategy, chemicals and mining industry

Experience: Previosly served as director of Anglo Platinum, Simmer and Jack, Mintek and Sasol and on councils of Chamber of Mines and Chemical and Allied Industries' Association (CAIA).

Adriaan de Lange

Age

42

Qualifications

Chartered Accountant (SA)

Designation

Group managing director

Date appointed to board

1 June 2017

Board committee memberships

Social, ethics and risk committee

Significant directorships

None

Experience: Adriaan joined the Group in 2003 as financial controller for BME and was promoted to financial manager, where he played an important part in developing and implementing the Mining division’s business strategy. In 2007, he was transferred to Omnia Fertilizer as financial manager and was soon thereafter promoted to financial director of Omnia Fertilizer. He thereafter held various positions in Omnia Fertilizer, including the position of director: Supply Chain, before he was appointed as managing director of Omnia Fertilizer: RSA in 2012. He was appointed as Group managing director with effect from 1 June 2017.