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EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Basson Dr JW Basson (66)
BCom CTA CA(SA) DCom (hc)
Chief Executive Officer
– Joined Pep Stores Ltd as financial manager in 1971.
– Appointed as CEO of Shoprite Holdings in 1979.
– Managing director of Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd.
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Goossen CG Goosen (59)
BCom Hons CA(SA)
Deputy Managing Director and Financial Director 
– Joined the Pepkor Group as financial manager in 1983.
– Appointed as financial director of Shoprite Holdings in 1993.
– Director of Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd and various other group subsidiaries.
Harisunker B Harisunker (60)
Divisional Manager
– Joined Checkers in 1969.
– Appointed to the board of Shoprite Holdings in 2002.
– Director of Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd and various other group subsidiaries.
– Responsible for the group’s retail operations in Mauritius, Madagascar and Mozambique and international sourcing.
AE Karp (53)
General Manager: Furniture Division

– Joined OK Bazaars in 1990.
– Appointed to the board of Shoprite Holdings in 2005.
– Director of Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd and various other group subsidiaries.
Nel EL Nel (63)
BCom CTA CA(SA)
General Manager: Retail Investments
– Joined the Shoprite Group in 1997.
– Appointed to the board of Shoprite Holdings in 2005.
– Director of Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd and various other group subsidiaries.
weyers BR Weyers (60)
General Manager: Marketing and Product Development
– Joined the Shoprite Group in 1980.
– Appointed as director of Shoprite Holdings in 1997.
– Director of Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd. 
– Serves on the Social and Ethics Committee.
 
EXECUTIVE ALTERNATE DIRECTORS
Basson JAL

JAL Basson (36)
B Acc
General Manager: Hungry Lion
– Appointed as Shoprite Holdings alternate director in 2005.
– Director of Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd and various other group subsidiaries.
– Serves on the Social and Ethics Committee.

Bosman

M Bosman (55)
B Acc Hons CA(SA)
General Manager: Group Finance
– Appointed as Shoprite Holdings alternate director in 2005.
– Director of Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd and various other group subsidiaries.
– Serves on the Social and Ethics Committee.

Engelbrecht

PC Engelbrecht (43)
BCompt Hons CA(SA)
Chief Operating Officer
– Appointed as Shoprite Holdings alternate director in 2005.
– Director of Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd and various other group subsidiaries.

 
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Wiese Dr CH Wiese (70)
BA LLB DCom (hc)
Chairman
– Appointed as Chairman of Shoprite Holdings in 1991.
– Chairs the Remuneration and Nomination Committees.
– Chairperson of Pepkor Holdings Ltd, Tradehold Ltd and Invicta Holdings Ltd.
– Serves as a non-executive director on the board of Brait SA Ltd.
 
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Rademeyer JG Rademeyer (63)
BCom CTA CA (SA)
– Appointed as director of Shoprite Holdings in 2002.
– Lead Independent director and Chairperson of the Audit and Risk Committee.
Rademeyer JJ Fouché (64)
BCom LLB
– Re-appointed as director of Shoprite Holdings in 2012.
– Former member of the Shoprite Holdings Audit and Risk, Remuneration and Nomination Committees.
– Serves as a non-executive director of Pepkor Holdings Ltd. 
 

EC Kieswetter (53)
B Ed (Science Education)
MCom (cum laude) (SA and International Tax)
Executive MBA (Strategy and Business Transformation) (UK)
MA (Science Education – Cognitive Development)
– Appointed as a director of Shoprite Holdings in 2010.
– Serves on the Nomination and Remuneration Committees. 
– Group Chief Executive of Alexander Forbes Equity Holdings (Pty) Ltd and holds various directorships within Alexander Forbes group subsidiaries.
– Previous Deputy Commissioner at SARS and member of the National Treasury Tax Revenue Committee.

Louw JA Louw (68) 
BSc Hons B(B&A) Hons
– Appointed as director of Shoprite Holdings in 1991.
– Chairperson of the Social and Ethics Committee.
– Serves on the Audit and Risk, Remuneration and Nomination
Committees.
– Holds directorships in various private companies.
Malherbe JF Malherbe (83)
BCom LLB
– Appointed as a director of Shoprite Holdings in 1999.
– Serves on the Audit and Risk Committee.
– Previous President of the Law Society of South Africa, the Attorneys Fidelity Fund and the Attorneys Insurance Indemnity Fund.
Malherbe Dr ATM Mokgokong (55)
MB ChB, D Comm (hc)
– Appointed as a director of Shoprite Holdings in 2012.
– Executive Chairperson of Community Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd and Non-Executive Chairperson of Rebosis Property Fund Ltd and Jasco Electronics Ltd.
– Serves on the boards of Afrocentric Ltd and Medscheme Ltd.
– Serves on the advisory committee of the University of Pretoria within the Department of Economics and Management Sciences.
Malherbe Mr JA Rock (42)
BA (Hons), MA, ACA
– Appointed as a director of Shoprite Holdings in 2012.
– Qualified chartered accountant.
– Previous Group Executive at SARS.
– Currently appointed as General Manager at Exxaro Services.
   
NON-EXECUTIVE ALTERNATE DIRECTOR
Wiese JD JD Wiese (31)
BA, MIEM (Italy), LLB
– Appointed as alternate director of Shoprite Holdings in 2005.
– Serves on the boards of various listed companies.
– Advocate of the High Court of South Africa.

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