INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Wendy Lucas-Bull

Chairman

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INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Wendy Lucas-Bull

(70)
BSc, Chairman
  • Appointed as a director of Shoprite Holdings on 1 October 2020
  • Appointed as member of the Finance and Investment Committee on 2 September 2021
  • Appointed as member of the Remuneration Committee on 11 March 2021
  • Appointed as Independent chairman of the Shoprite Holdings Board on 16 November 2020
  • Appointed as chairman of the Nomination Committee on 16 November 2020
  • Chairman of Absa Group, Absa Bank and Absa Financial Services until March 2022

 

Nonkululeko Gobodo

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INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Nonkululeko Gobodo

(63)
CA(SA), BCompt (Hons)
  • Lead Independent Director of the Board
  • Appointed as a director of Shoprite Holdings on 11 May 2021
  • Appointed as chairman of the Social and Ethics Committee on 14 November 2022
  • Appointed as member of the Nomination Committee on 2 September 2021
  • Appointed as member of the Audit & Risk Committee on 11 May 2021
  • Serves on the board of PPC Ltd and Net 1 Technologies Inc., a company listed on Nasdaq stock exchange, is a member of the Gauteng Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission and joint caretaker at the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA)
  • Previously served on the boards of Clicks Group, Mercedes-Benz SA, Imperial, the SA Maritime Authority, South African Revenue Service, IRBA and the Senior Partners Forum of the SA Institute of Chartered Accountants

Peter Cooper

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INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Peter Cooper

(68)
CA(SA), BCom (Hons), H.Dip Tax Law
  • Appointed as a director of Shoprite Holdings on 11 August 2021
  • Appointed as chairman of the Remuneration Committee on 14 November 2022
  • Appointed as member of the Nomination Committee on 4 March 2022
  • Appointed as member of the Finance and Investment Committee on 2 September 2021
  • Serves on the board of Momentum Metropolitan Holdings
  • Previously served on the boards of RMI Holdings, Discovery, FirstRand and OUTsurance

Linda de Beer

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INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Linda de Beer

(54)
CA(SA), MCom (Tax), CD(SA)
  • Appointed as a director of Shoprite Holdings on 11 May 2021
  • Appointed as chairman of the Audit & Risk Committee on 2 September 2021
  • Appointed as member of the Finance and Investment Committee on 2 September 2021
  • Appointed as member of the Audit & Risk Committee on 11 May 2021
  • Serves on the boards of Aspen and Momentum Metropolitan Holdings 
  • Appointed Chairperson of the Public Interest Oversight Board (PIOB) in April 2020
  • Previous member of the King Committee on Corporate Governance and Chair of the Financial Reporting Investigations Panel of the JSE 
  • Previously served on the board of Tongaat Hulett

Graham Dempster

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INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Graham Dempster

(68)
CA(SA), BCom, Harvard Business School AMP
  • Appointed as a director of Shoprite Holdings on 15 November 2021
  • Appointed as member of the Audit and Risk Committee on 4 March 2022
  • Appointed as member of the Finance and Investment Committee on 4 March 2022
  • More than 35 years’ experience in the banking and financial services industry both in South Africa and internationally
  • Serves as Lead Independent Director of Sun International.

Dawn Marole

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INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Dawn Marole

(63)
BCom (Acc), MBA, DTE
  • Appointed as a director of Shoprite Holdings on 4 March 2022
  • Appointed as member of the Social and Ethics Committee on 4 March 2022
  • Serves on the boards of Resilient REIT, Richards Bay Minerals (Pty) Ltd, Santam Group Ltd and Wetback Contractors (Pty) Ltd, Chairman of Datika Capital Investments
  • A member of the Presidential State-Owned Enterprises Council
  • Previously served on the boards, MTN Group Ltd, Development Bank of Southern Africa, JP Morgan Sub-Sahara, Presidential Review Committee (SOE)

Sipho Maseko

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INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Sipho Maseko

(55)
BA LLB
  • Appointed as a director of Shoprite Holdings on 27 June 2023
  • Appointed member of the Finance and Investment Committee on 30 August 2023 
  • Chairman and board member of Heidrick and Struggles
  • Serves on the board of Airlink
  • Previously served on the boards of Telkom, BP Southern Africa, Vodacom and Afrox 

Prof. Hlengani Mathebula

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INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Prof. Hlengani Mathebula

(57)
BA, BTh (Hons), MM (Master of Management), PhD
  • Appointed as a director of Shoprite Holdings on 27 June 2023
  • Appointed member of the Social and Ethics Committee on 30 August 2023
  • Professor of Strategy, Finance and Investment at the Turfloop Graduate School of Leadership, University of Limpopo
  • Chairman of the Media Development and Diversity Agency and the Black Business Executive Circle
  • Independent non-executive director of the Health Professionals Council of SA
  • Previously served on the boards of BMW SA, Eskom Pension Fund, African Leadership Group, ABSA fund Managers, ABSA Investment Management Services (AIMS) and ABSA Brokers and was a founder member of the Black Business Council 

Paul Norman

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INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Paul Norman

(58)
MA Psych, MBA (IMD, Switzerland)
  • Appointed as a director of Shoprite Holdings on 4 March 2022
  • Appointed as member of the Social and Ethics Committee on 1 September 2022
  • Appointed as member of the Remuneration Committee on 4 March 2022
  • Holds directorships in various other public/private companies
  • Currently Chief Human Resources Officer at MTN Group

Eileen Wilton

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INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Eileen Wilton

(64)
BCom, PGDDB, CD(SA)
  • Appointed as a director of Shoprite Holdings on 11 August 2021
  • Appointed as member of the Audit and Risk Committee on 2 September 2021
  • Appointed as member of the Social and Ethics Committee on 2 September 2021
  • Serves on the boards of Sasfin Bank and Holdings, Growthpoint Properties Ltd, and the Institute of Directors of South Africa (IoDSA)
  • Previously co-chair of the Cape Town Chapter of Business Engage 30% Club – to promote women in leadership

     NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Dr Christo Wiese

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NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Dr Christo Wiese

(82)
BA LLB, DCom (hc)
  • Appointed to the Shoprite Holdings Board on 30 October 1991 
  • Appointed Chairperson and member of the Finance and Investment Committee on 2 September 2021 
  • Member of the Nomination Committee 
  • Member of the Remuneration Committee 
  • Former Chairman of the Shoprite Holdings Board, stepped down as Chairman on 16 November 2020 
  • Chairman of Tradehold Ltd and Invicta Holdings Ltd 
  • Serves as a Non-executive Director on the boards of Brait SE Ltd

Adv. Jacob Wiese

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ALTERNATE NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Adv. Jacob Wiese

(43)
BA Stellenbosch, M International Economics (Milan), LLB UCT
  • Appointed as alternate director of Shoprite Holdings in 2005
  • Serves on the boards of various listed companies including Invicta Holdings Ltd and Fairvest Ltd
  • Advocate of the High Court of South Africa

     EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Pieter Engelbrecht

Chief Executive Officer

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Pieter Engelbrecht

(54)
CA(SA), BCompt Hons , Chief Executive Officer
Experience with the Group:
  • Joined the Group in 1997
  • Appointed to the board of Shoprite Holdings and as Chief Executive Officer on 1 January 2017
  • Served as Shoprite Holdings alternate director and as Chief Operating Officer of Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd from 2005 to 31 December 2016
  • Director of Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd 

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Anton de Bruyn

Chief Financial Officer

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Anton de Bruyn

(52)
CA(SA), BCompt Hons, Chief Financial Officer
Experience with the Group:
  • Joined Shoprite Checkers in 2000
  • Appointed to the board of Shoprite Holdings and as Chief Financial Officer on 2 July 2018
  • Appointed as a director of Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd in July 2018
  • Serves on the Boards of various other Group subsidiaries
  • Serves on the Social and Ethics Committee