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="Barloworld: Barloworld: Donald Wilson Barloworld: Peter Blackbeard
Clive Bradney Thomson
Chief executive officer
Donald Gert Wilson
Group finance director
Peter John Blackbeard
Chief executive officer: Handling
Qualifications: BCom (Hons), CA(SA), MPhil (Cantab)
Business address: Barloworld Corporate Office, 180 Katherine Street, Sandton 
Nationality: South African
Age: 45
Profile:
Clive joined Barloworld in 1997 and was appointed to the Barloworld board in 2003 as finance director. He was subsequently appointed as chief executive officer of the Equipment division and then as chief executive officer of Barloworld on 18 December 2006. Previously he was a partner at Deloitte. In 1993 he completed his Master of Philosophy Degree at Cambridge University, England in the Economics and Politics of Development. Clive is a board member of Business Leadership South Africa.
Qualifications: BCom CTA, CA(SA)
Business address: Barloworld Corporate Office, 180 Katherine Street, Sandton
Nationality: South African
Age: 55 
Profile:
Don rejoined Barloworld as finance director in 2006 and was appointed to the Barloworld board in September 2006. Previously he was executive director – Finance at Sappi Limited.
Qualifications: BSc Eng (Mech) (Hons), Dip Business Management
Business address: Barloworld Handling Ltd,Unit A5, Westacott Business Centre, Maidenhead Office Park, Westacott Way, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 3RT
Nationality: South African
Age: 55 
Profile:
John joined Barloworld in 1996 and was appointed to the Barloworld board in 2004. He was chief executive officer of the Scientific division prior to disposal of that business and in 2007 he was appointed chief executive officer of Barloworld Handling (formerly Barloworld Industrial Distribution). John was previously chief operating officer of PPC.
Barloworld: Peter Bulterman Barloworld: Martin Laubscher Barloworld: Oupa Shongwe
Peter John Bulterman
Chief executive officer: Equipment
southern Africa and Russia
Martin Laubscher
Chief executive officer:
Automotive and Logistics
Oupa Isaac Shongwe
Executive director: Human Resources, Strategy, Sustainability
Qualifications: HDip Mechanical Engineering, 
Business address: Barloworld Corporate Office, 180 Katherine Street, Sandton
Nationality: South African
Age: 55
Profile:
Peter joined Barloworld in 1975 as a bursar and was appointed to the Barloworld board on 1 October 2009. He was appointed chief executive officer of Equipment Southern Africa in July 2007 and chairman of Barloworld Equipment UK. Prior to his appointment as CEO in July 2007, Peter served as chief operations officer for Equipment Southern Africa.
Qualifications: BAcc, BCompt (Hons), CTA, MCom (Business Management)
Business address: 6 Anvil Road, Isando, 1601  
Nationality: South African 
Age: 52 
Profile:
Martin joined Barloworld in 1980 as a bursar and was appointed to the Barloworld board in May 2005. He was appointed chief executive officer of the Automotive division in 2003, and chief executive officer of the Automotive and Logistics division following the integration of logistics into automotive on 1 May 2011. 
Qualifications: BA (Hons) US, MPhil (Oxon)
Business address: Barloworld Corporate Office, 180 Katherine Street, Sandton   
Nationality: South African
Age: 50
Profile:
Isaac joined Barloworld Logistics Africa as an executive director for Business development and Transformation in 2005. He was appointed executive director for Barloworld and chief executive officer for Barloworld Logistics Africa in January 2007 and chief executive officer of the Barloworld Logistics division on 1 January 2009. Isaac was appointed Human Resources, Strategy and Sustainability director on 1 July 2011.
Barloworld: Dominic Sewela Barloworld: Viktor Salzmann Barloworld: Ian Stevens
Dominic Sewela
Chief operating officer :
Equipment South Africa
Viktor Salzmann
Chief executive officer:
Iberia and Global Power
Ian Stevens
Group General Manager:
Finance
Qualifications: BSc. Chemical Engineering , 
Business address: Barloworld Equipment, 180 Katherine Street, Sandton, 2196
Nationality: South African
Age: 48
Profile:
Dominic rejoined Barloworld in 2007 (previously joined in 1994) as CEO to the Equipment Division South Africa. Subsequently, combined with his role in 2009, he was appointed Chairman and Executive Director of the Equipment Division in Angola, Botswana and Namibia and in 2010, Chairman and Executive Director of Barloworld Power Southern Africa. Prior to joining Barloworld, Dominic was Deputy Managing Director of Afgri Limited.
Qualifications: Eidg Dipl Kaufmann
Business address: Barloworld Finanzauto, Avenida de Madrid, Madrid, Spain  
Nationality: Spanish
Age: 65 
Profile:
Viktor joined Barloworld in 1969 in the Product Support division. In 1984 he was appointed General Product Support Manager Southern Africa and then in 1989 became the General Manager for the Barlow Trade and Finance Company. In 1993 he was appointed C.I.O. and Director for After Sales, Barloworld Iberia before becoming C.E.O. of Barloworld Iberia in 2007. In 2001 Viktor was appointed C.E.O. of Barloworld Iberia and Barloworld Global Power.
Qualifications:BCom CA(SA)
Business address: Barloworld Corporate Office, 180 Katherine Street, Sandton   
Nationality: South African
Age: 62
Profile:
Ian joined Barloworld in 1984 and was appointed to the Rand Mines Coal Division board in 1987 as finance director. He was subsequently appointed as finance director of the Rand Mines Group and then as finance director of PPC in 1994. Before being appointed as the Barloworld Group General Manager: Finance in Barloworld in 2004, Ian was finance director at Robor.
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