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BOARD OF DIRECTORS


Executive directors
Clive Thomson (43)
Chief executive officer
Business address: Barloworld Corporate Office
180 Katherine Street, Sandton, 2196
Nationality: South African
Age: 43
Qualifications: BCom (Hons), CA(SA), MPhil (Cantab)
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.
Don Wilson (52)
Finance director
Business address: Barloworld Corporate Office
180 Katherine Street, Sandton, 2196
Nationality: South African
Age: 52
Qualification: BCom CTA, CA(SA)
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.
John Blackbeard (52)
CEO: Barloworld Handling
Business address: Barloworld Handling, Ground Floor
Statesman House, Stafferton Way, Maidenhead, SL6 1AD
England
Nationality: South African
Age: 52
Qualifications: BSc Eng (Mech) (Hons), Dip Business Management
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.

 


Martin Laubscher (49)
CEO: Barloworld Automotive

Business address: 6 Anvil Road, Isando, 1601
Nationality: South African
Age: 49
Qualifications: BAcc, BCompt (Hons), CTA, MCom (Business
Management)

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. Previously he was the director responsible for the Automotive Group Franchise Operations.
Isaac Shongwe (47)
CEO: Barloworld Logistics

Business address: Barloworld Corporate Office
180 Katherine Street, Sandton, 2196
Nationality: South African
Age: 47
Qualifications: BA (Hons) US, MPhil (Oxon)
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. Isaac was appointed as chief executive officer of the Barloworld Logistics division on 1 January 2009.
Peter Bulterman (53)*
CEO: Barloworld Equipment
Southern Africa
Business address: Barloworld Equipment
180 Katherine Street, Sandton, 2196
Nationality: South African
Age: 53
Qualifications: HND Mechanical Engineering
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.

* Appointed to the Barloworld board with effect from 1 October 2009


Non-executive
Dumisa Ntsebeza (59)
Chairman

Business address: Fountain Chambers, Sundown Village Office
Park, 86 Maude Street, Sandown
Nationality: South African
Age: 59
Qualifications: LLB, BProc, BA, LLM (International Law)
Profile: Dumisa was appointed to the Barloworld board in May 1999. He is an advocate of the High Court of South Africa and a member of the Johannesburg Bar. In 2005 he was conferred the status of silk and was the first African advocate in the history of the Cape Bar to do so. He served as a commissioner on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and has been appointed from time to time, as acting judge of the High Court of South Africa. On 1 July 2009 Dumisa was appointed to serve on the Judicial
Services Commission (JSC).
Selby Baqwa (58)
Non-executive director

Business address: Block A, 1st Floor Nedcor Sandton
135 Rivonia Road, Sandown, 2196
Nationality: South African
Age: 58
Qualifications: BJuris, LLB, MBA, DTech (hc), AMP (Harvard)
Profile: Selby was appointed to the Barloworld board in January 2005. He is Chief Governance and Compliance Officer at Nedbank Limited and a member of the Executive Committee of Nedbank Limited. He was appointed Public Protector of South
Africa in 1995.
Gordon Hamilton (64)
Non-executive director

Business address: Barloworld Corporate Office
180 Katherine Street, Sandton, 2196
Nationality: British
Age: 64
Qualifications: MA (Cantab), FCA
Profile: Gordon was appointed to the Barloworld board in January 2007. He retired in 2006 after a career of more than 30 years as a partner of the UK practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP. He is a non-executive director of the UK-listed Lloyds underwriter Beazley Group plc and Fairbairn Private Bank. He is
a member of the UK Financial Reporting Review Panel.

Sibongile Mkhabela (53)
Non-executive director

Business address: Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund
27 Eastwold Way, Saxonwold, 2196
Nationality: South African
Age: 53
Qualifications: BA Social Work (Hons), Dip Business Management
(WITS), MAP

Profile: Bongi was appointed to the Barloworld board in January 2006. She serves on the Stanlib board and on the Deloittes Best Company to Work for programme. She served as director for Programmes and Projects at the office of then Deputy President Thabo Mbeki. She is the CEO of the Nelson Mandela
Children’s Fund.
Johnson (JJ) Njeke (50)
Non-executive director

Business address: Kagiso Trust Investments (Pty) Limited
Kagiso House, 16 Fricker Road, Illovo, 2196
Nationality: South African
Age: 50
Qualifications: BCom, BCompt (Hons), CA(SA), HDip Tax
Profile: JJ was appointed to the Barloworld board in September 2009. He is the managing director of Kagiso Trust Investments. He currently serves as a director on the boards of Kagiso Group companies, ArcelorMittal (SA), Metropolitan Holdings,
NM Rothschild (SA), Resilient Property Income Fund, MTN, Sasol and the Council of the University of Johannesburg.
Sango Ntsaluba (49)
Non-executive director

Business address: 21 West Street, Houghton, 2198
Nationality: South African
Age: 49
Qualifications: BCom, BCompt (Hons), CA(SA), HDip Tax Law
Profile: Sango was appointed to the Barloworld board in July 2008. He is the CEO of the Amabubesi Group and a founder member of Sizwe Ntsaluba VSP, the largest black owned consulting, accounting and auditing practice in South Africa.

Hixonia Nyasulu (55)
Non-executive director

Business address: 410 Jan Smuts Avenue, Craighall Park, 2196
Nationality: South African
Age: 55
Qualifications: BA (Hons) Psychology, BA Social Work
Profile: Hixonia was appointed to the Barloworld board in January 2007. She is the executive chairman of Ayavuna Women’s Investments (Proprietary) Limited, non-executive chairman of Sasol Limited and a director of Anglo Platinum Limited, Defy (Proprietary) Limited, the Tongaat-Hulett Group Limited and Unilever PLC/NV.
Steve Pfeiffer (62)
Non-executive director

Business address: Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, 801 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW, Washington DC, USA 20004
Nationality: American
Age: 62
Qualifications: BA, MA (Oxon), JD (Yale)
Profile: Steve was appointed to the Barloworld board in August 2001. He is a partner of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, a USA legal firm. He is a non-executive director of Iridium Holdings LLC, chairman emeritus of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, USA, a trustee of the Africa-America Institute in New York and a director of Project HOPE in Washington DC.
Gonzalo Rodriguez de Castro
Garcia de los Rios (67)

Non-executive director
Business address: Maria de Molina, N1 28006, Madrid, Spain
Nationality: Spanish
Age: 67
Profile: Gonzalo was appointed to the Barloworld board in January 2004. He was appointed as a non-executive director of Barloworld’s Spanish equipment business in 1995 and chairman in 2007. He was chief executive officer of the Madrid Stock Exchange and chairman of Euroquote in Brussels.

  
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