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DR WP (BILL) VENTER
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Date of birth:
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29 July 1934 (75) |
Qualifications:
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DPhil (Bus Man) (UJ); MPhil (Bus Man) (UJ – cum
laude); MBA (Wales); DCom (hc) (UP, UFS and UPE); DSc (Eng)
(hc) (Natal); DEng (hc) (Wits); CEng (UK) |
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A UK chartered engineer and founder of Altron, through
Allied Electric in 1965 and recipient of the Order of
Meritorious Service (Gold), as awarded by the State
President of South Africa for his significant contribution
to South Africa’s electronics industry. |
Titles:
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 Non-executive
chairman of Altron, Bytes and Powertech |
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Non-executive
director of Altech, Bytes, Bytes UK and Powertech, former
chairman of the CSIR, and past director of AMIC Limited and
Nedcor Bank Limited |
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Former
member of the State President’s Economic Advisory Board |
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Member
of the Altron nomination committee and remuneration
committee |
| Experience:
Some 45 years devoted to entrepreneurial
endeavours and initiatives in the electronics,
telecommunications and power electrical industries, both in
South Africa and offshore, firstly as design engineer then
marketing manager at STC (SA) and thereafter chief executive
and latterly as non-executive chairman of the Altron group.
Dr Venter has played an important role in developing the
South African electronics and electrical industry into the
key component of the national economy that it is today.
Awarded the Sunday Times Lifetime Achievement
Award in 2006, and the Minister’s Technology Top 100
Lifetime Achiever Award in 2009, in recognition of his
significant contribution to technology development in South
Africa.
Joined the Altron board in
1980. |
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NJ (NORMAN) ADAMI
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Date of birth:
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12 August 1954 (55) |
Qualifications:
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BBusSci (Hons) (UCT); MBA (Wits) |
Titles:
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Independent
non-executive director of Altron |
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Member
of the Altron audit committee |
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Member
of the Altron remuneration committee |
Experience: Norman is a South African-based senior
executive with more than 15 years’ experience as a chief
executive officer/managing director of leading consumer
product operations in the United States of America, South
Africa, Africa and Latin America.
Norman’s experience as a chief executive officer/managing
director includes three key assignments:
- Managing director, South African Breweries (1994 to
2003, Johannesburg)
- President and chief executive officer, Miller
Brewing Company (2003 to 2006, Milwaukee)
- President and chief executive officer, SAB Miller
Americas (2006 to 2007)
He is currently the chairman and managing director of SAB
Limited in South Africa, a position which he assumed on 10
October 2008. Previous board memberships include, among
others, ABI (SA), SAB Limited, SAB Plc (London), Miller
Brewing Co, SAB Miller Central America (Honduras, El
Salvador, Puerto Rico, Panama)/SAB Miller South America
(Columbia, Peru, Ecuador).
Joined the Altron board in
2008. |
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MC (MYRON) BERZACK
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Date of birth:
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30 May 1949 (61) |
Titles:
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Non-executive
director of Altron |
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Member
of the Altron nomination committee and remuneration
committee |
| Experience:
40 years’ experience in the cable manufacturing industry and
18 years’ experience in the electrical distribution
industry. Myron is the chairman of Voltex Holdings, the
chief executive of Bid Industrial & Commercial Products, as
well as an executive director of the Bidvest Group Limited
and numerous subsidiaries thereof. He is also a
non-executive director of Amalgamated Appliance Holdings
Limited.
Joined the Altron board in 1998. |
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PMO (PETER) CURLE
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Date of birth:
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19 May 1946 (64) |
Qualifications:
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MA (Oxon) |
Titles:
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Executive
director of Altron |
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Executive
director of Altech: Corporate Finance |
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Member
of the Altron executive committee |
Experience:
40 years in merchant banking/corporate finance activities in
South Africa and internationally.
Rejoined the Altron group in
1997, having previously served as an
executive director from 1983 to 1986. |
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DR PM (PENUELL) MADUNA
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Date of birth:
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29 December 1952 (57) |
Qualifications:
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Bluris (Unisa); LLB (Zimbabwe); LLM (Wits); HDip Tax
Law (Wits); LLD (Unisa) |
Titles:
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Independent
non-executive director of Altron |
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Chairman
of the Altron nomination committee |
| Experience:
Former member of the ANC’s Constitutional
Committee and National Executive Committee, former Deputy
Minister of the Department of Home Affairs (1994 to 1996)
and former Minister of the Departments of Minerals and
Energy (1996 to 1999) and Justice and Constitutional
Development (1999 to 2004).
Attorney, notary and conveyancer. Visiting Scholar of
Constitutional Law at Columbia University Law School (New
York).
Currently an active partner at Bowman Gilfillan Attorneys
as well as a member of the executive committee at Bowman
Gilfillan Attorneys and a senior special advisor of Sasol
Limited. He is also the deputy chairman of Sasol Oil (Pty)
Limited.
Joined the Altron board in
2004. |
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DNM (DAWN) MOKHOBO
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Date of birth:
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30 October 1948 (61) |
Qualifications:
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BA (SocSci), UNIN; Programme in Strategic
Transformation, Graduate School of Business (Stellenbosch) |
Titles:
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Independent
non-executive director of Altron |
| Experience:
Dawn is one of South Africa’s leading
managers and businesswomen, with a highly successful and
pioneering career spanning the public, private and
parastatal sectors. Her talents and accomplishments were
recognised in particular by her appointment as the first
black woman to the management board of Eskom, as executive
director in charge of growth and development.
Prior to this, Dawn worked as a senior manager and senior
general manager (human resources) for Eskom and as senior
divisional health education manager for the Anglo American
Corporation.
Dawn’s talents and achievements have been widely
recognised and acclaimed both locally and offshore. In 1993,
she received the prestigious South African Businesswoman of
the Year award. In 1994, she was honoured with an invitation
to serve as one of the independent electoral commissioners
who supervised the country’s first democratic elections. In
1995, she was invited by the Minister of Safety and Security
to serve as chairman of the high-powered promotions
committee for the South African Police Service. In 1996,
Dawn was nominated as the chairman of UN Special Committee
of Experts appointed to address the global issue of women
and senior economic decision-making.
Her board memberships include Engen Limited, Massmart
Holdings Limited, Sabvest Limited, Wesizwe Platinum Limited
and Partnership Investments (Pty) Limited.
Joined the Altron board in
2008. |
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BJM (BARBARA) MASEKELA
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Date of birth:
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18 July 1941 (68) |
Qualifications:
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BA (cum laude) (Ohio University) |
Titles:
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Independent
non-executive director of Altron |
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Chairman
of the Altron nomination committee |
| Experience:
Lectured at Rutgers University USA 1972 to 1982 as Assistant
Professor of English literature. Spent most of her life as a
political activist working with the ANC Observer Mission to
the United Nations in New York and as Secretary for Arts and
Culture in Zambia. She was elected to the National Executive
Committee of the ANC while serving as Nelson Mandela’s Chief
of Staff until 1994.
In 1995, Barbara was appointed as Ambassador to France
and UNESCO. She subsequently joined the private sector and
became executive director for corporate communications and a
member of the De Beers Consolidated Mines Board.
In 2003, President Mbeki appointed her Ambassador to the
United States of America. Barbara continues to serve as a
trustee of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund and is a board
member of the MTN Foundation South Africa and the SABC.
Recently appointed as chairman of the Remuneration Panel,
established by the Minister of Public Enterprises, to make
recommendations for a framework for a rational and
consistent remuneration model that protects the interests of
state-owned enterprises (SOEs), employees of SOEs, the state
and the state’s national assets.
Previous board memberships include the Standard Bank of
South Africa and the International Marketing Council.
Joined the Altron board in
2008. |
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JRD (JACOB) MODISE
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Date of birth:
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9 September 1966 (43) |
Qualifications:
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BCom (Wits); BAcc (Wits); CA(SA); MBA (Wits); AMP (Samford);
AMP (Harvard) |
Titles:
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Independent
non-executive director of Altron |
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Chairman
of the Altron remuneration committee |
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Member
of the Altron audit committee |
| Experience: Currently chief executive
officer of the Road Accident Fund and executive chairman of
Batsomi Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited. Past chief
operating officer of Johnnic Holdings Limited. Prior to that
he held various senior financial executive positions at
Eskom, Teljoy and JCI. Qualified as a chartered accountant
while serving his articles at Deloitte & Touche.
Major directorships include Eskom Holdings Limited, Blue
IQ Holdings (Pty) Limited and ARB Electrical Wholesalers
(Pty) Limited. Serves as a trustee of the Nelson Mandela
Children’s Fund.
Member of the South African Institute of Chartered
Accountants and Association of Black Accountants of South
Africa.
Previous board memberships include MTN, M-Net,
Multichoice, The Premier Group and Tsogo Casino.
Joined the Altron board in
2003. |
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PD (DAVID) REDSHAW
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Date of birth:
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29 January 1942 (68) |
Qualifications:
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BA (Hons) (Birmingham); ACMA |
Titles:
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Non-executive
director of Altron |
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Chairman
of Bytes UK |
Experience:
45 years in senior financial and general
management positions.
Joined the Altron board in 1991. |
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AMR (ALEX) SMITH
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Date of birth:
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12 January 1969 (41) |
Qualifications:
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Bachelor of Law (Honours) (Edinburgh); CA |
Titles:
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Chief
financial officer and financial director of Altron |
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Non-executive
director of Altech, Bytes, Powertech and various other group
companies |
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Member
of the Altron executive committee and risk management
committee |
| Experience:
14 years’ experience in the accounting
profession with PricewaterhouseCoopers, both in the UK and
South Africa. Initially involved in auditing, later spending
eight years in the transaction services/corporate finance
fields.
Four years of financial management experience with the
Altron group.
Alex is a member of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Scotland.
Joined the Altron board in
2008. |
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CG (CRAIG) VENTER
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Date of birth:
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4 July 1962 (47) |
Qualifications:
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BA (Econ) (UCLA); BA (Psychology)
(UCLA); MBA (USC); MSc (Mgmt Science) (USC) |
Titles:
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Executive
director of Altron |
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Chief
executive officer of Altech |
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Director
of Altech Netstar, Altech Autopage Holdings, Kenya Data
Networks, Swift Global (Kenya) and various other
subsidiaries of Altech, both local and global |
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Chairman
of Altech’s executive committee, Altech Autopage Holdings,
Arrow Altech Holdings, Altech Alcom Matomo, Altech Nu Pay,
Altech UEC Multi-Media and Altech Information
Technologies |
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Member
of the Altron executive committee and risk management
committee |
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Member
of the worldwide Young Presidents’ Organisation (YPO) |
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Board
member of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Technology
Innovation Agency (TIA) |
Experience: 21 years in senior management
positions in the Altech group.
Joined the Altron board in
1997. |
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PL (PETER) WILMOT
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Date of birth:
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13 March 1940 (70) |
Qualifications:
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CA(SA) |
Titles:
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Independent
non-executive director of Altron |
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Chairman
of the Altron audit committee |
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Member
of the Altron remuneration committee and risk management
committee |
Experience:
Past deputy chairman of The Standards
Advisory Council of the International Accounting Standards
Board, past chairman of the SA Accounting Practices Board,
past chairman of SAICA and past chairman of Deloitte &
Touche. He is a former director of Brait Limited, Edgars
Consolidated Stores Limited, Allied Technologies Limited and
Bytes Technology Group Limited.
Joined the Altron board in 2001. |
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