Blue Label Telecoms Integrated Annual Report 2019

Blue Label integrated annual report 2019 25 ABOUT US 1 – 21 LEADERSHIP 22 – 29 PERFORMANCE 30 – 73 GOVERNANCE 74 – 120 SHAREHOLDERS’ INFORMATION AND ADMINISTRATION 121 – IBC GARY HARLOW In the early 1990s he became an adviser to the African National Congress in developing black economic empowerment strategies and in 1992 was instrumental in the creation of Thebe Investment Corporation, South Africa’s first broad-based black-owned company. Gary served as joint chief executive officer of Msele Corporate and Merchant Bank, South Africa’s first black-controlled merchant bank. In 1996, Gary was appointed group chief executive officer of Unihold Limited, where he remains executive chairman. He led its transition from an engineering conglomerate to an international IT and telecommunications group, followed by a delisting through a management buyout in 2002. Gary continues to serve on the boards of Imbalie Beauty Limited and Newpark Reit Limited. Gary joined the Board on 5 October 2007 and is also chairman and/or director of various Group subsidiaries. ■ Investment Committee (Chair) ■ Remuneration Committee (Chair) ■ Nomination Committee ■ Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee ■ Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BORN: 1957 BBusSci (Hons) (UCT), FCMA, CGMA, CA(SA) Gary graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1979, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in 1982, an associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) in 1983 and as a Fellow Chartered Management Accountant (UK) in 1996. His career was forged in merchant and investment banking. KEVIN ELLERINE He sits on the boards of the property and private equity companies in which Ellerines is invested. He is also a director of Hyprop Investments Limited and Newpark REIT Limited. Kevin’s all-round business skill and acumen contribute to Board and Committee deliberations of the Group. Kevin joined the Board on 8 December 2009 and is a director of various other companies, including some Group subsidiaries. ■ Investment Committee ■ Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BORN: 1968 National Diploma in Company Administration Kevin joined the family business, Ellerine Holdings, in 1991. After serving in various roles, in 1993 he was appointed as property manager of Ellerine Bros. Proprietary Limited, rising to managing director of the property division in 2000, a position he still holds today. JERRY VILAKAZI He is a past CEO of Business Unity South Africa, during which period he served as business representative at Nedlac and on various international business councils. Prior to this, he held various executive positions in government and in the private sector including that of managing director of the Black Management Forum (BMF) where he also served on the board of the BMF investment company. In 2009 Jerry was appointed to the Presidential Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment Advisory Council and was appointed as a Commissioner of the National Planning Commission in 2010. Jerry was chairman of the Mpumalanga Gambling Board from 2006 to 2015 and the State Information Technology Agency (SOC) Proprietary Limited until the end of his term in 2015. He previously held the position of chairman of Netcare Limited and adviser to Citi Bank. He is non-executive director of Sibanye-Stillwater Limited where he also chairs the social and ethics committee. Jerry joined the Board on 19 October 2011. ■ Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee (Chair) ■ Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BORN: 1961 BA (Unisa), MA (Thames Valley), MA (London), MBA (California Coast University) Jerry is executive chairman of Palama, which he co-founded to facilitate investments in strategic private and listed companies. JOE MTHIMUNYE In 1999, he led a management buyout of Gobodo Corporate Finance from the accounting firm and rebranded it aloeCap Proprietary Limited, of which he is currently the executive chairman. He serves on the board of directors of various non-listed companies in which aloeCap is invested. Joe is an independent non-executive director of Dis-Chem Pharmacies Limited and Cell C Limited. He is also chairman of Dis-Chem and Cell C’s audit committees. Joe joined the Board on 5 October 2007. ■ Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee (Chair) ■ Remuneration Committee ■ Nomination Committee ■ Investment Committee INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BORN: 1965 BCompt (Hons)/CTA (Unisa), CA(SA) Joe qualified as a chartered accountant in 1993. In 1996, he co-founded Gobodo Incorporated, an accounting practice with eight other partners which in time became the largest black accounting firm in South Africa.