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Brian Joffe
(70)
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Non-executive chairman
Qualifications:
CA(SA)
Appointed:
August 17
1995
Board committee:
Acquisitions committee and
nominations committee
From 1988 to 2004, Brian served as executive
chairman of The Bidvest Group Limited until his
appointment as chief executive in 2004. Brian has
over 33 years of South African and international
commercial experience. Brian was one of the
Sunday Times’
top five businessmen in 1992 and
is a past recipient of the Jewish Business Achiever
of the Year award, was listed as one of the top 100
Africans of the Year in the Africa Almanac in 2001,
was voted South Africa’s Top Manager of the Year
in 2002 in the Corporate Research Foundation’s
publication
South Africa’s Leading Managers
,
represented South Africa at the coveted Ernst &
Young World Entrepreneur of the Year awards in
2003, voted the
Sunday Times’
Businessman of
the Year in 2007, awarded an honorary doctorate
in May 2008 by Unisa and selected in 2010 by
Wits Business School Journal as one of South
Africa’s top 25 business leaders, having made
a significant impact on business in South Africa
and was listed by
Forbes Magazine
as one of
the 20 most powerful people in African business.
Brian was appointed to the Bidcorp board on
August 17 1995, assuming the executive chairman
role at listing date, and is currently non-executive
chairman of Bid Corporation Limited (since
June 30 2017).
Bernard Larry Berson
(52)
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Chief executive
Australian
Qualifications:
Australian CA
Appointed:
March 20
2016
Board committee:
Acquisitions committee, social
and ethics committee
Since 1996, Bernard has been involved in
all aspects of the development of Bidcorp’s
foodservice business in Australia, New Zealand
and Asia, and in 2010 assumed responsibility for
Bidcorps’ global foodservice businesses, including
its operations in the UK and Europe. Over the
past 21 years Bernard has been involved in all
material acquisitions and directing the strategic
focus of the businesses. Bernard was appointed
as chief executive of Bid Corporation Limited on
April 14
2016.
David Edward Cleasby
(55)
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Chief financial officer
Qualifications:
CA(SA)
Appointed:
September 12
2007
Board committee:
Acquisitions committee
David was financial director of Rennies Terminals
when Bidvest acquired Rennies group in 1998.
In 2001, he joined the Bidvest corporate office
where he was involved in both group corporate
finance and investor relations. David was appointed
as Bidvest financial director on July 9
2007.
David managed Bidvest’s interests in the
investments made by the group over the years.
David was appointed as chief financial officer of
Bid Corporation Limited on April 14
2016.
Paul Cambo Baloyi
(61)
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Independent non-executive director
Qualifications:
MBA (Manchester Bangor University
of Wales), SEP (Harvard), AMP: ENSEAD (France),
MDP (University of Stellenbosch)
Appointed:
March 20
2016
Board committee:
Audit and risk committee,
acquisitions committee and remuneration committee
Paul is the managing director of CAP Leverage
Proprietary Limited. He is a former chief executive
officer and managing director of the Development
Bank of Southern Africa. Paul also served as chief
executive officer and managing director of DBSA
Development Fund. Paul has spent 30 years in the
financial services sector, with both Standard Bank
and the Nedbank group. His last position at Nedbank
was as managing director of Nedbank Africa. Paul
has been an independent non-executive director on
many boards locally and internationally including,
African financial institutions. He was a council
member of the Institute of Bankers and also served
as chairman of the Ned Medical Aid. Other boards
include Old Mutual South Africa, AUSTRO Group
Limited, Basil Read Limited (chairman) and CAP
Leverage Proprietary Limited. Paul also serves on
various board committees (audit, risk, remuneration
and nominations) as member and chairman.
Douglas Denoon Balharrie Band
(73)
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Lead independent non-executive director
Qualifications:
CA(SA)
Appointed:
March 20
2016
Board committee:
Acquisitions committee
(chairman), nominations committee (chairman) and
remuneration committee (chairman)
Doug has extensive experience in both commerce
and industry and has previously served in the
capacity of independent director in a number of JSE
top 40 companies.
Stephen Koseff
(66)
Independent non-executive director
Qualifications:
CA(SA), MBA, H.Dip. BDP and Hon.
DCom (Wits)
Appointed:
August 16
2017
Stephen Koseff is chief executive officer of Investec
Limited (Investec) which has dual listing on both the
London Stock Exchange and the JSE. Stephen has
been with Investec for 37 years in various capacities
and has been in his current role as chief executive
officer since 1996. Stephen is a qualified chartered
accountant and holds a master’s degree in Business
Administration and a Higher Diploma in Business
Data Processing. In 2017 Stephen was awarded
an Honorary Doctor of Commerce by the University
of Witwatersrand. In addition to his directorships of
Investec and Investec plc and various other Investec
subsidiaries, he is a non-executive director the South
African Banking Association. He is a current board
member of Business Leadership South Africa. He
is a former Chairman of the South African Banking
Association, a former non-executive director of
The Bidvest Group Limited and former director of
the JSE, former member of the Financial Markets
Advisory Board, and former chairman of the
Independent Bankers Association.
Dolly Mokgatle
(61)
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Independent non-executive director
Qualifications:
BProc (University of the North) LLB
(Law) (Wits)
Appointed:
October 4
2016
Board committee:
Social and ethics committee,
nominations committee
Dolly, is a qualified attorney with a BProc
(University of Limpopo), LLB (Wits), HDip Tax
Law (Wits). Co-founder and executive director
of Peotona Group Holdings. Chairperson of Total
SA, Unisa School of Business Leadership. Non-
executive director of Kumba Iron Ore, IQ Business,
Lafarge Industries SA, Lafarge Mining Industries
SA. Founding chairperson of Palesa Ya Sechaba
Foundation NPC, director of Junior Achievement
South Africa, member of Unisa Council, and trustee
of Pearson Marang Education Trust. Appointed as
a member of the Deputy President’s Advisory Panel
on Eskom in February 2015.
Nigel George Payne
(57)
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Independent non-executive director
Qualifications:
CA(SA), MBL
Appointed:
March 20
2016
Board committee:
Audit and risk committee,
social and ethics committee (chairman), acquisitions
committee and remuneration committee
Nigel is a professional non-executive director, with
no executive responsibilities. He is a director of the
Mr Price Group Limited (chairman), The Bidvest
Group Limited, JSE Limited and Vukile Property
Fund Limited.
Helen Wiseman
(51)
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Independent non-executive director
Australian
Qualifications:
BSc (Hons) University of
Manchester, CA, GAICD
Appointed:
March 20
2016
Board committee:
Audit and risk committee
(chairman), social and ethics committee
A non-executive director, Helen has extensive
international business experience across a range
of sectors including manufacturing, distribution,
mining, energy and financial services. Helen has
chaired regional audit committees of the Bidvest
International Foodservice business since 2011
and has held various board and audit committee
roles, including her current role as audit and risk
committee chairman for Bid Corporation Limited.
Board committees
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Acquisitions committee
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Nominations committee
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Audit and risk committee
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Remuneration committee
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Social and ethics committee
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