Prof. Mervyn King, Chairman, Strate Prof. King is a Chairman of world bodies on corporate governance and sustainability and Senior Counsel.
William Somerville, Partner, Corporate Statutory Services Mr Somerville was the Group Company Secretary for ABSA until 2007. He has extensive experience in company secretarial and corporate governance matters. This includes providing support to the board of directors and committees, corporate governance advice, annual reports, board/committee effectiveness evaluations and director orientation and training.
Andrew Johnston, Group Company Secretary, Altron Andrew Johnston, is regarded as one of the most knowledgeable and competent group company secretaries in South Africa. He is Altron's Group Company Secretary and was recently also asked to chair Altron's Carbon Footprint Committee.
Annamarie van der Merwe, Director, iThemba Annamarie is an owner at iThemba Governance & Statutory Solutions (Pty) Limited and a non-executive director at Strate Limited. She is a past Company Secretary with vast knowledge of the latest regulatory and governance implementation solutions.
Bethuel Ngwenya, Company Secretary, Northam Platinum Limited Mr. Ngwenya has extensive practical boardroom and executive management experience obtained over the years in the capacity of chief legal advisor and/or group company secretary for listed and private companies. He works closely with the Southern Africa Institute for Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and is regularly invited to host the institute's Continuing Professional Development seminars. Mr Ngwenya is also the CEO of AC Legal Strategic Consulting, a company that provides specialist corporate governance, corporate law and corporate finance solutions and interventions.
Dawie Roodt, Chief Economist, Efficient Group Dawie Roodt's career in economical and political analysis spans 20+ years, and includes 9 years as economist at the South African Reserve Bank and economic editorship of the financial magazine Finance Week (now Finweek). Regular television appearances, broadcasts on radio stations and comments in the printed media have all contributed to making him one of South Africa's most quoted economists.
Celeste Appollis, Company Secretary & Head of Legal, Omnia Group (Pty) Ltd Celeste Appollis is a Company Secretary & Head of Legal at Omnia Group where she also held the position of Group Company Secretary. Before that she held the position of Director: Corporate Governance at The Department of Public Enterprises.
Shepherd Shonhiwa, CEO, Gateways Business Consultants Mr Shonhiwa is currently the Chief Executive and partner of Gateways Business Consultants. Prior to that he had been CEO of Shell Gas (LPG) Southern Africa. Having been actively involved in the leadership of the Institute of Directors Southern Africa he was at the centre of the launch and implementation of King I, II and III codes of corporate governance.
Natasha Camhee, Company Secretary, Airports Company SA
Alison Ramsden, Governance & Sustainability Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers Alison Ramsden is the Director in charge of Governance and Sustainability at PwC. She has extensive experience in strategic communications, governance and sustainability and was the group corporate accountability director for SABMiller plc for a number of years before joining PwC. She was a member of the King III working group on Integrated Reporting and Disclosure and is a current member of the IoD Corporate Governance Network, Sustainability Forum and a member of the SAICA working committee on integrated reporting.
Dr Gert Cruywagen, Director: Risk, Tsogo Sun Group Dr Cruywagen is a member of the 'King Committee on Corporate Governance' and was the convenor of the Risk Work Group for both King 2 and King 3. He is also the Chairman of 'Pretoria Metal Pressings'; as well as of the 'Group Risk Management Committee' of the City of Johannesburg. He serves as a non-executive director of a number of companies including Denel and Dikhololo. He was awarded South Africa's "Risk Manager of the Year" award in 2002 and again in 2009.
Michael Judin, Partner, Goldman Judin Michael Judin is a Director of Johannesburg-based law firm Goldman Judin Inc. He is legal advisor to and Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa. He is a Non-Executive Director of Setpoint Technology Holdings Limited, Nu-World Holdings Limited and Primeserv Group Limited."
Eric Levenstein, Director, Werksmans Attorneys Eric Levenstein is a director of Werksmans and is currently the joint head of the firm's Business Recovery, Insolvency & Restructuring practice. He regularly delivers seminars and writes for various publications on topics relating to his areas of specialisation. He is a member of the Association of Insolvency Practitioners of South Africa (AIPSA) and of INSOL, a worldwide group of insolvency practitioners and attorneys who specialise in insolvency and restructuring matters.
Alison Lee, CEO, Corporate Lawyers Association of South Africa Alison Lee is a CEO of CLASA and the Author of Lee's Compliance. Alison's expertise is broad and wide and covers a variety of legal areas including commercial and corporate law, IP and advertising law, IT and electronic communication laws, risk management, corporate governance and in particular - legal compliance.
Keith Rayner, Independent Advisor Keith Rayner is an independent advisor and a member of the Issuer Services Advisory Committee.
Khatija Tootla, Company Secretary, PUTCO Khatija Tootla has been a legal practitioner in private practice for more than 10 years; holds an LLM in company law and contract law; and is currently the Group Company Secretary and Legal Manager of the Putco Group.
Dr John Hendrikse, Managing Director, Genesis Corporate Services Dr John Hendrikse is the author of the Corporate Governance Handbook (Juta, 2nd edition in November 2010) and the Business Valuations Handbook and specialises in corporate training and consulting in the areas of corporate governance best practices, due diligence audits, business and share valuations, mergers and acquisitions and corporate strategic planning.
Henry Dul, Independent Trustee Henry Dul is a Managing Director of Independent Trustee Services as well as a professional Trustee/Principal Officer to a number of Funds
Gerald Seegers, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers Gerald Seegers has experience in employment benefit consulting, consulting to Remuneration Committees and Executive Compensation. He is also a panel member on the firm's annual National Budget Speech presentation. He is currently the editor of both the firm's Non-Executive Director's Best Practices and Fees Report and the Executive Directors Best Practice and Remuneration Report that are published annually.
Rob Newsome, Partner/Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers Rob Newsome serves as the client priority leader of PricewaterhouseCoopers', Southern African Risk and Regulatory section. His professional involvement includes chairing and co-founding the IoD's Corporate Governance Network and serving on the King task team that redrafted the King report.
Dr Louw Pieterse, Lecturer Extraordinaire, School of Public Leadership, University of Stellenbosch Dr Pieterse received a PhD from the University of Stellenbosch in 2006.Having one leg in the business world and the other in the world of academics allow him to have a balanced approach between theory and practice where the interaction between the two leads to improvement of both theory and practices. Dr Pieterse is also a Senior Manager: Advisory at PwC SA
Darion Barclay, Executive Manager Corporate Services and Governance, Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA) Darion Barclay is an Executive Manager is accountable to the CEO and Board of MQA. He assumes full accountability for the strategic, operational and financial functions of Corporate Governance, Financial management and Corporate services. He is also a member of the following committees: Board, EXCO, Audit & Risk, REMCO, FINCOM, Bid Adjudication, Bid Evaluation, Employment Equity, Training Committee and Operational Committee.
Jayne Mammat, Associate Director: Governance & Sustainability, PricewaterhouseCoopers Jayne Mammatt is one of the leading names in the sustainability arena. She is an Associate Director in PwC's Governance & Sustainability department. She has many years experience is assisting clients and auditing performance in the fields of corporate governance, King II and King III, sustainable development strategy, frameworks and communication. She has also published numerous articles on the topics and co-authored The Company Directors Handbook; and initiated and ran E&Y's Excellence in Sustainability Reporting.
Retha Zeelie, CEO, CST Corporate Governance Services Retha Zeelie established CST in 1995. Prior to the establishment of the business she gained experience in the corporate environment in general secretarial, company secretarial as well as public relations areas. She qualified and gained valuable experience in Corporate Law. CST specialises in all statutory compliance, corporate governance and company secretarial matters, no matter the size of the organisation.
Dr Maria Vermaas, Head of Legal, Strate Ltd Dr Maria Vermaas holds a doctorate in the Legal aspects of the dematerialisation of securities. She is the Head of Legal Services, Strate.
Joelene Moodley, Head: Legal and Compliance, Government Employees Pension Fund Joelene Moodley worked as a Legal Advisor & later a Compliance Manager to the Auditor General. In 2008 she was appointed as Head: Legal and Compliance at the GEPF. She sits on the Governance and Legal Committee, the Investment Committee and the Benefits and Administration Committee. She represents the GEPF at the National Treasury Liaison Committee and the PIC Liaison Committee.
Dave Loxton, Director & Head: Forensics Practice, Werksmans Attorneys Dave Loxton is head of Werksmans' Forensics practice. He has an outstanding reputation in this field and has represented various government and private sector employers in initiating disciplinary enquiries where employees have been involved in fraud, corruption and dishonest misconduct. Other employer representations include ancillary white collar crime issues such as High Court litigation, civil recovery of the proceeds of crime and he has worked with law enforcement agencies to ensure successful criminal prosecutions.
Olasesi Martins, CEO, Goldengate Consulting Olasesi Martins is the CEO of Goldengate Consulting. She has 16 years working experience in Corporate Law. She is an expert trainer for board of directors, management, executives on governance, ethics, legal and organisational re-engineering. She is a certified ethics officer.
Desiree de Andrade, Independent Consultant Desiree De Andrade is an admitted attorney and currently practices as a consultant in the corporate advisory field under the name of Mogul Consulting. Her experience includes litigation, media law and mergers and acquisitions. She focuses on corporate legal advisory and drafting of commercial contracts in the private company law space.
Simon A Varley, Associate, Complex World SA Simon has 15 years experience as an Executive/Director with two FTSE 100 companies and two International SMEs. Responsible for creating the World's largest share register in 1997 (7.5m shareholders) and overseeing Europe's largest industrial disease compensation scheme (£9.5bn).Since moving to live in SA Simon has joined Complex World.
Marcelle Folscher, Business Development Manager, Share Scheme Administration Dept, BOE Private Clients Marcelle Folscher is a BDM of BOE Private Clients where she was also Head of Executors. She is an expert in corporate trusteeship, all governance aspects, company secretarial function, and trustee training.
