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Kgomotso Moroka
Steve Pacak
Uvashni Raman
Bob van Dijk
(45)
Non-executive
Appointed:
2014
MBAHons (INSEAD), MSc (cum laude) (econometrics) (Erasmus
University Rotterdam)
Experience:
Bob was appointed chief executive of Naspers
Limited in April 2014. He has over a decade of general
management experience in the online growth business, as a
founder and entrepreneur and later with eBay and Schibsted,
spanning online marketplaces, online classifieds and etail
segments. He was vice-president and general manager of eBay
Germany and Europe Emerging Markets. He started his career
in McKinsey focused on mergers and acquisitions, and media.
Khulu Sibiya
(70)
Independent non-executive, lead independent director
Appointed:
2007
Diploma in journalism and management (Michigan, USA)
Experience:
Khulu was a senior reporter for the Detroit News
in Michigan, where he obtained a diploma in journalism and
management. He is chair of the SuperSport United Football Club.
He was editor-in-chief of the City Press newspaper, senior general
manager (consulting) of Media24, former chair of M-Net and
SuperSport International Holdings and director of MIH Holdings.
Steve Pacak
(63)
Non-executive
Appointed:
2006
CA(SA)
Experience:
Steve is a chartered accountant (SA), began his
career with Naspers at M-Net in 1988 and has held various
executive positions in that group. He is a non-executive director
on the Naspers board and a director of MultiChoice South Africa
Holdings and other companies in the wider Naspers group. He
was appointed an executive director of Naspers in 1998. He
retired as Naspers’s financial director in June 2014, but remained
on the board as a non-executive director.
Kgomotso Moroka
(63)
Independent non-executive
Appointed:
2007
BProc (University of the North), LLB (Wits)
Experience:
Kgomotso is a senior advocate of the High Court of
South Africa, and in practice at the Johannesburg Bar since 1989.
External directorships: Standard Bank Group Limited and
Network Healthcare Holdings Limited. She is chair of Royal
Bafokeng Platinum. Kgomotso is a trustee of the Nelson Mandela
Children’s Fund and Hospital and The Apartheid Museum.
Uvashni Raman
(45)
Executive, chief financial officer
Appointed:
2016
CA(SA)
Experience:
Uvashni’s previous positions include vice-president
finance/chief financial officer for BHP Billiton’s global manganese
and iron ore divisions 2008 to 2015, and vice-president finance/
chief financial officer for South32’s (demerger from BHP Billiton)
Australian region from February 2015.
Elias Masilela
(54)
Non-executive
Appointed:
2015
BSocSci (economics and statistics) (University of Swaziland),
MSc (economic policy and analysis, Addis Ababa University).
He trained with Harvard University.
Experience:
Elias is the executive chair of DNA Economics
and commissioner of the first and second national planning
commission in South Africa. He is also chair of the V&A
Waterfront, Capital Harvest, ABSA Asset Management and
Economic Research Southern Africa. Elias is a former board
member of the South African Reserve Bank, Government
Employee Pension Fund, UN Global Compact – among others
– and CEO of the Public Investment Corporation.
Khulu Sibiya
Bob van Dijk
Elias Masilela
Our board
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