Naspers Annual Report 2009 - Governance and sustainbility: Directorate

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		Ton Vosloo became managing director of Naspers Limited in 1984, serving as executive chairman from 1992 to 1997. He served as a journalist from 1956 to 1983 and as editor of Beeld from 1977 to 1983. He is a director of Media24 and MultiChoice South Africa Holdings, and chairman of MIH B.V., MIH (Mauritius) Limited and MIH Holdings and independent non-executive chairman of the board of Naspers, a position he has held since 1997. He is a former chairman of Sanlam, M-Net, the WWF (SA) and of the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra. Ton was awarded the Nieman Fellowship from Harvard University in 1970. He has been awarded three honorary doctorates.

		Rachel Jafta, who holds a BEcon, BEcon Hons, MEcon and PhD, is an associate professor in economics at Stellenbosch University. She joined Naspers as a director in 2003 and was appointed a director of Media24 in 2007. She is a member of the South African Economic Society, and director of Econex. She is chairperson of the Cape Town Carnival Trust and a board member of the South African Institute of Race Relations. She conceptualised the Rachel’s Angels empowerment project, which is a Media24 initiative that operates in the Western Cape in association with Stellenbosch University. She is a member of the audit and risk management committees of Naspers and Media24. She was appointed chair of the Media24 audit and risk management committee in April 2008.

		Fred Phaswana holds the qualiﬁcations BA Hons, MA and BCom Hons. He joined the Naspers group as a director in 2003 and was appointed a director of Media24 in 2007. He is chairperson of Transnet, Ethos Anglo American South Africa and Anglo Platinum, and a director of Anglo American plc. He is also chairperson of the SA Institute of International Affairs.

		Koos Bekker led the founding team of M-Net in 1985, serving as chief executive of the MIH group until 1997. He was also a founding director of MTN. He is a director of Media24, MIH B.V., MIH (Mauritius) Limited, MIH Holdings, MultiChoice South Africa Holdings and other companies in the wider group. He also serves on the local organising committee for the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup and the Council of Stellenbosch University. He has been chief executive of Naspers since 1997.

		Steve Pacak was reappointed to the board as ﬁnancial director on 1 April 2009 after a three-month sabbatical. Steve began his career with the Naspers group as group ﬁnancial manager of M-Net in 1988 and held various executive positions in the MIH group. Steve was the chief ﬁnancial ofﬁcer of MIH Holdings (MIHH) from November 1993 to January 1998. He is a director of Media24, MIH B.V., MIH (Mauritius) Limited, MIH Holdings, MultiChoice South Africa Holdings and other companies within the wider Naspers group. Steve was appointed an executive director of Naspers in 1998.

		Jakes Gerwel joined the Naspers group as a director in 1999. He is a former director-general in the ofﬁce of past president Nelson Mandela, secretary to the cabinet and rector of the University of the Western Cape. He is chancellor of Rhodes University and the chairman of Brimstone Investment Corporation, South African Airways, Media24 and Welkom Yizani. He is a member of the executive and the human resources and nomination committees of Media24 and Naspers.

		Boetie van Zyl holds the qualiﬁcations PrEng and BSc(Mech). He joined the Naspers group as a director in 1988. He is a member of the boards of MIH Holdings, MIH (Mauritius) Limited, MIH B.V. and Media24, and is a trustee of the Peace Parks Foundation in South Africa. He is chair of the Naspers audit and risk management committee, a member of the audit and risk management committees of Media24 and MIH, and a member of the human resources and nomination committees of Media24 and Naspers.

		Lambert Retief obtained the qualiﬁcations BCom and BCom Hons at Stellenbosch University. He then qualiﬁed as a CA (SA) and completed the Owner President Management (OPM) programme at Harvard Business School. He is a director of Media24, chair and former chief executive of Paarl Media Group and a director of other group subsidiaries. He is also a director of the listed agricultural investment group Zeder Investments Limited. He has held various executive positions in the printing industry, including the positions of president of PIFSA (Print Industry Federation of Southern Africa) and chairperson of the Provincial Press Union.

		Francine-Ann du Plessis is a director of Loubser du Plessis Inc, chartered accountants, the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) of South Africa, the KWV group, Sanlam and South African Airways. She is a member of the audit and risk management committee of Naspers.


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