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DR WP (BILL) VENTER OMSG
Date of birth: 29 July 1934
Qualifications: CEng, Fellow IEE (UK), MBA (Wales);
M Phil (Bus Man) (RAU – Cum laude); DComm (hc)
(UP, UFS and UPE); DSc (Eng) (hc) (Natal); DEng (hc)
(Wits)
A UK Chartered Engineer and founder of Altron, through
Allied Electric in 1965 and recipient of the Order of
Meritorious Service (Gold), as awarded by the State President
of South Africa for his significant contribution
to South Africa’s electronics industry.
Titles: Chairman of Altron and BTG
Director of Altech, BTG and Powertech. Former Chairman
of the CSIR, and past director of AMIC Limited and Nedcor
Bank Limited. Member of the Altron Nomination, Remuneration
and Risk Committees.
Experience: Some 40 years devoted to entrepreneurial
endeavours and initiatives in the power electronics and
ICT sectors, both in South Africa and offshore, firstly
as design engineer then marketing manager at STC (SA)
and thereafter chief executive and latterly as chairman
of the Altron group. Dr Venter has played an important
role in developing the South African electronics and
technology industry into the key component of the national
economy that it is today. He is a Trustee of the Nelson
Mandela Children’s Fund and a member of the Finance
Committee. |
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RE (ROBERT) VENTER
Date of birth: 7 May 1960
Qualifications: BSc (Econ) (UCLA); MBA (UCLA) Dean’s
List
Titles: Chief Executive of Altron.
Director of ABB Powertech Transformers, AEW, Altech,
BTG, Powertech, and Zetex plc (formerly Telemetrix plc).
Chairman of Aberdare Cables.
Chairman of the Altron Executive Committee.
Experience: 4 years’ merchant banking experience
in the United States, latter part as Vice-President,
Bear Stearns and Co. Inc (1987 – 1990). 15 years’ experience
in senior management positions in the Altron group (1990 – current). |
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IM (ISMAIL) AYOB
Date of birth: 3 January 1942
Qualifications: LLB (London) Barrister at Law;
H Dip Tax Law; H Dip Co Law (Wits)
Titles: Independent Non-Executive Director of Altron
Director and chairman of several other South African
companies.
Member of the Altron Remuneration Committee.
Experience: Senior partner in the law firm, Ismail
Ayob and Partners. |
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PMO (PETER) CURLE
Date of birth: 19 May 1946
Qualifications: MA (Oxon)
Titles: Executive Director of Altron.
Director of Altech: Corporate Finance.
Member of the Altron Executive Committee. Re-joined the
group in 1997, having previously served the group in
a senior executive capacity from 1979 to 1986.
Experience: 35 years in merchant banking/corporate finance
activities in South Africa and internationally. |
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MC (MYRON) BERZAK
Date of birth: 30 May 1949
Titles: Non-executive Director of Altron
Chairman of Voltex Holdings, Executive director Bidvest
and various subsidiaries, and non-executive director
of Amap.
Member of the Altron Nomination and Remuneration Committees.
Experience: 34 years’ experience in the cable manufacturing
industry. 13 years’ experience in the electrical
distribution industry. |
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DA (BUDDY) HAWTON
Date of birth: 8 July 1937
Qualifications: FCIS
Titles: Independent non-executive director of Altron.
Chairman of the Altron Remuneration and Nomination Committees.
Member of the Altron Audit Committee, non-executive chairman
of Sun International Limited and Woolworths Holdings
Limited.
Experience: Director of several other listed companies. |
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DR PM (PENUEL) MADUNA
Date of birth: 29 December 1952
Qualifications: B luris, LLB; LLM (Wits); HDIP
Tax Law (Wits); PhD
Titles: Independent Non-executive Director of Altron.
Experience: Former Deputy Minister of the Department
of Home Affairs (1994 – 1996) and former Minister
of the Departments of Minerals and Energy (1996 – 1999)
and Justice and Constitutional Development (1999 – 2004).
Attorney, notary and conveyancer. Visiting Scholar of
Constitutional Law at Columbia University Law School
(New York). Founder member of the ANC’s Constitutional
Committee. Currently a non-active partner at Bowman Gilfillan
attorneys and a senior special adviser of Sasol Limited. |
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JRD (JACOB) MODISE
Date of birth: 9 September 1966
Qualifications: BCom; BAcc; CA(SA); MBA; AMP (Samford);
AMP (Harvard)
Titles: Independent Non-executive Director of Altron.
Member of the Altron Audit Committee.
Executive chairman of Batsomi Investments (Pty) Limited.
Experience: Appointed to the board of Johnnic Holdings
Limited initially as Group Financial Director in May
1998 and subsequently as Chief Operating Officer.
Prior to that he held various senior financial
executive positions at Eskom, Teljoy and JCI. Qualified
as a chartered accountant while serving his articles
at Deloitte & Touche.
Board member of Blue IQ Holdings Limited, Land and Agricultural
Development Bank of South Africa and Eskom Holdings Limited
and a member of the Wits Business School Advisory Board.
Serves on the advisory board of the Nelson Mandela Children’s
Fund. Member of the South African Institute of Chartered
Accountants and Association of Black Accountants of South
Africa. |
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DC (DIANE) RADLEY
Date of birth: 7 February 1966
Qualifications: CA(SA); MBA (Wits)
Titles: Chief Financial Officer of Altron.
Director of Altech, BTG, Fintech and Powertech.
Member of the Altron Executive Committee.
Chairman of the Powertech Audit Committee.
Chairman of the Fintech Remuneration Committee.
Experience: Some 15 years as an accounting professional
and was the former partner-in-charge: Transaction Services
at PricewaterhouseCoopers in South Africa. |
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DR HA (HAROLD) SEREBRO
Date of birth: 12 October 1938
Qualifications: MB BCh; MD (Rand); FCRP (Canada);
FACP (USA); PhD (Economics) (hc) (UFS)
Titles: Senior Altron Executive Director.
Director of Altech, Autopage Holdings, BTG, Digital Healthcare
Solutions and National Data Systems.
Chairman of the Altron Group Purchasing and Export Councils.
He is a Trustee of the State President’s Empowerment
Award Programme and of the Duke of Edinburgh Trust.
Experience: 23 years in the electronics industry with
the Altron group. |
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PD (DAVID) REDSHAW
Date of birth: 29 January 1942
Qualifications: BA (Hons); ACMA
Titles: Executive Director of Altron.
Chief Executive of BTG.
Member of the Altron Executive Committee.
Experience: 40 years in senior financial and
general management positions. |
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CG (CRAIG) VENTER
Date of birth: 4 July 1962
Qualifications: BSc (Econ) (UCLA); BA (Psychology)
(UCLA); MBA (USC); MSc (Mgmt Science) (USC)
Titles: Executive Director of Altron.
Chief Executive Officer of Altech.
Director of Netstar, Autopage Cellular and various
other wholly-owned subsidiaries.
Chairman of Autopage Holdings; Arrow Altech Holdings,
Alcom Matomo, UEC Multi-Media, NamITech and AEW.
A member of the Altron Executive Committee.
Experience: 16 years in senior management positions
in the Altech group. |
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MJ (MIKE) LEEMING
Date of birth: 26 October 1943
Qualifications: BCom; MCom; FIBSA, FCMA; AMP
(Harvard)
Titles: Independent Non-executive Director of Altron.
Chairman of the Altron Risk Management Committee.
Member of the Altron Audit and Nomination Committees.
Experience: Retired banker. Director of companies. |
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DC (DALI) MPOFU
Date of birth: 26 September 1962
Qualifications: BProc, LLB
Titles: Group Executive Director: Corporate Affairs.
Director of Powertech and alternate director of Altech.
Chairman of Renergy Technologies and the Group’s
Transformation Vision Committee.
Experience: Former acting judge in the Labour Court
of South Africa. Director of Deutsche Securities. National
executive member of the National Association of Democratic
Lawyers. Member of the Johannesburg Bar Council. President
of the Electronics Industry Federation. Member of Council
of University of Johannesburg. |
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PL (PETER) WILMOT
Date of birth: 13 March 1940
Qualifications: CA(SA)
Titles: Independent Non-executive Director of Altron,
Director of Altech and BTG.
Chairman of the Altron Audit Committee.
Member of the Altron Remuneration and Risk Management
Committees.
Experience: Former chairman of Deloitte & Touche
having had extensive experience in the accounting and
auditing profession. |
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