Date of birth: 29 July 1934

Qualifications: CEng; Fellow IEE (UK); MBA (Wales); MPhil (Bus Man) (UJ Cum laude); DCom (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 Committee and Remuneration Committee
  

Experience: Some 41 years devoted to entrepreneurial endeavours and initiatives in the electronics, telecommunications and power electrical industries, 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 electrical 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 its Finance Committee.

Date of birth: 7 May 1960

Qualifications: BSc (Econ) (UCLA); MBA (UCLA) Dean's List

Titles:

• Chief Executive of Altron
• Director of Altech, BTG, Powertech, Zetex plc (formerly Telemetrix plc) and various other group companies
  
• Chairman of Aberdare Cables
  
• Chairman of the Altron Executive Committee
  
• Member of the Altron Risk Management Committee
  

Experience: Four years' merchant banking experience in the United States, the latter part as Vice-President, Bear Stearns and Co. Inc (1987 to 1990). Sixteen years' experience in senior management positions in the Altron group (1990 to current).

Date of birth: 30 May 1949

Titles:

• Non-executive Director of Altron
• Chairman of Voltex Holdings and Non-executive Director of Amap
  
• Executive Director of the Bidvest Group and numerous subsidiaries thereof
  
• Member of the Altron Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee
  

Experience: 35 years' experience in the cable manufacturing industry. 14 years' experience in the electrical distribution industry.

Date of birth: 10 December 1960

Qualifications: BEng (Stellenbosch); MEng (UP); MBA (UCT); PrEng (ECSA)

Titles:

• Executive Director of Altron
• Chief Executive Officer of Powertech
• Director of ABB Powertech Transformers, Aberdare Cables and Powertech Industries
• Member of the Altron Executive committee and Risk Management Committee
  

Experience: Norbert joined the Altron group in 1996 as the Chief Executive Officer of Willard Batteries which expanded over ve years to become the Powertech Battery Group, comprising Willard Batteries, Dynamic Batteries, SABAT Batteries and Battery Technologies.

In March 2001 Norbert was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Powertech. Since 1989, he has been a registered professional engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa.

Date of birth: 19 May 1946

Qualifications: MA (Oxon)

Titles:

• Executive Director of Altron
• Executive Director of Altech: Corporate Finance
• Member of the Altron Executive Committee
  

Experience: 36 years in merchant banking/corporate nance activities in South Africa and internationally.

Re-joined the Altron group in 1997, having previously served the group in a senior executive capacity from 1979 to 1986.

Date of birth: 4 August 1950

Qualifications: BCom (Wits); MBA (Wits); PPL (Harvard)

Titles:

• Independent Non-executive Director of Altron
• Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chairman of Massmart Holdings Limited
• Member of the Altron Audit Committee
  

Experience: In 1988 Mark was appointed Managing Director of Makro. With the successfully repositioned Makro as a base, he founded Massmart in 1990 as a vehicle for multi-chain growth in food, liquor and general merchandise distribution. Massmart was listed on the JSE Limited on 4 July 2000. In 1984, Mark won the IMM Raymond Ackerman Marketing Director of the Year award. In 2001 he was the winner of the Ernst & Young South Africa's Best Entrepreneur award and was one of 22 nalists in the 2001 Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur competition. Mark was also the 2001 winner of the Institute of Marketing Management's Marketer of the Year award and in 2004 was named the Italian South African Businessman of the Year by the Italian South African Chamber of Commerce.

Date of birth: 26 October 1943

Qualifications: BCom (Rhodes); MCom (Wits); FIBSA (Wits); FCMA; AMP (Harvard)

Titles:

• Independent Non-executive Director of Altron
• Chairman of the Altron Risk Management Committee
• Member of the Altron Audit Committee and Nomination Committee
  

Experience: Retired banker. Director of companies.

Date of birth: 29 December 1952

Qualifications: Bluris (Unisa); LLB (Zimbabwe); LLM (Wits); HDIP Tax Law (Wits); LLD (Unisa)

Titles:

• Independent Non-executive Director of Altron
• Chairman of the Altron Nomination Committee

Experience: Former Deputy Minister of the Department of Home Affairs (1994 to 1996) and former Minister of the Departments of Minerals and Energy (1996 to 1999) and Justice and Constitutional Development (1999 to 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 an active partner at Bowman Gil llan Attorneys as well as a member of the Executive Committee at Bowman Gil llan Attorneys and a senior special advisor of Sasol Limited.

Date of birth: 9 September 1966

Qualifications: BCom (Wits); BAcc (Wits); CA(SA); MBA (Wits); AMP (Samford); AMP (Harvard)

Titles:

• Independent Non-executive Director of Altron
• Member of the Altron Audit Committee
• Chairman of the Altron Remuneration Committee
• Executive Chairman of Batsomi Investments (Pty) Limited
  

Experience: Past Chief Operating Officer of Johnnic Holdings Ltd. Prior to that he held various senior nancial executive positions at Eskom, Teljoy and JCI. Qualified as a Chartered Accountant while serving his articles at Deloitte & Touche.

Current board member of Blue IQ Holdings Limited and Eskom Holdings Limited and nance and audit committee of the Development Bank of South Africa. 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.

Previous board memberships include MTN, M-Net.

Date of birth: 26 September 1962

Qualifications: BProc (Wits); LLB (Wits)

Titles:

• Independent Non-executive Director of Altron
• Chief Executive Officer of the SABC
• Member of the Altron Risk Management 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 the University of Johannesburg.

Date of birth: 7 February 1966

Qualifications: BComm (Rhodes); BCompt (Hons) (Unisa); CA(SA); MBA (Wits)

Titles:

• Chief Financial Officer of Altron
• Director of Altech, BTG and Powertech
• Member of the Altron Executive Committee and Risk Management Committee
• Chairman of the Powertech Audit Committee
  

Experience: Some 15 years as an accounting professional and was the former Partner-in-charge: Transaction Services at PricewaterhouseCoopers in South Africa.

Currently serves as an Independent Non-executive Director on the board of Omnia Holdings Limited and chairman of their Audit Committee.

Date of birth: 29 January 1942

Qualifications: BA (Hons) (Birmingham); ACMA

Titles:

• Executive Director of Altron
• Chief Executive Officer of BTG
• Executive Chairman BTG SA
• Member of the Altron Executive Committee and Risk Management Committee

Experience: 41 years in senior financial and general management positions.

DR HA (HAROLD) SEREBRO

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Date of birth: 12 October 1938

Qualifications: MB BCh (Wits); MD (Rand); FCRP (Canada); FACP (USA); PhD (Economics) (hc) (UFS)

Titles:

• Senior Altron Executive Director
• Director of Altech, Altech Autopage Holdings, BTG, and Bytes Specialised Solutions
• Chairman of the Altron Group Purchasing and Expor tCouncils
• Member of the Altron Risk Management Committee
• Trustee of the State President Empowerment Award Programme and of the Duke of EdinburghTrust
  

Experience: 24 years in the electronics industry with the Altron group.

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 Altech Netstar, Altech Autopage Cellular and various other wholly-owned subsidiaries
• Chairman of Altech Autopage Holdings; Arrow Altech Holdings, Altech Alcom Matomo, Altech UEC Multi-Media and Altech NamITech
• Member of the Altron Executive Committee and Risk Management Committee
  

Experience: 17 years in senior management positions in the Altech group.

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 Committee and Risk Management Committee
  

Experience: Former Chairman of Deloitte & Touche and past president of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants having spent over 40 years in the accounting and auditing profession. Director of companies.