Directorate profile
DR WP (BILL) VENTER |
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Date of birth: 29 July 1934 Qualifications: CEng; Fellow IEE (UK); D.Phil (Bus.Man.)(UJ); MPhil (Bus. Man.) (UJ Cum laude); MBA (Wales); 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 Africafs electronics industry. Titles:
Experience: Some 42 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 Childrenfs Fund and a member of the Finance Committee. Recently awarded the Sunday Times Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his significant contribution to the country and the business community. |
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RE (ROBERT) VENTER |
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Date of birth: 7 May 1960 Qualifications: BSc (Econ) (UCLA); MBA (UCLA) (Dean’s List) Titles:
Experience: Four years’ merchant banking experience in the United States, the latter part as Vice-President, Bear Stearns and Co. Inc (1987 – 1990). 17 years’ experience in senior management positions in the Altron group (1990 – current), including Chief Executive Officer Aberdare Cables (1993 – 1996), Chief Executive Officer of Powertech (1994 – 2001) before joining Altron as Chief Executive (2001 – current). |
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MC (MYRON) BERZACK |
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Date of birth: 30 May 1949 Titles:
Experience: 36 years’ experience in the cable manufacturing industry. 15 years’ experience in the electrical distribution industry. |
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PMO (PETER) CURLE |
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Date of birth: 19 May 1946 Qualifications: MA (Oxon) Titles:
Experience: 37 years in merchant banking/corporate finance activities in South Africa and internationally. Rejoined the Altron group in 1997, having previously served the group in a senior executive capacity from 1979 to 1986. |
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N (NORBERT) CLAUSSEN |
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Date of birth: 10 December 1960 Qualifications: BEng (Stellenbosch), MEng (UP); MBA (UCT); PrEng (ECSA) Titles:
Experience: Joined the Altron group in 1996 as the Chief Executive Officer of Willard Batteries which expanded over five years to become the Powertech Battery Group, comprising Willard Batteries, Dynamic Batteries, Sabat Batteries and Battery Technologies. In March 2001, was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Powertech. Since 1989, he has been a registered professional engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa. |
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MJ (MARK) LAMBERTI |
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Date of birth: 4 August 1950 Qualifications: BCom (Wits); MBA (Wits); PPL (Harvard) Titles:
Experience: In 1988 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 finalists 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. |
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MJ (MIKE) LEEMING |
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Date of birth: 26 October 1943 Qualifications: BCom (Rhodes); MCom (Wits); FIBSA (Wits); FCMA; AMP (Harvard) Titles:
Experience: Retired banker and a director of AECI Limited, Imperial Holdings Limited, Real Africa Holdings Limited and Woolworths Holdings Limited. |
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DR PM (PENUELL) MADUNA |
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Date of birth: 29 December 1952 Qualifications: Bluris (Unisa); LLB (Zimbabwe); LLM (Wits); HDip Tax Law (Wits); LLD (Unisa) Titles:
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 an active partner at Bowman Gilfillan Attorneys as well as a member of the Executive Committee at Bowman Gilfillan Attorneys and a senior special advisor of Sasol Limited. He is a non-executive director of Eland Platinum Holdings Limited. |
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JRD (JACOB) MODISE |
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Date of birth: 9 September 1966 Qualifications: BCom (Wits); BAcc (Wits); CA(SA); MBA (Wits); AMP (Samford); AMP (Harvard) Titles:
Experience: Past Chief Operating Officer of Johnnic Holdings Limited. 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. Current board member of Blue IQ Holdings Limited and Eskom Holdings Limited and finance 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 and M-Net. |
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DC (DIANE) RADLEY |
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Date of birth: 7 February 1966 Qualifications: BCom (Rhodes); BCompt (Hons) (Unisa); CA(SA); MBA (Wits) Titles:
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. |
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PD (DAVID) REDSHAW |
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Date of birth: 29 January 1942 Qualifications: BA (Hons) (Birmingham); ACMA Titles:
Experience: 42 years in senior financial and general management positions. |
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DR HA (HAROLD) SEREBRO |
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Date of birth: 12 October 1938 Qualifications: MBBCh (Wits); MD (Rand) ; FCRP (Canada); FACP (USA); PhD (Economics)(hc) (UFS) Titles:
Experience: 25 years’ in the electronics industry with the Altron group. |
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CG (CRAIG) VENTER |
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Date of birth: 4 July 1962 Qualifications: BSc (Econ) (UCLA); BA (Psychology) (UCLA); MBA (USC); MSc (Mgmt Science) (USC) Titles:
Experience: 18 years in senior management positions in the Altech group. |
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PL (PETER) WILMOT |
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Date of birth: 13 March 1940 Qualifications: CA(SA) Titles:
Experience: Past Deputy Chairman of The Standards Advisory Council of the International Accounting Standards Board, past Chairman of the SA Accounting Practices Board, past Chairman of SAICA and past Chairman of Deloitte and Touche. He is a director of Brait and a former director of Edcon. |
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