Exco

Graham Edwards (56)
BSc (Mech Eng), BCom, MBA, PhD, Pr Eng

Graham is AECI’s Chief Executive, which position he took up in 2008. Prior to this, he was Managing Director of AEL Mining Services (AEL) and he has also served as Chairman of the DetNet joint venture. An Executive Director of AECI since 2007, Graham joined the Group as a design engineer in 1978 and worked in production, engineering, buying and strategic planning. He was appointed Managing Director of AEL in 1999.

Mark Kathan (40)
CA(SA)

Mark joined AECI in 2008 as Financial Director and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his AECI appointment, he had worked for 11 years at Nampak, a packaging company, where he held a senior finance position and was a member of that company’s Group Executive Committee. He has experience in a broad spectrum of finance and business disciplines in South Africa and the rest of Africa.

Anthony Diepenbroek (54)
BSc (Civil Eng), MBA, Pr Eng

He joined the Group as Managing Director of Heartland, and an AECI Executive Committee member, in 2008. Anthony has extensive experience in property- and developmentrelated fields. These include construction and project management; sales and marketing; infrastructure and facilities planning; and the management of property portfolios, assets and investment funds. He has also served as Managing Director of other JSE Limited-listed entities in the property sector.

Mark Dytor (49)

Mark was appointed to AECI’s Executive Committee in 2010. Having joined Chemical Services Limited (Chemserve) as a sales representative in 1984, and after managing two Chemserve companies, Mark was appointed to Chemserve’s Executive Committee in 1998 and subsequently to its Board. In addition to a portfolio of Chairmanships at companies in AECI’s specialty chemicals cluster, he has been tasked with the growth of the mining chemicals business. He is also a Non-Executive Director of AEL.

Tobie Louw (47)
BSc (Eng)

Tobie joined AEL Mining Services in 1988 and he returned to this company as Managing Director in 2008. He also joined AECI’s Executive Committee at that time. Tobie left the AECI Group in 1996, returning to Chemserve in 2000 as Managing Director of Lake International Technologies. In 2005, he was appointed to Chemserve’s Executive Committee and became Managing Director of Chemserve Systems. He joined the Chemserve Board in 2007.

Edwin Ludick (46)
BCom (Hons)

Edwin joined Chemserve as a Human Resources Manager in 1991, was appointed to its Executive Committee in 2008 and to its Board in January 2010. He is currently Managing Director of Chemserve Systems, having managed three other subsidiaries prior to this, and is Chairman of a number of companies in the specialty chemicals cluster. He joined AECI’s Executive Committee in 2010.

Schalk Venter (44)

With a qualification in analytical chemistry, Schalk joined Chemserve Systems in 1991 as a sales representative. He was appointed Managing Director of this subsidiary in 1997 and moved to AECI Coatings in the same capacity in 2001. He was appointed to the Chemserve Executive Committee in 2005 and to its Board in 2007. He is currently Managing Director of Akulu Marchon and is Chairman of a number of companies in the specialty chemicals cluster. Schalk joined AECI’s Executive Committee in 2010.