Richard Dunne (60)
CA(SA)

Richard joined AECI’s Board in January 2007, and chairs the remuneration and nominations committees. He is also a member of the audit and risk committee. Richard retired from Deloitte & Touche in 2006, as chief operating officer. He is a member of the boards and audit and risk committees of Anglo Platinum, Investec Bank and Tiger Brands.

Schalk Engelbrecht (62)
BSc, MBL

Schalk retired as AECI’s chief executive in March 2008, having served in that position since 2003. He is a member of the remuneration and nominations committees. In 1980, Schalk joined Chemical Services Limited (Chemserve) where he managed a number of subsidiaries before being appointed that group’s managing director in 1998. He also serves on the board of Imperial Holdings.

Zellah Fuphe (40)
BSocialSc

She joined the AECI Board in 2007. A graduate of the University of Cape Town, Zellah is managing director of Plessey South Africa. Zellah serves on the Unisa School of Business and Leadership board and previously served on the Afric Oil (chair), Worldwide Coal Carolina (chair), Engen Limited, the Oceana Group and Worldwide African Investment Holdings boards.

Mike Leeming (65)
BCom, MCom, FCMA, FIBSA, AMP (Harvard)

A non-executive member of the AECI Board since 2002, Mike is chairman of the audit and risk committee and a member of the corporate citizenship committee. He is a retired executive director of Nedcor and past chairman of the Banking Council of South Africa and president of the Institute of Bankers. He also serves as a non-executive director on the boards of Altron, Imperial Holdings, Real Africa and Woolworths.

Litha Nyhonyha (49)
CA(SA)

Appointed to the AECI Board in 2006, Litha is chairman of the corporate citizenship committee and a member of the audit and risk committee. He is executive chairman and a founder member of Regiments Capital, a black-controlled and managed financial services group. He is also a director of Plessey Telecommunications, Regiments Securities, Sovereign Foods and Worldwide African Investment Holdings.

Fani Titi (46)
BSc (Hons), MA, MBA

Fani joined AECI’s Board in 2005 and assumed its chairmanship, as well as membership of the remuneration and nominations committees, in 2007. He is currently non-executive chairman of Investec Bank Limited and a director of Advtech Limited. He is an executive director of the Tsiya Group, a private equity firm.

Frank Baker (55)
BSc (Chem Eng)

Frank was appointed to AECI’s Board in an executive capacity in 2007. He took up his position as managing director of Chemical Services Limited (Chemserve) in 2003. Frank joined AECI in 1976 and, having moved to Chemserve in a management position in 1993, he joined that company’s executive committee in 1998 and its board in 1999. From 1993 to 2003 he managed several subsidiaries within the Chemserve group.

Graham Edwards (54)
BSc (Mech Eng), BCom, MBA, PhD, Pr Eng

On 1 March 2008, Graham took over the position of Group chief executive. Prior to this, he was managing director of AEL and 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 (38)
CA(SA)

Mark Kathan joined AECI in September 2008 as chief financial officer and financial director. Prior to his AECI appointment, Mark had worked for 11 years at a JSE Limited-Listed global packaging company where he held a senior finance position and was a member of that company’s executive. He has experience in a broad spectrum of finance and business disciplines in South Africa and the rest of Africa.