Directorate

Fani joined AECI’s Board in 2005 and assumed its Chairmanship, as well as membership of the Nominations and Remuneration Committees, in 2007. He is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Investec Bank Limited, a Non-Executive Director of Investec Asset Management and an Executive Director of the Tsiya Group, a private equity firm.

Richard joined AECI’s Board in 2007 and is Chairman of the Nominations, Remuneration and Risk Committees. He is also a member of the Audit Committee and chairs the Financial Review Committee of AECI’s specialty chemicals cluster. He is a member of the Boards and Audit Committees of Anglo Platinum, the Standard Bank Group and Tiger Brands.

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.

Schalk retired as AECI’s Chief Executive in 2008, having served in that position since 2003. He is a member of the Nominations, Remuneration and Risk Committees. He also serves on the Board of Imperial Holdings.

Zellah joined the AECI Board in 2007 and is a member of the Corporate Citizenship Committee. A graduate of the University of Cape Town, Zellah is Managing Director of Plessey South Africa. She serves on the Engen Board and previously served on the Boards of Afric Oil (Chair), Worldwide Coal Carolina (Chair), the Oceana Group, Worldwide African Investment Holdings and the Unisa School of Business Leadership.

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.

A Non-Executive member of the AECI Board since 2002, Mike is Chairman of the Audit Committee, a member of the Corporate Citizenship Committee and Chairman of Heartland’s Financial Review 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.

Liziwe joined the AECI Board on 1 April 2011.  She has a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering and has gained extensive experience at leadership level in the petrochemical industry.

Allen joined the AECI Board in July 2010 and is a member of the Audit and Risk Committees and of the AEL Mining Services Financial Review Committee. Allen spent his entire working life at Eskom and he served as that company’s Chief Executive from 1994 until his retirement in 2000. Other current directorships include Imalivest Assets, Kumba Iron Ore and BioTherm Energy.

Appointed to the AECI Board in 2006, Litha is Chairman of the Corporate Citizenship Committee, a member of the Audit Committee and Chairman of the Financial Review Committee of AEL Mining Services. He is Executive Chairman and a founding member of Regiments Capital, a Blackcontrolled and managed financial services group. He is also a Director of Plessey Telecommunications, Regiments Securities, Sovereign Foods and Worldwide African Investment Holdings.

Rams joined the AECI Board in July 2010 and serves on its Corporate Citizenship and Risk Committees. He is Non-Executive Chairman of Rand Refinery Limited and of BP Southern Africa. Rams is past Chairman of SAPREF and of the South African Petroleum Industry Association. Between 2000 and 2004, he was Director General of the national Department of Labour and government Chief Negotiator at the National Economic Development and Labour Council.