Non-executive, appointed chairman of Afrox in April 2005

Board committees: Governance and Nomination, Transformation
Kent Masters is a member of the Executive Board of The Linde Group. Within The Linde Group, he has responsibility for businesses in Africa, North America, South America and the South Pacific as well as global Business Areas: Bulk and Packaged Gases and the Global Business Unit Healthcare.

 

Executive, appointed managing director of African Oxygen Limited in April 2007

The CE attends all Board committees by invitation.
Tjaart Kruger joined Afrox on 1 March 2007 and his appointment, as Managing Director was effective from 1 April 2007. Tjaart has held various executive positions at Tiger Brands Limited, including the positions of Managing Executive for AdcockIngram Pharmaceuticals Division and Managing Executive of the Grains Division. He is a chartered accountant and a commerce graduate from the University of Johannesburg and participated in the Harvard Business School management development programme in 1995.

Independent non-executive, appointed to the board in December 2005

Board committees: Governance and Nomination / Audit
David's early career was spent as an economist at the Chamber of Mines, subsequently working for the office of the Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister. He joined Citibank in 1977 becoming Chairman and Managing Director. In 1987 First National Bank acquired Citibank's business and it became FirstCorp Merchant Bank where David held the position of Managing Director. He joined Investec in 1996 as Managing Director, Corporate and Investment Banking, and is currently Deputy Chairman of Investec Bank Ltd. He holds a number of directorships, is a member of the group's executive management team, and holds group-wide responsibility for Banking and Institutions. He obtained a BA (Econ) (Hons) and MCom at the University of the Witwatersrand.

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Morongwe Malebye (35)

Independent non-executive director, appointed to the board in December 2007

Morongwe Malebye is Managing Director, Babcock Ntuthuko (PTY) LTD. She joined Babcock Ntuthuko in 2005. Before that she held senior positions at Armaments Corporation of SA, Spoornet, Sasol Chemical Industries and Sasol Technology. She holds a MSc in industrial engineering and an MBA from the University of Witwatersrand and a BSc in mechanical engineering from the University of Cape Town . She is involved in mentorship programmes at Allan Gray Foundation, Women of Tomorrow and Student Sponsorship Programme.

Independent non-executive, appointed to the board in December 2005

Dr Khotso Mokhele was on the teaching and research staff of the Universities of Fort Hare and Cape Town between 1986 and 1992. He was Vice-President and President of the Foundation for Research and Development from 1992 to 1999, and is President of the National Research Foundation. He has also served on the Council for Higher Education, the National Advisory Council on Innovation, and the National Skills Authority, and was also the founder President of the Academy of Science of South Africa.

He is the recipient of six honorary doctorates from South African Higher Education Institutions and one honorary doctorate from Rutgers University in New Jersey (USA). In addition Dr Mokhele is a director of several South African companies.

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Louis van Niekerk (56)

Jurgen Nowicki (43)

Non-executive director, appointed to the board April 2007

Jürgen Nowicki is head of Operational Finance & Control/Capex and member of the executive committee, The Linde Group, based in Germany . He joined Linde in 1991 as Linde AG Financial and Operational staff auditor. Since then he has held a number of senior positions with including head of Operational Finance for Linde Gas, CFO, Linde Gas North America, CFO, Linde Lift Truck in the US and head of Finance, JULI Motorenwerke, in the Czech Republic . He holds a Masters Degree in Economics & Mechanical Engineering, University of Karlsruhe , Germany .

Independent non-executive, appointed to the board in December 2005

Board committees: Transformation, Management Resources
Sipho Pityana has an MSc (London) and a BA Hons (Essex). He is a high profile South African with excellent political credentials and a successful track record in running large government departments. He chairs the Izingwe Capital (Pty) Limited board and is a non-executive director of Aberdare Cables, Bytes Technology Group, Onelogix Group Limited and Munich Reinsurance Company of Africa Limited, AngloGold Ashanti Limited, Scaw South Africa (Pty) Limited.

Alan is Global Head of Packaged Gas & Products for The Linde Group. He joined BOC in 1997 and held senior marketing & general management positions in the UK before assuming global responsibility for Industrial Products & LPG in 2002. Alan was appointed Managing Director, Industrial & Special Products, South Pacific in 2006 just prior to BOC's acquisition by The Linde Group. He holds a Masters degree in Engineering Science from Oxford University and a Masters in Business Administration from INSEAD, France.

Executive director and financial director, appointed to the board in February 2004

Cor is a Chartered Accountant (SA) and was a partner at Coopers & Lybrand for 21 years before joining PresMed in 1996 as joint managing director. With the merger of PresMed and Afrox Healthcare, he was appointed a director of Afrox Healthcare Limited. He was chairman of the SA Institute of Chartered Accountants (Public Sector) for three years and also chaired the Centurion Chamber of Commerce from 1991 to 1992.