BCom, BAcc, MBA, FCMA Joined the Group in 1980.
Appointed Chief Executive in 1987.
Non-Executive Chairman of Metrofile Holdings
Limited and Transaction Capital Limited. Also a
director of numerous unlisted companies. Former
Chairman of the State Theatre of South Africa and
Deputy Chairman of the inaugural National Arts
Council of South Africa.
Kyle De Matteis
Chief Financial Officer
Kyle De Matteis (38)
Chief Financial Officer
B.Bus.Sc, PGDA, CA(SA), CFA
Joined the Group in October 2020.
Appointed Chief Financial Officer in April 2022.
Previously in various roles with Deloitte in RSA, New York and London, was head of credit at Merchant Capital and most recently was a senior financial manager at Brait.
Leon Rood
Executive Director
Leon Rood (44)
Executive Director
B.Com,LLB
Joined the group in 2019.
In addition to being an admitted attorney, holds
diplomas in advanced taxation, corporate and
securities law and international taxation. Previously
a senior director of Werksmans and held various
positions with Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr and KPMG.
Non-Executive Directors
Kuben Pillay
Independent Chairman
Kuben Pillay (60)
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
Chairman of the Nominations Committee and member
of the Remuneration and Social and Ethics Committees
BA LLB (Wits) MCJ (Howard School of Law, USA)
Appointed to the Board in 2020.
Chairman of Net1 UEPS Technologies Inc, Non-Executive Director of Transaction Capital Limited and OUTsurance Group. Former Chairman of Cell C, Mineworkers Investment Company and Primedia.
Bheki James Themba Shongwe
Independent Deputy Chairperson
Bheki James Themba Shongwe (64)
Independent Deputy Chairperson
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, Member of the
Audit and Risk, Nominations and Remuneration Committees
BA (Econ), MBA, ACIS, FCIBM
Appointed to the Board in 2005.
Chairman, Flow Communications (Pty) Ltd,
Executive Chairman, Matsamo Group Limited,
Chairman, Company Management Consultants (Pty)
Ltd, Non-Executive Director of Matsamo Capital
(Pty) Limited, Director of Marking Engineering (Pty)
Ltd.
Olufunke (Funke) Ighodaro
Independent Non-Executive Director
Olufunke (Funke) Ighodaro (57)
Independent Non-Executive Director
Member of the Audit, Remuneration, Nominations
and Social and Ethics Committees
BSc (Hons), CA (England and Wales)
Appointed to the Board in 2020.
Former CFO of Primedia Ltd and Tiger Brands Ltd
and former Executive Director of Barloworld Ltd
and of 9Mobile (Nigeria’s fourth-largest telco), former
founder and CEO of the private equity business of
Kagiso Trust Investment Group, currently a Non-
Executive Director of Massmart Holdings Ltd and
independent member of the Investment Committee
of Cell C. Formerly a Non-Executive Director of
Datatec Ltd and Transaction Capital Ltd.
Lindiwe Mthimunye
Independent Non-executive Director
Lindiwe Mthimunye (49)
Independent Non-executive Director
Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee and member
of the Social and Ethics, Nominations and Remuneration
Committees.
M.Com, H.Dip Tax Law, CA (SA)
Appointed to the Board in 2018.
Managing Director of Petroleum Investment
Partners (Pty) Ltd and a Non-Executive Director of
Pioneer Food Group Ltd, Metrofile Holdings Ltd,
Cell C Ltd and Open Society Foundation SA.
