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Changes To The Board Of Directors And Board Committees
Metrofile Holdings Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1983/012697/06)
Share code: MFL
ISIN: ZAE000061727
(“Metrofile Holdings”)
CHANGES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND BOARD COMMITTEES
In compliance with paragraph 3.59 of the JSE Limited Listings
Requirements, the board of directors of Metrofile Holdings (the
“Board”) wishes to advise shareholders of the following changes
to the Board and its committees, effective 30 September 2021:
1. the resignation of Chris Seabrooke as Chairman of the Board
and Chairman of the Nominations Committee. Mr Seabrooke will
continue to serve as a non-executive director and member of
the Remuneration Committee and Nominations Committee.
The Board sincerely thanks Mr Seabrooke for his valuable
contribution and dedication to Metrofile through his tenure
as Chairman for 18 years and looks forward to his continued
engagement and commitment as a non-executive director.
2. the appointment of Phumzile Langeni as Chairman of the Board
and Chairman of the Nominations Committee. Ms Langeni will
resign as Lead Independent Director, Chairman of the
Remuneration Committee and member of the Audit, Governance
and Risk Committee. She will remain a member of the Social,
Ethics and Transformation Committee and Remuneration
Committee.
Ms Langeni’s CV is contained in the 2020 annual report. She
has advised the Board of two changes. She will resign as
independent Chairman and as a director of Mineworkers
Investment Company (RF) (Pty) Limited on 29 September 2021
and as an independent director of Transaction Capital Limited
on 30 September 2021.
The Board welcomes the appointment of Ms Langeni as its new
Chairman and looks forward to her guidance and experience
going forward.
3. the appointment of Andile Khumalo (43)(BCom(Accounting), Post
Graduate Diploma in Accounting, CA(SA)) as a non-executive
director and member of the Audit, Governance and Risk
Committee.
Mr Khumalo is Chief Executive Officer of KhumaloCo (Pty)
Limited, an investment firm with a focus on technology,
media, telecommunications, financial services and venture
capital. He also serves as non-executive chairman of investee
companies, Brave Group (Pty) Limited and Ince (Pty) Limited
in addition to his other non-executive roles as chairman of
the South African National Parks Investment Committee,
independent Audit Committee member of Amplats Group Provident
Fund, Investment Committee member of Kisby Fund as well as a
fellow of the Centre for African Management and Markets at
The Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS).
4. the appointment of Thabo Seopa (57)(BCom(Accounting), Higher
Diploma in Tax Law, Diploma in Finance and Diploma in
Management) as a non-executive director and member of the
Audit, Governance and Risk Committee and Social, Ethics and
Transformation Committee.
Mr Seopa is Chief Executive Officer of Awande Investment
Managers which he co-founded, non-executive director of Lima
Mbeu, trustee of Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust and
non-executive director of Hilton College. He was previously
Chief Executive Officer of Trudon (Pty) Limited, director of
Corporate Finance of UBS and associate director of Corporate
Finance of HSBC.
5. the resignation of Graham Wackrill as non-executive director.
Mr Wackrill has played a vital role in the Metrofile business
over the past 18 years. The Board thanks Mr Wackrill for his
considerable contribution and commitment and wish him well.
6. The appointment of Lindiwe Mthimunye as Chairman of the
Remuneration Committee.
7. The appointment of Sindi Zilwa as Lead Independent Director
and member of the Nominations Committee, and resignation as a
member of the Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee.
8. The establishment of a Strategy and Investment Committee.
Following the implementation of the Board changes, the Board
committees will be reconstituted as follows, effective
30 September 2021. The Board welcomes committee members into
their new roles.
Audit, Governance and Risk Committee
Sindiswa Victoria Zilwa (Chairman)
Andile Khumalo
Lindiwe Evarista Mthimunye
Stanley Thabo Moloko Seopa
Nominations Committee
Phumzile Langeni (Chairman)
Mary Sina Bomela
Christopher Stefan Seabrooke
Sindiswa Victoria Zilwa
Remuneration Committee
Lindiwe Evarista Mthimunye (Chairman)
Mary Sina Bomela
Phumzile Langeni
Christopher Stefan Seabrooke
Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee
Mary Sina Bomela (Chairman)
Phumzile Langeni
Shivan Mansingh
Lindiwe Evarista Mthimunye
Stanley Thabo Moloko Seopa
Pfungwa Gore Serima
Strategy and Investment Committee
Mary Sina Bomela (Chairman)
Phumzile Langeni
Shivan Mansingh
Christopher Stefan Seabrooke
Pfungwa Gore Serima
Illovo
14 July 2021
Sponsor
The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited
Date: 14-07-2021 01:52:00
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