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Chairman and Board:
Duimpie Bayly*
Director of Duimpie Bayly & Associates, technical consultant and adviser to the wine industry. Attended 6 of 6 board meetings.
Peter Bester*
Director of Agrinet, Dorbyl and South African Property Opportunities Plc, amongst others. He was formerly executive chairperson of Cadbury Schweppes (SA) until retiring in 2001. Attended 6 of 6 board meetings and 3 of 3 remuneration committee meetings.
Piet Beyers
Director of Remgro and Unilever South Africa. Attended 5 of 6 board meetings.
Merwe Botha#
Financial director. Attended 6 of 6 board meetings.
Johan Carinus*
Wine farmer and director of Het Jan Marais Fund. Attended 4 of 6 board meetings.
Gugu Dingaan*
Investment executive at WIPHOLD and non-executive board member of ABB SA, MCG Industries and Landis+Gyr. Attended 2 of 6 board meetings and 1 of 4 audit and risk committee meetings.
Smartie Genade#
Business director: Wines. Attended 5 of 6 board meetings.
Dr Edwin de la H Hertzog
Chairperson of Medi-Clinic Corporation, non-executive deputy chairperson of Remgro, non-executive director of Total (SA) and Trans Hex Group. Attended 6 of 6 board meetings.
Joe Madungandaba*
Group chief executive offi cer of Community Investment Holdings. Non-executive deputy chairperson of Jasco Electronic Holdings and non-executive director of Air Liquide Healthcare. Attended 3 of 6 board meetings.
Louisa Mojela*
A founder and group chief executive offi cer of Women Investment Portfolio Holdings (WIPHOLD). Serves on the boards of Sun International, ABB SA and South African Airways, amongst others. Attended 5 of 6 board meetings and 2 of 3 remuneration committee meetings.
David Nurek*
Regional chairperson of Investec Western Cape, chairperson of New Clicks Holdings and Lewis Group, deputy chairperson of Foschini and, amongst others, also a director of Aspen Pharmacare, Sun International and Trencor. Attended 5 of 6 board meetings, 4 of 4 audit and risk committee meetings and 3 of 3 remuneration committee meetings.
André Parker
Non-executive director and member of the remuneration and nominations committees of AECI and non-executive director and member of the audit and risk committee of Tiger Brands. Retired managing director of SABMiller Africa & Asia, served on several boards of SABMiller subsidiaries in these territories and was also an executive committee member of SABMiller plc.
Jan Scannell#
Managing director. Attended 5 of 6 board meetings.
Catharina Sevillano-Barredo*
Director of Universal Healthcare (Pty) Ltd, Biosequences (Pty) Ltd, Sevillano Hausmann & Associates, Black Ginger 479 (Pty) Ltd, Brevity Trade 57 (Pty) Ltd and Genebiology Inc.
Ben van der Ross*
Director of FirstRand, Momentum Group, Makalani Holdings, Naspers, Pick n Pay Stores and Lewis Stores, as well as of several other non-listed companies. He is currently the chairperson of FirstRand’s Financial Sector Charter & Transformation Monitoring Committee as well as serving on both the FirstRand and Momentum Group Directors’ Affairs and Audit committees.
Thys Visser
Chief executive officer of Remgro and also a director of Rainbow Chicken, Nampak, British American Tobacco Plc, Medi-Clinic Corporation, Unilever South Africa. Attended 6 of 6 board meetings, 4 of 4 audit and risk committee meetings and 3 of 3 remuneration committee meetings.
# Executive *Independent
Executive Management:
Jan Scannell (57)
Managing director
BCom, LLB
Jan joined Distillers Corporation in 1979. He was appointed a director in 1988, and managing director in 1994. In December 2000, he was appointed managing director of Distell. Jan’s role is to ensure the company delivers on its key objectives. He is also responsible for building a high-performance culture within the company.
Merwe Botha (55)
Financial director
BCom Hons (Taxation), BCompt Hons, CA(SA)
Merwe joined Distillers Corporation in 1980. He was appointed fi nancial director in 1997 and to his present position at Distell in December 2000. He is responsible for financial planning and control, information technology, statutory reporting and internal auditing.
Stoffel Cronjé (54)
Company secretary and corporate development director
MA
Stoffel joined Distillers Corporation in 1980. He was appointed group company secretary and human resources director in 1990 and to his present position at Distell in December 2000. He performs all statutory company secretarial functions and is also responsible for the company’s human resources, legal, corporate affairs and corporate strategy planning divisions.
Don Gallow (50)
International director
Don joined Distillers Corporation in 1986. He was appointed Distell’s international director in 2005 and is responsible for the International and Africa business.
Smartie Genade (57)
Business director: Wines
BCom (Hons), MBA
Smartie joined Stellenbosch Farmers’ Winery (SFW) in 1972, was appointed director of the company in 1988 and managing director in 2000. He was appointed operations director at Distell in December 2000, assuming his present position in 2004. He is responsible for the profitability and sustainability of Distell’s wine interests.
Marius Lambrechts (42)
Quality management and research director
MSc Agric, PhD Agric
Marius joined Distell in 2001 as research manager and was appointed research and development director in August 2009. His role is to ensure total quality management is implemented throughout the Group and that ongoing research leads to new products and processes.
Nantha Moodley (49)
Sales director
BA, NDip
Nantha joined SFW in 1989 and has over 15 years’ experience in sales, training and distribution. He was appointed as sales director in May 2008. Nantha’s role is to ensure we retain and improve our market leadership in South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland and he oversees all our sales forces operating in these areas.
Kay Pillay (41)
Business director: Ciders and RTDs
Kay joined SFW in 1995 and has over 20 years experience in sales and key account management. He was appointed to his current position in May 2008. Kay is responsible for profitability and sustainability of Distell’s business in the cider and ready-to-drink categories globally.
Malcolm Searle (48)
Marketing director
BCom (Hons)
Malcolm joined Distell as marketing director in January 2004 with almost 20 years’ experience in fast-moving consumer goods, working as a marketing executive in several countries worldwide. He is responsible for building strong brand portfolios based on market strategies that leverage consumer insights and drive innovation.
Caroline Snyman (33)
Business director: Spirits
BEng (Chemical), MSc, PhD, CWM
Caroline joined Distell in January 2000 as technical manager: spirits and was appointed to her current position in November 2004. She is responsible for the profitability and sustainability of Distell’s spirits interests.
Schalk Klopper (48)
Operations director
Hons.B.Acc CA (SA)
Schalk joined the Group in 1993 as Cost Accountant. He was appointed as Distribution Director of Distillers Corporation in 1995. Since 2001 he has been responsible for procurement, supply chain management and risk management of Distell. He took up his present position in October 2009 and overseas the Operations of the Group, which includes bottling, distribution, technical services, procurement, supply chain management and risk management.
Johan Venter (50)
Primary production director
MSc
Johan joined Distillers Corporation in 1990, was appointed Head: Spirits Production in 1996 and Group General Manager: Spirits at Distell in 2000. He took up his present position in January 2009. He is responsible for our Farms; Grape, Wine, Brandy and other Raw Material Procurement; Distillation, Winemaking and Blending.
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