ArcelorMittal South Africa 2007 Annual Report Page 10
Board of directors
Eric Diack (50) Independent non-executive director/BAcc,
CA(SA), AMP (Harvard)
Appointed non-executive director on 16 March 2007.
Chairman of the Risk Committee. Director of Ayavuna Appliance
Holdings (Pty) Limited, Deplian Investments Limited and Ayavuna
Appliance Investment (Pty) Limited, previously Chief Executive
Director of Anglo American Ferrous Metals and Industries Division.
Chris Murray (63) Independent non-executive director/
BCom, CA(SA), MBL
Appointed non-executive director on 11 May 2007.
Chairman of the Safety, Health and Environment Committee.
Previously Chief Executive Director of Haggie Group of Companies.
Since retirement from Haggie in 2004, has acted for Steel and
Engineering Industries Federation of South Africa (SEIFSA an
Employers association) in the following capacities:
Representative on BUSAs Retirement Reform technical task team.
Trustee of all SEIFSA long-term Funds Pension, Provident,
Permanent Disability and Sick-pay Funds.
Director of Metal Industries Benefit Funds Administrators
(MIBFA).
Member of MIBFA and Merseta Audit committees.
Member of SEIFSA Exco.
Director of SA Ballet Theatre and chairman of SABTs Finance
committee.
Khotso Mokhele (52) Independent non-executive director and
chairman/BSc (Agric), MSc (Food Science),
PhD (Microbiology)
Independent non-executive director since February 1998 and
Chairman of Board since 1 January 2007. Chairman of the
Transformation Committee of the Board and Member of the
Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) committee as well as of
the Human Resources and Nominations Committee. Independent
non-executive director of the following companies: Impala Platinum
Holdings Limited, African Oxygen Limited and Tiger Brands Limited.
Non-executive director of Zimplats Holdings Limited and Trustee
of the Hans Merensky Foundation. Vice President for Scientific
Planning and Review of the International Council for Science.
Johnson Njeke (49) Independent non-executive director/BCom,
BCompt (Hons), CA(SA), HDip Tax Law
Appointed non-executive director on 1 January 2002.
Chairman of the Audit Committee. Deputy Chairman of Kagiso
Media. Director of numerous companies including NM Rothschild
(SA) (Pty) Limited, Compass Group (SA) (Pty) Limited, Resilient
Property Income Fund Limited, Metropolitan Holdings Limited and
MTN Group Limited.
Thandi Orleyn (52) Independent non-executive director/BJuris;
BProc LLB; Hon-PHD
Appointed non-executive director on 1 February 2007. Chairman
of the Human Resources and Nominations Committee. Director of
South African Reserve Bank, Implats, Toyota SA, Reunert Limited
and FreeWorld Coatings Limited.
From left:
Top: Khotso Mokhele, Eric Diack
Middle: Johnson Njeke, Chris Murray,
Lumkile Mondi
Bottom: Thandi Orleyn, Malay Mukherjee