annual report 2009
Annexure to Notice of Annual General Meeting
BRIEF CURRICULUM VITAE OF DIRECTORS STANDING FOR RE-ELECTION
non-executive
Prof F Abrahams (46)
B Econ Hons (cum laude), M Comm, D Comm
Fatima Abrahams has been an independent non-executive director of Foschini Limited since 2003.
Fatima is a member of the remuneration sub-committee and chairperson of the transformation sub-committee.
She is an academic, experienced company director and a registered industrial psychologist. She is currently a senior professor in Industrial Psychology at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), having lectured in this department since 1986. She has also served as Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management sciences at UWC and served as Chairperson of the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront Holdings.
She is chairperson of TSIBA Education, a non-profit private higher educational institution.
She is also a non-executive director of Lewis Group Limited and New Clicks Holdings Limited.
Mr D M Nurek (59)
Diploma in Law
David Nurek has been an independent non-executive director of Foschini Limited since 1990. He served as deputy chairman for a number of years before being appointed as chairman of the board on 1 April 2009.
David is chairman of the nomination, remuneration and risk sub-committees. He is also a member of the transformation sub-committee. He attends audit sub-committee meetings by invitation.
He has been employed in an executive capacity by Investec Bank since 2000. He also serves as the regional chairman of Investec’s various businesses in the Western Cape and as global head of legal risk. Prior to joining Investec he practised as a commercial attorney at Sonnenberg Hoffmann Galombik for more than 30 years, ultimately serving as chairman.
He holds a Diploma in Law and a Graduate Diploma in Company Law from the University of Cape Town and completed a Program of Instruction for Lawyers at Harvard Law School.
He is an experienced company director, having served on the boards of numerous listed and unlisted companies in a non-executive capacity over many years.
He is a non-executive director of Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited, Sun International Limited and Trencor Limited.
He is the non-executive chairman of Distell Group Limited, Lewis Group Limited and New Clicks Holdings Limited.
Mr D M Polak (60)
Dennis Polak joined the group in 1969 and was appointed as an executive director in 1996. Following his retirement at the end of 2007 he now serves on the board as a non-executive director.
Dennis is a member of the audit and risk sub-committees.
Dennis has extensive retail experience. During his 39 years with the group he served in various operational roles within American Swiss and Foschini before being appointed as managing director of Pages (subsequently re-branded exact!) in 1990. He was appointed group retail director in 1996 and served as group CEO for the 10 years prior to his retirement.
Ms K N Dhlomo (36)
BA, MBA
Khanyi Dhlomo was appointed as an independent non-executive director on 23 February 2009.
Khanyi has held various media-related roles, including editor of the women’s lifestyle publication, True Love. She also held the position of manager of SA Tourism in France. She is the founding managing director of Ndalo Media (a media company she co-owns with Media24), which publishes print and digital products, as well as being the founding editor of Destiny, a business and lifestyle magazine for women. She also serves on the Advisory Council of the University of Stellenbosch Business School and serves as Patron of Orion, a non-profit therapeutic and training centre for people with mental, physical and intellectual disabilities.
She holds a BA degree in industrial psychology from Unisa and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Ms N V Simamane (49)
BSc (Hons)
Noma Simamane was appointed as an independent non-executive director on 23 February 2009.
She has extensive marketing and advertising experience, having previously held the positions of marketing manager at Unilever, marketing director of British American Tobacco and managing director of BLGK Bates advertising agency. She is currently managing director of Zanusi Brand Solutions, a branding consultancy she founded in 2001. She has played an active role in the Association of Marketers in South Africa and has served on a regional advisory council of the UN Development Programme. She has worked in the United States and Kenya and she holds a BSc Hons in biology and chemistry from the University of Botswana.
She is also a non-executive director of Cashbuild Limited.
executive
Mr P S Meiring (53)
Peter Meiring joined the group in 1983 and was appointed as an executive director of Foschini Limited on 1 April 2009.
In addition to his extensive experience in consumer credit lending, Peter also has experience in information technology, specifically in financial systems.
Peter is currently the managing director of the group’s financial services division, having previously held various roles within the group’s IT department, as well as within Pages (subsequently re-branded exact!) before moving to the financial services division in 1992. He was appointed managing director of this division in 1998 and to the operating board in 1999.
Peter also serves as the chairman of the RCS Group.
