Supergroup

Left to right: Valentine Chitalu, Neill Davies, Enos Banda, Peter Mountford, Phillip Vallet, David Rose, Colin Brown, John Newbury

Peter Mountford (52)
Chief Executive Officer
B.Com, B.Acc, HDip Tax, MBA, CA(SA)

Appointed 29 July 2009

Peter has some 20 years of senior management experience mainly within the SA Breweries Group (SAB). Over the six years to April 2008 he fulfilled the role of CEO of the Consumer Logistics Division at Imperial Holdings Limited (Imperial). Peter is a qualified Chartered Accountant with an MBA from Warwick University. His other business experience includes the role of Managing Director of SAB Diversified Beverages which included SAB’s Supply Chain Services and Logistics interests. He was previously the Managing Director of Super Group’s Logistics and Transport division until June 2002 when he joined Imperial. Peter is also a director of the Road Freight Association. Peter re-joined Super Group in May 2008 as Divisional CEO of the core Supply Chain business and was appointed to the Super Group board as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on 29 July 2009.  

Colin Brown (41)
Chief Financial Officer
B.Compt (Hons), MBL, CA(SA)

Appointed 28 February 2010

Colin is a Chartered Accountant and has an MBL from the UNISA School of Business Leadership. Colin provided support services to the Group’s treasury activities since June 2009, and was subsequently appointed to the Board as Chief Financial Officer in February 2010. Prior to that, Colin was CFO and a member of the board of Celcom Group Limited, a business in the mobile phone industry and previously listed on the Alternative Exchange (AltX) of the JSE Limited. Colin has also held the Financial Director’s position at EDS Africa Limited and Fujitsu Services South Africa, both multinational companies in the information technology services industry.

Phillip Vallet (64)
Deputy Chairman
BA, LLB

Appointed 1999

Phillip qualified as a lawyer in 1971. He is the senior partner and CEO of Fluxmans Attorneys, specialising in corporate law. Phillip joined the Board in 1999. From April 2009 to 29 July 2009 he acted as interim CEO until the appointment of Peter Mountford to the position. Phillip retained certain executive functions relating to the corporate actions and disposals up to end of August 2009. He assumed the position of Non-Executive Chairman effective 1 November 2009. Phillip is currently a Non-Executive Director of Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers Limited and Gold Reef Resorts Limited.

David Rose (68)
B.Com, BA, CA(SA)
Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed December 2008

David is a Chartered Accountant and an independent consultant. David is a Non-Executive Director and the Audit Committee Chairman of Primeserv Limited. He spent 41 years with Fisher Hoffman, a major national firm of Chartered Accountants. He became a Partner of the firm in 1970 and was Managing Partner of the Johannesburg office as well as Chairman of the National Practice from 1991 to 1998.

Valentine Chitalu (45)
ACCA (UK), M.Phil (UK)
Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed December 2008

Valentine is an entrepreneur in Zambia and southern Africa, specialising in private equity and general investments. In the early part of his career, he worked at KPMG’s London office. Valentine was previously Chief Executive Officer at the Zambia Privatisation Agency where he was responsible for the divestiture of over 240 enterprises. He later worked for CDC Group Plc, both in London and Lusaka, and is currently a Non-Executive Director of the CDC Group Plc; a fund-of-funds group based in London.

Valentine holds several other board positions in Zambia, Australia and the United Kingdom. He is currently Chairman of Zambian Breweries, MTN (Zambia) Limited and the Phatisa Group. Valentine is a UK-qualified Accountant and holds a Master’s degree in Development Economics from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom.

Neill Davies (74)
CA(SA)
Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed 1 November 2009

Neill has had a long career in industry and commerce in both executive and non-executive positions. Since retiring from the Altron Group, where he held the position of Chief Financial Officer and later Executive Deputy Chairman, he has served on various boards of listed companies. He held the position of Chairman of the boards of Concor Limited, Rand Leases GM Limited and Astrapak Limited. Other Non-Executive Directorships have included Austro Limited, Anglo American Industrial Corporation Limited, JD Group Limited, Advtech Limited, Brait SA Limited, Bytes Limited and AFGRI Limited. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Savcio Holdings (Pty) Limited.

John Newbury (68)
CA(SA)
Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed 1 November 2009

John is a vastly experienced industrialist whose expertise has him serving on the boards of and chairing a number of listed and unlisted companies. Companies chaired by John include Tracker Network (Pty) Limited, Blue Bulls Company (Pty) Limited, MARC Group Limited and Metropolitan Health Limited. John’s business career spans four decades with a significant focus on the motor industry. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Nissan South Africa for 17 years, until retirement in 2000. He purchased Kolbenco, Africa’s largest manufacturer of automotive pistons in 2001. Other directorships have included Dorbyl Limited and Kolbenco (Pty) Limited. John is a Non-Executive Director at MicroMega Limited and InVenFin (Pty) Limited.

Enos Banda (46)
BA (Hon) Financial Accounting; LLM (distinction); Doctor of Jurisprudence
Independent Non-Executive Director 

Appointed 1 July 2011

Enos Banda is a South African entrepreneur and investment banker who is founder and CEO of FreetelCapital(Pty) Ltd. He has served as chairman of the South African National Electricity Regulator and chairman of the Municipal Infrastructure Investment Unit of the SA Government. He was country head for global bank Credit Suisse First Boston and later, head of Sub-Saharan Africa for HSBC Corporate and Investment Bank. He has practised law in both the United States and in South Africa. He is admitted to the New York law bar, and he is an Advocate of the Supreme Court of South Africa.

Mr Banda sits on the boards of a number of listed and unlisted entities, as well as the board of Norilisk Nickel MMC. He was formerly the Chairman of the Gold Reef Resorts Group.