Corporate governance within Super Group is managed and monitored by a unitary Board, the Group Audit Committee and several sub-committees of the Board. The Board’s responsibilities and terms of reference are detailed in the Board Charter. This charter has been developed to enable the directors to maintain effective control over strategic, financial and compliance matters, and is reviewed annually. Further, the charter is updated when required to ensure compliance with the Companies Act, King IV™ and the JSE Listings Requirements.
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Executive Directors
Qualifications: BCom, BAcc, HDip Tax, MBA (with distinction, Warwick), CA(SA)
Appointed 29 July 2009
Peter is a qualified Chartered Accountant with an MBA from Warwick University. His 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, after which he joined Imperial Holdings Limited (Imperial). Over the six years to April 2008 he fulfilled the role of CEO of the Consumer Logistics Division at Imperial. He rejoined Super Group in May 2008 as Managing Director of the Supply Chain Division. Peter was appointed CEO on 29 July 2009. Peter is also a Director of the Road Freight Association. Peter was the Master Category Winner of the EY World Entrepreneur Award Southern Africa 2016. Peter was recognised as the CNBC Africa 2018 Business Leader of the Year.
Qualifications: BCompt (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 from June 2009 to February 2010, and was subsequently appointed to the Board as CFO. 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. Colin has also held the Financial Director position at EDS Africa Limited and Fujitsu Services South Africa, both multi-national companies in the IT services industry.
Non-Executive Directors
Qualifications: BA, LLB
Appointed as Chairman of the Company on 1 November 2009
Phillip qualified as a lawyer in 1971. He was the senior partner and CEO of Fluxmans Attorneys until his retirement in February 2020. He continues to consult to Fluxmans on an executive basis. 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. He assumed the position as Non-executive Chairman of the Company effective 1 November 2009.
Qualifications: ACCA (UK), M.Phil (UK)
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 London Office. Valentine was previously CEO 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 recently retired as 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 MTN (Zambia) Limited and the Phatisa Group, a Pan African Private Equity Fund Manager. Valentine is a UK Qualified Accountant and holds a Masters Degree in Development Economics from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. Valentine was appointed as Lead Independent Director effective 30 September 2020.
Qualifications: BCom, BAcc, CA(SA)
Appointed 1 June 2019
David has a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) and Bachelor of Accountancy (B.Acc) from the University of the Witwatersrand and is a member of the South Africa Institute of Chartered Accountants (CA(SA)). He was a Senior Partner at EY until his retirement in 2018, with considerable experience as the engagement partner on the audits of large listed companies. He held various positions in EY including being a member of the EY Executive and Remuneration Committees.
Qualifications: BCom, BCom (Hons) Acc, BCom (Hons) Tax, CA(SA), Advanced Certificate in Emerging Markets and Country Risk Analysis (Fordham University, New York), MBA (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK)
Appointed 1 October 2020
Pitsi Mnisi was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director with effect from 1 October 2020. She is a qualified Chartered Accountant (SA) with extensive experience across mining, investments, transportation, manufacturing and construction. She is founder and director of a wholly black-owned and managed consulting and corporate finance advisory company, Lynshpin Cedar, as well as co-founder and a director of an investment holding business, Mcorp Investments, with interests across various sectors.
Prior to this, Pitsi was Finance Manager on the Venetia Underground Project for De Beers. She has extensive experience in corporate governance matters having served on a number of Boards and Chaired a number of Finance and Audit Committees. She has also worked at Deloitte & Touché as a senior tax consultant, providing both employees and corporate tax compliance and advisory services to various corporates, and was seconded to the UK as an assistant manager in the audit department.
Qualifications: BSc (Chemical Engineering), Post Graduate Diploma (Marketing Management), MBA (University of Witwatersrand), Stanford Executive Programme (Stanford University of California, USA)
Appointed 1 October 2020
Simphiwe Mehlomakulu was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director with effect from 1 October 2020. Simphiwe is an entrepreneur and in September 2003, he, with his co-founders, formed the Reatile Group to invest in the Petroleum and Energy sectors of the Southern African economy. He was appointed Executive Chairman and has grown Reatile Group over a 17-year period.
He started his career in 1993 at Sasol Limited where he spent time in the Sasol Technologies division, Sasol Phenolics division and Sasol Solvents division, the latter as Global Export Manager. He joined Old Mutual Limited in 2000 as General Manager: Strategy Effectiveness Broker. In 2002, Simphiwe joined PetroSA (Pty) Ltd as General Manager: Trading, Supply and Logistics and in 2003 was promoted to Managing Director PetroSA Europe. He served as Chairman of the Board of Governors, for the South African Petroleum Industry Association, in 2004.
Group Company Secretary
Appointed 1 January 2020
John has over 25 years of experience at a Director level in numerous well known corporations in South Africa. In 2003 John was CEO of The Link Investment Trust, the franchisor for Link Pharmacies, and was a member of the Clicks healthcare executive team during the transformation years of the pharmaceutical industry in South Africa. Prior to joining Super Group, John was the Managing Director of Patleys (Pty) Ltd and a board member of the Bidvest Foods Africa board. John joined Super Group in February 2016 as the Group Executive for Marketing and new business development and was appointed as the Group Company Secretary effective from 1 January 2020. John is also a director of South Africa Day, representing Super Group.
Executive Directors
Appointed 29 July 2009
Peter is a qualified Chartered Accountant with an MBA from Warwick University. His 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, after which he joined Imperial Holdings Limited (Imperial). Over the six years to April 2008 he fulfilled the role of CEO of the Consumer Logistics Division at Imperial. He rejoined Super Group in May 2008 as Managing Director of the Supply Chain Division. Peter was appointed CEO on 29 July 2009. Peter is also a Director of the Road Freight Association. Peter was the Master Category Winner of the EY World Entrepreneur Award Southern Africa 2016. Peter was recognised as the CNBC Africa 2018 Business Leader of the Year.
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 from June 2009 to February 2010, and was subsequently appointed to the Board as CFO. 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. Colin has also held the Financial Director position at EDS Africa Limited and Fujitsu Services South Africa, both multi-national companies in the IT services industry.
Non-Executive Directors
Appointed as Chairman of the Company on 1 November 2009
Phillip qualified as a lawyer in 1971. He was the senior partner and CEO of Fluxmans Attorneys until his retirement in February 2020. He continues to consult to Fluxmans on an executive basis. 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. He assumed the position as Non-executive Chairman of the Company effective 1 November 2009.
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 London Office. Valentine was previously CEO 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 recently retired as 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 MTN (Zambia) Limited and the Phatisa Group, a Pan African Private Equity Fund Manager. Valentine is a UK Qualified Accountant and holds a Masters Degree in Development Economics from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. Valentine was appointed as Lead Independent Director effective 30 September 2020.
Appointed 1 June 2019
David has a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) and Bachelor of Accountancy (B.Acc) from the University of the Witwatersrand and is a member of the South Africa Institute of Chartered Accountants (CA(SA)). He was a Senior Partner at EY until his retirement in 2018, with considerable experience as the engagement partner on the audits of large listed companies. He held various positions in EY including being a member of the EY Executive and Remuneration Committees.
Appointed 1 October 2020
Pitsi Mnisi was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director with effect from 1 October 2020. She is a qualified Chartered Accountant (SA) with extensive experience across mining, investments, transportation, manufacturing and construction. She is founder and director of a wholly black-owned and managed consulting and corporate finance advisory company, Lynshpin Cedar, as well as co-founder and a director of an investment holding business, Mcorp Investments, with interests across various sectors.
Prior to this, Pitsi was Finance Manager on the Venetia Underground Project for De Beers. She has extensive experience in corporate governance matters having served on a number of Boards and Chaired a number of Finance and Audit Committees. She has also worked at Deloitte & Touché as a senior tax consultant, providing both employees and corporate tax compliance and advisory services to various corporates, and was seconded to the UK as an assistant manager in the audit department.
Appointed 1 October 2020
Simphiwe Mehlomakulu was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director with effect from 1 October 2020. Simphiwe is an entrepreneur and in September 2003, he, with his co-founders, formed the Reatile Group to invest in the Petroleum and Energy sectors of the Southern African economy. He was appointed Executive Chairman and has grown Reatile Group over a 17-year period.
He started his career in 1993 at Sasol Limited where he spent time in the Sasol Technologies division, Sasol Phenolics division and Sasol Solvents division, the latter as Global Export Manager. He joined Old Mutual Limited in 2000 as General Manager: Strategy Effectiveness Broker. In 2002, Simphiwe joined PetroSA (Pty) Ltd as General Manager: Trading, Supply and Logistics and in 2003 was promoted to Managing Director PetroSA Europe. He served as Chairman of the Board of Governors, for the South African Petroleum Industry Association, in 2004.
Group Company Secretary
Appointed 1 January 2020
John has over 25 years of experience at a Director level in numerous well known corporations in South Africa. In 2003 John was CEO of The Link Investment Trust, the franchisor for Link Pharmacies, and was a member of the Clicks healthcare executive team during the transformation years of the pharmaceutical industry in South Africa. Prior to joining Super Group, John was the Managing Director of Patleys (Pty) Ltd and a board member of the Bidvest Foods Africa board. John joined Super Group in February 2016 as the Group Executive for Marketing and new business development and was appointed as the Group Company Secretary effective from 1 January 2020. John is also a director of South Africa Day, representing Super Group.