OMNIA - Key Persons
Qualifications
National Higher Diploma Analytical Chemistry, qualifications in Industrial Marketing (UNISA) and Financial Management (WITS)
Job Titles:
- Human Resources Executive
Qualifications
LLB, B.Com, Postgraduate Diploma in Administrative Law, Professional Business Coaching Programme, and Leading Sustainable Corporations Programme
Bronwyn is a seasoned human resources executive with more than ten years' experience in strategic human resource management in the agriculture and forestry sector.
Experience: George retired from Deloitte during 2015 after a 30-year career with the firm. As a fi nancial services industry partner, George provided audit and a variety of other professional services to clients including life insurance and reinsurance companies, asset managers, hedge funds and other finance entities.
Qualifications
PhD in International and Business Finance, MBA, Post Graduate Certificate in Leadership, Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators (CIS), B. Com Hons.
The company secretary, Michelle Nana, ensures that the board is aware of its fiduciary duties and responsibilities and is kept informed of relevant changes in legislation and governance best practice. She facilitates the induction of new directors and the ongoing training of directors, in addition to acting as secretary to the board and its committees. The board and every director have unfettered access to the services of the company secretary.
The board assessed the company secretarial function for the year under review, as required by the JSE Listings Requirements, and confirms that Ms Nana continues to demonstrate the requisite level of knowledge and experience to carry out her duties and is independent from management and the Group to appropriately support the board and execute her role.
Qualifications
LLB, FCIS, BA (Industrial Psychology and Sociology), Certified Director of the Institute of Directors South Africa
Qualifications
Bsc, Hons, MBA The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Experience: Nick was the founding Dean of the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) (1998 - 2015).
Experience: Former senior executive, managing specialty chemical businesses on five continents for Süd-Chemie AG, Germany for 30 years. He also worked for Ashland Chemicals Inc. of the United States. He has served on several boards, both locally and internationally, as managing director, executive director and chairman with joint-venture shareholders such as Sasol Limited, the Industrial Development Corporation, Central Energy Fund (CEF) Limited and PetroSA.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director and Audit and Risk Committee Member to Adcorp Holdings Limited
Experience: Ronel is a CA(SA), having obtained a BAcc (Hons) from the University of Stellenbosch and completing articles with Arthur Andersen, where she attained the role of audit manager. In 2003, she joined the Spur Corporation Limited as financial manager, whereafter she was promoted to chief financial officer. After 15 years with the Spur Corporation, Ronel decided to step away from corporate life and became a freelance consultant.
Skills and expertise: Finance, business management, strategy, mergers and acquisitions. Experience: He is an accomplished, internationally experienced business leader, from the financial services sector. He has assumed senior leadership roles across Emerging Markets for close to 20 years including key leadership roles as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director. He served as Chief Executive of Emerging Markets for Liberty Holdings and previously the Group Chief Executive of STANLIB Group. Prior to this he was Managing Director of Old Mutual Corporate.
Job Titles:
- Group Chief Executive Officer of Thebe Investment Corporation
Experience: Sizwe is the group chief executive officer of Thebe Investment Corporation, one of the leading investment holding companies that came into being shortly before South Africa's formal political transition to democracy. He was the chief executive officer of Thebe Energy & Resources since 1 April 2015, a role he assumed after serving for two years as the chief executive officer of the Central Energy Fund. The CEF is a state-owned SA entity focusing on oil, gas, coal, renewable and alternative primary energy sources.
Job Titles:
- Remuneration and Nominations Committee ( Chair )
Skills and expertise: Business management, chemistry, information systems, strategy Experience: Thoko holds a BSc and Teaching Diploma from Swaziland and a master's degree in Medicinal Chemistry from Loughborough University in the UK. She serves as an independent non-executive director on the boards of a number of JSE listed companies. In 2005 she was named finalist for IT Personality, winner of Top ICT Individual and winner of Top ICT Businesswoman in Africa. In 2007, she was named the Businesswoman of the year in the Corporate Category.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Omnia Holdings Board of Directors
Experience: In addition to being chair of the Omnia Holdings board of directors, Tina runs family investments in textile manufacturing, fashion design and communications. She was previously the group managing director of NTP Radioisotopes (SOC) Limited, the commercial subsidiary of NECSA. She was the vice chair of the OECD-NEA committee of medical radioisotopes for two terms. Her work experience in private and public sectors includes banking, science/technology research, retail, and manufacturing sectors.
Qualifications
BSc (Industrial Eng, Textile Eng), MBA
Skills and expertise:Business turnaround management, strategy, engineering, corporate governance, change management, stakeholder management and corporate affairs Experience: Tina is currently Group managing director of NTP Radiosotopes (SOC) Limited, the commercial subsidiary of NECSA. She is the current vice chair of the OECD -NEA committee of medical radioisotopes. Her work experience in private and public sectors includes banking, science/technology research, retail and manufacturing sectors. She is a recognised business turnaround specialist who has served as executive director of Standard Bank responsible for setting up group corporate affairs, previously was vice president at CSIR; a senior manager in textiles and stakeholder management at Woolworths and as head of engineering in a manufacturing firm in the USA. Tina has served on other listed boards previously.
Skills and expertise: Business management, strategy, supply chain operations, chemicals & mining industry Experience: Wim has over 35 years' industry and strategic management consulting experience across predominantly the Chemicals, Energy, Oil & Gas, Agriculture, Pulp & Paper and Metals & Mining sectors. He also brings significant international experience to the board, with more than 13 years' in Africa. Among other roles during his career, Wim most recently served as a Partner at A.T Kearney where he was responsible for, inter alia, the African region and at a global level strategy, business planning, productivity and operations. He retired in 2017 after 21 years within the group and served from September 2018 till December 2019 as interim COO of African Parks, a nature conservancy. He is currently and independent advisor, coach and interim manager.