BUSINESS OVERVIEW

Board of directors

		David Nurek (61) Independent non-executive chairman Dip Law, Grad Dip Company Law Chairman of the social and ethics committee Member of the audit and risk, and remuneration and nominations committees Appointed June 1997 David practised as an attorney with Sonnenberg Hoffman Galombik for 32 years, including 23 years as a partner and director. He joined Investec Group in 2000 and is regional chairman of the group’s Western Cape businesses and global head of legal risk for the Investec Group. He is non-executive chairman of Distell Group, The Foschini Group and Lewis Group, and a non-executive director of Sun International, Trencor and Mobile Industries.
		Fatima Abrahams (49) Independent non-executive director B Econ (Hons) (cum laude), M Com and D Com Chairperson of the remuneration and nominations committee Member of the social and ethics committee Appointed March 2008 Professor Abrahams is an academic, experienced company director and a registered industrial psychologist. She is currently a senior professor at the University of the Western Cape, having also served as dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Professor Abrahams is chairperson of TSiBA Education, a non-profit private higher educational institution, and is a non-executive director of The Foschini Group and Lewis Group.
		John Bester (65) Independent non-executive director B Com (Hons ), CA (SA), CMS (Oxon) Chairperson of the audit and risk committee Member of the remuneration and nominations committee Appointed October 2008 John spent 16 years in the accounting profession, including serving as a partner of Ernst & Young for 10 years. He has been involved in commerce and industry for a further 28 years, holding a number of financial directorships during this time. He is a non-executive director of Personal Trust International, HomeChoice Holdings, Sovereign Food Investments and Western Province Rugby (Proprietary) Limited, as well as a trustee of the Children’s Hospital Trust.

		Bertina Engelbrecht (48) Group human resources director B Proc, LL M, admitted attorney Member of the social and ethics committee Appointed as a director in March 2008 An experienced human resources professional, Bertina joined Clicks Group in July 2006. She was previously general manager for Shell SA Energy and regional human resources manager for Shell Oil Products Africa. Prior to this Bertina was director of organisational effectiveness at Sea Harvest, managed her own consultancy practice and spent eight years with Transnet.

		Michael Fleming (44) Chief financial officer B Com, CTA, CA(SA) Appointed as a director in March 2011 Michael was previously chief financial officer of Tiger Brands Limited. He joined the Tiger Brands group in 2000, was appointed as financial executive of the Tiger Brands consumer brands division in 2005 and promoted to chief financial officer in June 2008. During his tenure as CFO of Tiger Brands, Michael also served as a non-executive director of Oceana Group Limited.

		Michael Harvey (42) Managing director, Clicks Member of the social and ethics committee Appointed as a director in April 2006 Michael joined Clicks as a management trainee in 1989. After gaining experience in store management he assumed responsibility for regional operations in the Gauteng area and later in the Eastern and Western Cape. He was appointed marketing director of Clicks in 2000 and the following year moved to Discom, then part of the group, where he was appointed managing director in 2002. Michael was appointed managing director of Clicks in February 2005.

		Fatima Jakoet (51) Independent non-executive director B Sc, CTA, CA (SA), Higher certficate in financial markets Member of the audit and risk committee Appointed March 2008 After spending six years in the auditing profession, Fatima went on to lecture in financial accounting and then spent over a decade in various positions in corporate South Africa. Fatima is a non-executive director of MMI Holdings, Tongaat Hulett and MTN West and Central Africa (WECA) Region.

		David Kneale (57) Chief executive officer BA Member of the social and ethics committee Appointed as a director in April 2006 David was appointed chief executive officer of Clicks Group in January 2006. He was previously chief commercial officer of health and beauty retailer, Boots Group plc, in the United Kingdom. During his career at Boots David held positions in finance, buying and marketing before being appointed director of merchandise and marketing in 1995 and managing director of international retail development in 1997. After three years as managing director of Waterstone’s Booksellers and a director of HMV Group, he returned to Boots in 2002 as director of trading and was appointed chief commercial officer in January 2003.
		Dr Nkaki Matlala (58) Independent non-executive director B Sc, M Sc, M D, M Med (Surgery), FCS Member of the audit and risk, and social and ethics committees Appointed in August 2010 Dr Matlala is an experienced teacher and surgeon and is currently executive director: government and stakeholder relations at Mediclinic Southern Africa. He was deputy president of the National Medical and Dental Association in the late eighties, and worked for a number of years in academic medicine and private surgical practice before establishing Safika Health in 1999. He joined Mediclinic in 2005. Dr Matlala is chairman of the Hospital Association of South Africa and a founding member and chairman of Phodiso Clinics, a healthcare investment company.
		Martin Rosen (61) Independent non-executive director Member of the remuneration and nominations committee Appointed April 2006 Martin is an accomplished retailer and marketer, having spent 33 years with Pick n Pay before starting his own marketing consultancy in 2004. After 17 years in the retail operations of Pick n Pay, Martin was appointed group marketing director in 1998 and managing director of Pick n Pay Group Enterprises in 2001.