Appointment Of Chief Executive Officer, Change In Designation Of Financial Director, Appointment Of New FD
GRAND PARADE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration Number 1997/003548/06)
Share code: GPL
ISIN: ZAE000119814
(“GPI” or “the Company”)
APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CHANGE IN DESIGNATION OF
FINANCIAL DIRECTOR TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, APPOINTMENT OF NEW
FINANCIAL DIRECTOR AND MANAGEMENT CHANGE
In compliance with paragraph 3.59(a) of the Listings Requirements
of the JSE Limited, notification is hereby given of the following
changes to the board of GPI -
Ms. Tasneem Karriem has been appointed as Chief Executive
Officer of the GPI Group. Ms. Karriem joined GPI in July
2015 to head up the Group’s Corporate Finance activities
and has been an executive director on the GPI board since
September 2016. A qualified Chartered Accountant with
extensive corporate finance experience, Ms. Karriem has
become integral to GPI’s executive management and is a key
roleplayer on the boards of various GPI subsidiaries. She
is also the GPI representative on Spur Corporation Limited’s
board in her capacity as a non-executive director.
Mr. Dylan Pienaar is standing down as the Financial Director
of the company but will remain on the GPI Board as an
executive director. He will be redeployed to head up GPI’s
Foods division (“Grand Foods”). Mr. Pienaar has been with
GPI since 2008 and has extensive insight into GPI’s business
operations which, together with his broad skills set, will
add significant depth to the management of Grand Foods.
Mr. Shaun Barends has been appointed as the new Financial
Director. Mr. Barends is a qualified chartered accountant
with 16 years’ experience across a range of industries which
include financial services, oil and gas, construction and
telecommunications. He has been with the GPI Group since
May 2013 initially heading up the Slots Group’s finance
division and more recently the finance division of Grand
Foods. Previously Mr. Barends was an associate director in
the audit practice of one of the big four audit firms where
he worked for some 13 years. He also served as a board
member on the Association for the Advancement of Black
Accountants of Southern Africa for 6 years.
The Board of directors wish to congratulate Ms. Karriem and Mr.
Barends on their appointments and express their appreciation to
Mr. Pienaar for his commitment and extensive contribution to the
company during his tenure as the Financial Director.
The above appointments all take effect on 1 July 2017.
MANAGEMENT CHANGE
Shareholders are referred to the announcement released on SENS
on 17 March 2017 relating to Mr. Alan Keet’s resignation from
the board of GPI and as Chief Executive Officer, and are hereby
advised that Mr. Keet has left the GPI Group.
Mr. Dylan Pienaar will take over as the Chief Executive of the
Grand Foods division on 1 July 2017.
Cape Town
23 June 2017
Sponsor and corporate adviser:
PSG Capital
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