SAP - Sappi Limited - Appointment Of Non-Executive Director

SAP - Sappi Limited - Appointment Of Non-Executive Director                     
Sappi Limited                                                                   
(Registration number 1936/008963/06)                                            
Issuer Code: SAVVI                                                              
JSE Code: SAP                                                                   
ZAE000006284                                                                    
Announcement                                                                    
09 November 2009                                                                
Peter Mageza to join Sappi Limited board                                        
Sappi Limited, the global pulp and paper group, today announced that Mr Peter   
Mageza will join the Sappi Limited board with effect from 01 January 2010 as    
an independent non-executive director, following the retirements of Mr David    
Brink and Dr Franklin Sonn from the Sappi Limited board on 31 December 2009.    
Mr Mageza (54), joins the Sappi board after having held senior executive        
positions across a wide range of industries. He is a former Group Chief         
Operating Officer of ABSA Group Limited; Assistant General Manager for Process  
Management at Nedcor Limited and Chief Executive Officer of Autonet, the road   
passenger and freight logistics division of Transnet Limited. He serves as a    
non-executive director on the boards of Bidvest Group Limited and Rainbow       
Chickens Limited. He is a Chartered Certified Accountant and a fellow of the    
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in the UK.                
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NOTE TO EDITORS:                                                                
Additional information on Mr Peter Nkateko Mageza:                              
Career:                                                                         
1988-1992      Audit Senior and Audit Manager at Coopers & Lybrand Chartered    
              Accountants (SA)                                                  
1993-1998      Various senior positions rising to Chief Executive Officer of    
              Autonet, the road passenger and freight logistics division of     
              Transnet Limited                                                  
1998-1999      Assistant General Manager for Process Management at Nedcor       
Limited                                                           

2000-2009      Various senior positions rising to Group Chief Operating         
Officer                                                                         
              for ABSA Group Limited                                            
2000-2004      Managing Executive / CEO - Bankfin (now ABSA Vehicle and Asset   
              Finance)                                                          
2003-2004      Executive Director - Wealth Management                           
2004-2006      Executive Director - Africa, Vehicle and Asset Finance           
2006-2009      Group Chief Operating Officer                                    
Mr Mageza`s responsibilities as Executive Director for Africa at ABSA included  
companies in Tanzania, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Angola.                
For further information:                                                        
Andre F Oberholzer                                                              
Group Head Corporate Affairs                                                    
Sappi Limited (Reg No 1936/008963/06)                                           
Tel       +27 (0)11 407 8044                                                    
Fax       +27 (0)11 403 8236                                                    
Mobile    +27 (0)83 235 2973                                                    
Andre.Oberholzer@sappi.com                                                      
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