FINBOND GROUP LIMITED - Appointment To The Board Of An Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointment To The Board Of An Independent Non-Executive Director

Finbond Group Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number: 2001/015761/06)
Share code: FGL ISIN: ZAE000138095
("Finbond" or "the Company")


APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF AN INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR


In terms of paragraph 3.59 of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, Finbond shareholders
are advised that Adv. Neville Melville [B Law, LLB(Natal) LLM(cum laude)(Natal),Post
Graduate Diploma in Company Direction, Senior Executive Programme (Harvard Business
School), AltX Company Directors’ Induction(Wits Business School)) Advocate of the High
Court] has been appointed as an independent non-executive to the board of the Company
effective 19 October 2012.


Adv. Melvillle’s experience includes:

   •   CEO of the board of the Ombudsman for Banking Services Ltd Company for seven
       years, working alongside various top-flight, experienced directors of public
       companies.
   •   First Executive Director of the Independent Complaints Directorate and practised as
       an Advocate at the Durban Bar.
   •   Former office-bearer in various local and international voluntary associations,
       including chairperson of the South African Ombudsman Association.
   •   Member of the Financial Service Ombuds Schemes Council and was the FSB/ court
       appointed Curator of PIT Group of Companies.
   •   Served as a founder director of the Co-operative Banks Development Agency
       (CBDA).
   •   Honorary Research Fellow at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
   •   Member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London and Institute of Directors, South
       Africa.

Pretoria
19 October 2012


DESIGNATED ADVISOR:
GRINDROD BANK LIMITED

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