Appointment of independent non-executive director ALEXANDER FORBES GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa (Registration number: 2006/025226/06) JSE Share Code: AFH ISIN: ZAE000191516 ("Alexander Forbes" or "the Company") Appointment of independent non-executive director In compliance with 3.59 of the JSE Listings Requirements, Alexander Forbes is pleased to announce that Mr Moses Kgosana, previously Chief Executive and Senior Partner of KPMG Southern Africa and Chairman of KPMG Africa, has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company with effect from 21 April 2015. Mr Kgosana was also previously a member of the KPMG Global Board and Council and the KPMG Europe Middle East Africa (EMA) Board. Other previous board memberships included Chairing the Accounting Practices Board, a member of the board of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and a member of the Standards Advisory Council of the International Accounting Standards Board. He has also served as President of the Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants of Southern Africa. He has experience in internal and external audit, financial management and administration, as well as business and management consultancy. He has extensive industry credentials based on experience in various industries, including financial institutions, industrial, telecommunications, mining, technology and consumer markets. 22 April 2015 Sandton Sponsor RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited) Date: 22/04/2015 04:30:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.