TONGAAT HULETT LIMITED - Appointment of an independent non-executive director

Appointment of an independent non-executive director

Tongaat Hulett Limited
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TONGAAT HULETT: APPOINTMENT    OF    AN   INDEPENDENT   NON-
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Tongaat Hulett is pleased to announce the appointment of
Dr Tomaz Augusto Salomão as an independent non-executive
director to the Board, with effect from 25 May 2015.

Dr Salomão, who is Mozambican, is the former Executive
Secretary of the Southern African Development Community
(SADC, 2005 - 2013). At Regional level, he presided over
the SADC roadmap for the preparatory process of the SADC
Free Trade Area, which was launched by the SADC Summit in
August 2008. He also guided the broad-based consultative
process for the SADC Regional Infrastructure Development
Master Plan (RIDMP) culminating in its adoption by Summit
in 2012. The RIDMP currently constitutes the blue print
for the roll-out of infrastructure programmes in the SADC
region.

Prior to these positions, Dr Salomão made significant
contributions to the development of his country in senior
Government leadership positions spanning a period of 22
years.He was   the   Minister   of   Transport   and
Communications from 2000 to 2004. He is also former
Minister of Finance and Planning (1994 to 1999) during
the period of reconstruction in Mozambique following the
1992 Peace Agreement. He also served as Governor for
Mozambique at the African Development Bank, International
Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

He is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at the
University of Witwatersrand School of Governance. He is
also the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Standard
Bank, Mozambique.

Tongaat
26 May 2015


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