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| Directors |
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| Giovanni Ravazzotti
(61) |
| Chairman and Acting CEO |
| Founder, in 1969, of the Italtile Group and Chairman
of Ceramic Industries Limited. |
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| Peter Swatton (46)
– British |
| BCompt (Hons), CA(SA) |
| Chief Financial Officer |
| Joined the company 1988 |
| Peter was appointed chief financial officer in
February 1992. He has had 15 years service with Italtile during
which time he was chief executive officer for two and a half years.
Appointed to the board 1992 |
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| John Couzis (51)
– Greek |
| Non-Executive Director |
| Appointed to the board 1988 |
| John retired as chief executive officer of Italtile
in 2001, a position he held since 1998, to become a non-executive
director. John has had 24 years experience in the ceramic tile industry
and previously held various positions in the I.T. field. |
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| Derek Rabin (54) |
| Dip Law |
| Non-Executive Director |
| Appointed to the board 1990 |
Admitted as an attorney of the High Courts of
the Republic of South Africa and Lesotho, Derek has held directorships
in several companies and served as Chairman of Honeywell Southern
Africa (Pty) Ltd for many years. He was previously a partner at
Godfrey Rabin and Partners Attorneys, Werksman’s and a founding
partner of Rabin, Van den Berg and Pelkowitz whose corporate advisory
business was sold to Brait SA in 2000. Derek served on the main
board of Brait and as Chairman of Brait’s advisory division
until the formation of
Derek H Rabin & Assoociates in July 2003. |
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| Gordon Cousins (55) |
| BComm, MBA |
| Independent Non-Executive Director |
| Appointed to the board 1995 |
Gordon, a gold-medalist MBA, held various corporate
leadership positions in the building products industry before
starting his own business, 20 years ago, which develops and markets
simulation-based experiental learning
methodologies to all levels of management, to an international client
base. Gordon is also international
vice-president of Retina International, an organisation dedicated
to finding a cure for inherited retinal blindness. |
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| Siyabonga Gama (37) |
| B.Com (Hons), AEP, CAIB(SA) |
| Independent Non-Executive Director |
| Appointed to the board 2004 |
Siyabonga is the chief executive officer of
the National Ports Authority of South Africa, the Chairman of the
Port
Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa and serves
on the board of the International Association of Ports and Harbours. |
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| Group audit committee |
G F Cousins (Chairman)
J Couzis
G A M Ravazzotti*
P D Swatton*
*By invitation |
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| Remuneration committee |
D H Rabin (Chairman)
G A M Ravazzotti
G F Cousins |
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| Divisional management |
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| Christian Trumpelmann (34) |
BCom(Law)
Chief Operating Officer (Africa) |
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| Pierre Langenhoven (35) |
| Chief Operating Officer (Australia) |
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| Wouter van der Merwe (36) |
N.Dip (Property Development
and Housing Management)
Manager – Property
Division |
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