Giovanni Ravazzotti
Group Executive Chairman
Founder, in 1969, of the Italtile Group and Chairman of Ceramic Industries Limited.

Brandon Wood
Chief Financial Officer
CA(SA)
Appointed to the Board on 1 May 2013
Brandon graduated with a Bachelor of Accounting from Rhodes University.  He joined Ernst & Young in 2004 and completed his articles in 2007, whereafter he was appointed Audit Manager, a position he held until 2010, when he joined Italtile Ltd as Group Financial Manager.

Peter Swatton
Non-executive Director
BCompt (Hons), CA(SA)
Peter joined the company in 1988. He was appointed Chief Financial Officer and joined the Board in 1992.  During his lengthy tenure he also held the position of Chief Executive Officer for two and a half years.

Susan du Toit
Independent Non-Executive Director
CA(SA), MComm Financial Management
Susan is a Chartered Accountant (SA) and has held a number of positions within Ernst & Young, culminating in the position of Lead Audit Partner on a number of JSE listed companies.  She also held the position of Team Leader for a group of audit partners at Ernst & Young.

Siyabonga Gama
Non-executive Director
BCom (Hons), AEP, CAIB(SA)
Appointed to the Board in 2004.
Siyabonga is a past Chief Executive Officer of the National Ports Authority of South Africa, past Chairman of the Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa, is currently President of the Union of African Railways and serves on the Board of the Union of International Railways. In 2005 he was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Spoornet.

Pierre Langenhoven
Executive Director
Appointed to the Board on 30 June 2011
Pierre Langenhoven joined the Italtile Group in 1990 in Johannesburg. He started in sales at CTM and over the years has been promoted to each level within the Division, around South Africa. Pierre was transferred to Australia in 2000, and has been the Managing Director of Italtile Australia since 2002. His strengths lie in all aspects of retail operations and management. He brings 21 years of experience to his Board appointment.

Mr Sybrand Gerhardus Pretorius
Non-Executive Director and member of the Audit Committee MComm Business Economics from the University of the Orange Free State
Appointed to the Board on 30 June 2011.
Brand Pretorius is a well-known and respected businessman in South Africa, particularly in the motor industry where he held the position of managing director for Toyota SA Marketing for 8 years and that of Chief Executive Officer of McCarthy Limited from 1999 to his retirement on 1 March 2011. It is widely acknowledged that Brand played the pivotal role in saving McCarthy from bankruptcy. Brand currently serves as a non-executive director on the boards of the ABSA Group, ABSA Bank Limited, Reunert and RGT Smart.

Alessia Zannoni
Non-executive Director
Appointed to the Board in 2009
Alessia is a freelance Creative Director and Image and Branding consultant. She is also a student teacher of visual education, communication and advertising at Scuola internazionale di Comics, accademia delle arti figurative e digitali - Reggio Emilia, Italy. Alessia obtained a Schoolmaster of Art and Photography qualification from the Istituto d’Arte A. Venturi in Modena, Italy in 1994 and an Art Director and Visualiser qualification from the Istituto superiore di comunicazione in Milan, Italy in 1997. She has worked as an Art Director in several advertising agencies in London and Italy.  Alessia resides in Italy.

GROUP AUDIT COMMITTEE

S M Du Toit (Chairman)
S I Gama
P D Swatton*

REMUNERATION COMMITTEE

S M Du Toit (Chairman)
G A M Ravazzotti
P D Swatton*

*By invitation