Underpinning the Group’s mission to be a sustainable, ascendant organisation are our key disciplines which centre on best practice benchmarks and controls across the business and our belief in fairness, integrity and transparency in all business dealings.
Founder, in 1969, of the Italtile Group.
Luciana has 36 years of experience with the Group, having worked in various roles in the South African business. She was also involved in the establishment of the Group’s Ceramic Industries' Centaurus factory in Australia. Luciana is a non-executive director on the board of Centaurus Pty Ltd in Australia (appointed in 2000) and Chairperson of Ceramic Industries (Pty) Ltd (appointed to the board in 2006).
Luciana was appointed as non-executive Chairperson of Italtile Ltd with effect from 1 July 2023.
Lance served as CEO-designate from 1 July 2021 and was appointed CEO on 1 January 2022. He was formerly CEO of Ceramic Industries. Lance joined Ceramic in 2003 and held a range of senior management positions in the business prior to his appointment as CEO in 2014.
Brandon is a Chartered Accountant (SA) and prior to joining the Group, was an audit manager at EY. He joined Italtile in 2010 as Group Financial Manager and was appointed as CFO in 2013, a position he served in for five years. From 2018, Brandon served as Executive Director: Commercial and Supply Chain and Executive Director: Retail, prior to being reappointed as CFO in 2020. Brandon was appointed as Chief Operating Officer with effect from 1 July 2024.
Lamar is a Chartered Accountant (SA). He joined the Group as Finance Executive in 2023. Prior to that, he held senior financial positions in the telecommunications industry, most recently at a JSE-listed company. Lamar completed his articles at PriceWaterhouseCoopers Inc. in 2013. Lamar was appointed as Chief Financial Officer on 1 July 2024.
Susan is a Chartered Accountant (SA) and has held a number of positions within Ernst & Young (“EY”) culminating in the position as lead audit partner on a number of entities listed on the JSE. Susan also held the position of team leader for a group of audit partners at EY. Susan currently serves as Chairperson of the board of Eureka DIY Solutions (Pty) Ltd.
Jan served as CEO of Italtile from 2016 to 2021, prior to that he held the position of Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) from 2014. He retired from his executive role in December 2021. He is a Chartered Accountant (SA) and has extensive senior-level experience in the retail and supply chain sectors, having served as CEO and formerly Financial Director of Massdiscounters (a division of Massmart). He also served as a business manager at Clover SA and spent eight years at SABMiller in senior financial roles. Jan currently serves as a non-executive director on the boards of The Foschini Group Limited and Motus Holdings Limited.
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 for eight years and that of CEO of McCarthy Limited from 1999 to his retirement in 2011. Brand currently serves as a non-executive director on the Board of InvoTech. Two honorary doctorate degrees in marketing and leadership respectively were awarded to Brand by leading South African universities.
Alex holds a doctorate in private law from UCT and was admitted as an attorney in 1997. She has extensive experience in legal, governance, conduct and regulatory risk management. She is currently the CEO and founder of Justings (Pty) Ltd, a business that provides regulatory and conduct risk management advisory services. From 2014 to 2021, Alex was Conduct and Regulatory Risk Management Executive for the FirstRand group. Prior to that, she was Regulatory and Corporate Affairs Group Executive at Tiger Brands Limited. She has also served as executive director and General Counsel for Siemens in Africa, and as an independent non-executive board member for Pick n Pay Stores Limited until August 2020.
Lushane is a Chartered Accountant (SA) having completed her articles at PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. She has 18 years of experience in investment banking, specifically in mergers and acquisitions and capital raisings at Morgan Stanley, J.P.Morgan and Fidelis Partners. She currently has her own advisory and consulting business.
As a former CEO of a private equity fund manager, together with over 20 years’ experience in private equity, investment banking and information systems, she brings a wealth of experience and expertise in driving value through governance and execution excellence. Mamedupi has served as a non-executive director on boards spanning the energy, telecoms, healthcare, industrial and insurance sectors. She currently serves as a non-executive director on the boards of Absa financial services, Absa Life, Absa insurance company and Novasun Products.
L C Prezens (Chairperson), S M du Toit, S G Pretorius, L R Langenhoven*, B G Wood*, L A Foxcroft*, Lamar Booysen*
L R Langenhoven (Chairperson), G A M Ravazzotti, S M du Toit, S G Pretorius
A M Mathole (Chairperson), S M du Toit, G A M Ravazzotti, S G Pretorius, L R Langenhoven, L A Foxcroft*, B G Wood*, Lamar Booysen*
A M Mathole (Chairperson), L A Foxcroft, S G Pretorius, L R Langenhoven*, B G Wood*, Lamar Booysen*
*by invitation
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Sergio Galli
Paul Couzis
Paul Isaacs
Karabo Theledi
James Mason
Julian Mochitele
Cookie Naidoo
Gerard Maartens
