| DIRECTORS |
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| Derek Rabin
(56) |
| Dip Law |
| Non-Executive Chairman |
Appointed to the Board
1990 and appointed as chairman in December 2004.
Relinquished role of chairman effective 1 July
2006.
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) Limited 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 & Associates
in July 2003. |
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| Giovanni Ravazzotti
(63) |
| Chief Executive
Officer |
| Founder, in 1969, of
the Italtile Group and Chairman of Ceramic Industries
Limited. |
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| Peter Swatton
(48) – British |
| BCompt (Hons), CA(SA) |
| Chief Financial
Officer |
Joined the company 1988.
Peter was appointed chief financial officer in
February 1992.
He has had 18 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
(53) – Greek |
| Non-Executive Director |
Appointed to the Board
1988.
John retired as chief executive officer of Italtile
in 2001, a position he held since 1992, to become
a non-executive director. John has had 24 years
experience in the ceramic tile industry and previously
held various positions in the IT field. |
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| Gian-Paolo Ravazzotti
(35) |
| Chief Operating
Officer |
Appointed to the Board
in October 2004.
Gian-Paolo was appointed to the Board on 19 October
2004. He has had six years service with Italtile. |
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| Siyabonga Gama
(39) |
| BCom (Hons), AEP, CAIB(SA) |
| Independent Non-Executive
Director |
Appointed to the Board
2004.
Siyabonga was 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. During 2005 he was appointed as
the chief executive officer of Spoornet. |
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| GROUP AUDIT
COMMITTEE |
| S I Gama (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 |
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| DIVISIONAL MANAGEMENT |
| Pierre Langenhoven (37) |
| Chief Operating
Officer (Australia) |
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| Wouter van der Merwe
(38) |
| NDip (Property Development
and Housing Management) |
| Manager –
Property Division |
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