Directors

Giovanni Ravazzotti (67)
Chairman

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

Gian-Paolo Ravazzotti (40)
Chief Executive Officer

Appointed to the Board in October 2004.

Gian-Paolo was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2006.

Peter Swatton (52) – British
BCompt (Hons), CA(SA)
Chief Financial Officer

Joined the Company in 1988. Appointed to the Board in 1992.

Peter was appointed Chief Financial Officer in February 1992.
He has had 22 years’ service with the Italtile Group during which time he was Chief Executive Officer for two and a half years.

Siyabonga Gama (43)
BCom (Hons), AEP, CAIB(SA)
Non-executive Director

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.

Susan du Toit (37)
CA(SA), MComm (Financial Management)
Non-executive Director

Appointed to the Board in 2009.

Susan is a Chartered Accountant (SA) and has held a number of positions within Ernst & Young culminating in theposition 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 Ernst & Young.

Alessia Zannoni (35)
Non-executive Director

Appointed to the Board in 2009.

Alessia, an Italian resident, started her career in advertising and communication in 1998. Following her qualification in communication and design at Instituto Superiore di Comunicazione in Milan, Ms Zannoni worked as art director at several advertising agencies, after which she started an advertising and web agency in Modena, Italy. Ms Zannoni currently works as a freelance creative director, image and branding consultant.

Group Audit and Risk Committee

S M du Toit (Chairman)
S I Gama
P D Swatton*
*By invitation.

Remuneration Committee

S M du Toit (Chairman)
G A M Ravazzotti

Divisional management

Pierre Langenhoven (41)
Chief Operating Officer (Australia)

Wouter van der Merwe (42)
NDip (Property Development and Housing Management)
Manager – Property division