Directors
Giovanni Ravazzotti (68)
Group Executive Chairman
Founder, in 1969, of the Italtile Group and Chairman of Ceramic Industries Limited.
Peter Swatton (53) - 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 23 years service with the Italtile Group during which time he was Chief Executive Officer for two and a half years.
Susan du Toit (38)
CA(SA), MComm (Financial Management)
Lead Independent 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 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 Ernst & Young.
Siyabonga Gama (44)
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 Honourary Lifetime President of the Union of African Railways and is the Chief Executive Officer of Transnet Freight Rail.
Pierre Langenhoven (42)
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.
Sybrand Gerhardus Pretorius (63)
MComm Business Economics from the University of the Orange Free State
Non-executive Director
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 eight 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 (36)
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
S G Pretorius
P D Swatton*
*By invitation.
REMUNERATION COMMITTEE
S M du Toit (Chairman)
G A M Ravazzotti
P D Swatton*
*By invitation.
DIVISIONAL MANAGEMENT
Pierre Langenhoven (42)
Managing Director, Italtile Australia
Wouter van der Merwe (43)
NDip (Property Development and Housing Management)
Manager - Property division
