As leaders, our challenge is to build
competence, encourage enthusiasm
and inspire dedication. In this light,
we place significant emphasis
on our core values of partnership
and empowerment reflected by
our profit share incentives for
every employee in the business, our focus on skills transfer, and the
opportunities for career development at all levels across the operations.
1. Giovanni Ravazzotti (76)
2. Luciana Ravazzotti Langenhoven (50)
3. Jan Potgieter (50)
4. Susan du Toit (46)
Position:Non-executive Chairman
Founder, in 1969, of the Italtile
Group and Chairman of Ceramic
Industries (Pty) Limited.
Position:Non-executive Deputy Chairman
Appointed:2018
Luciana has 25 years of experience
with the Group, having worked in
various roles including HR, IT,
accounting, sales and marketing in the
South African business, and was
involved in the research and
establishment of Ceramic Industries’
Centaurus factory in Australia. Luciana
is currently a non-executive director on
the boards of Centaurus Pty Ltd in
Australia (appointed in 2000) and
Ceramic Industries (Pty) Ltd (appointed
in 2006).
Jan is a Chartered Accountant (SA) and
has extensive senior level experience
in the retail and supply chain sectors,
having most recently served as Chief
Executive Officer 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 board of Fortress REIT
Limited.
Susan is a Chartered Accountant (SA)
and has held a number of positions
within 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 works with a number of
organisations in the non-profit sector.
5. Brand Pretorius (71)
6. Ndumi Medupe (48)
7. Brandon Wood (37)
8. Tsundzukani Mhlanga (37)
Position:Independent non-executive director
Qualifications:MCom Business Economics
Appointed: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
for eight years and that of Chief
Executive Officer of McCarthy Limited
from 1999 to his retirement on
1 March 2011. Brand currently serves
as a non-executive director on the
boards of Reunert, Agrinet and Metair
Investments.
Position:Independent non-executive director
Qualifications:BAcc, CA(SA)
Appointed:2014
Ndumi is a Chartered Accountant (SA).
She has held various positions
including running her own auditing
and consulting practice for 15 years
and clientele included both listed and
state-owned entities in financial
services, mining, energy and forestry.
Her areas of expertise include auditing,
financial management and risk
management. Ndumi currently serves
as a non-executive director on the
board of City Lodge.
Position:Executive director: Retail
Qualifications:BAcc, CA(SA)
Appointed:2013
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 Chief
Financial Officer in 2013 and served in
this position for five years. In 2018,
Brandon was appointed as Executive
Director: Commercial and Supply
Chain, and then as Executive Director:
Retail in 2019.
Position:Executive director: Finance and Administration
Qualifications:CA(SA), MBA
Appointed:2018
Tsundzukani is a Chartered Accountant
(SA) and also holds a Masters’ in
Business Administration, as well as a
certificate in Mining Tax Law. She was
previously Financial Director of a JSE-listed
property sector company and
prior to that, acting Chief Financial
Officer of a mining company.
9. Nkateko Khoza (42)
10. Zizipho Nyanga (38)
Position:Independent non-executive director
Qualifications:BCom, MBA
Appointed:2018
Nkateko is the Chief Executive Officer
of Dzana Investments, a venture
founded by her father, Dr Reuel Khoza.
Dzana Investments is a holding
company with interests in mining,
property, energy, education, health
and the ICT sector. She was formerly
associate director at Deloitte
Consulting where she was responsible
for business development and client
service.
Position:Independent non-executive director
Qualifications:CA(SA), Executive development programme (GIBS)
Appointed:2019
Zizipho is a Chartered Accountant (SA)
and is the Chief Executive Officer of
Masisizane Fund, a role to which she
was appointed in 2016. Prior to that,
she served as Head: Post Investment
Monitoring and Business Support at
the Company from 2014. Ms Nyanga’s
previous experience includes Deal
Maker at the Industrial Development
Corporation, Financial Manager at
Kagiso Media and Senior Manager at
EY South Africa. Her areas of expertise
are entrepreneurship development,
deal making, financial management,
audit and risk management. Zizipho
currently serves as a non-executive
director of Adapt IT and AMAMA NPC.