Our Board of directors
Luciana Ravazzotti Langenhoven (54)
Chairman
Appointed: 2018
Qualifications, skills and experience
Luciana has 34 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 Chairman of Ceramic Industries (Pty) Ltd (appointed to the board in 2006).
Luciana was appointed as Non-executive Chairman of Italtile Ltd with effect from 1 July 2023.
Board committee membership
Giovanni Ravazzotti (80)
Non-executive director and founding member
Qualifications, skills and experience
Founder, in 1969, of the Italtile Group.
Board committee membership
Lance Foxcroft (51)
Chief Executive Officer
Appointed: 2022
Qualifications, skills and experience
BSc Eng (Physical Metallurgy) Cum Laude, BSc Hons IT
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.
Board committee membership
Susan du Toit (50)
Lead independent non-executive director
Appointed: 2009
Qualifications, skills and experience
CA(SA), MCom (Financial Management)
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.
Board committee membership
Jan Potgieter (54)
Non-executive director
Appointed: 2014
Qualifications, skills and experience
BCompt (Hons), CA(SA), Advanced Management Programme (INSEAD)
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 Fortress Income Fund Limited, The Foschini Group Limited and Motus
Holdings Limited.
Alex Motshwanetsi Mathole (51)
Independent non-executive director
Appointed: 2022
Qualifications, skills and experience
B.Iuris, LLB (University of the Witwatersrand)
Alex was admitted as an attorney in 1997 and has extensive experience in legal, governance, and regulatory and conduct risk management. From 2014 to 2021 Alex was Chief Compliance Officer for the FirstRand group. Prior to that, she was Regulatory and Corporate Affairs Group Executive at Tiger Brands Ltd. 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 Ltd until August 2020. Alex is currently the Managing Director and founder of Justings (Pty) Ltd, a business that provides regulatory and conduct risk management advisory services.
Board committee membership
Brand Pretorius (75)
Independent non-executive director
Appointed: 2011
Qualifications, skills and experience
MCom Business Economics
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.
Board committee membership
Brandon Wood (41)
Chief Financial Officer
Appointed: 2013
Qualifications, skills and experience
BAcc, CA(SA)
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 with effect from 2020.
Board committee membership
Lushane Prezens (46)
Independent non-executive director
Appointed: 2021
Qualifications, skills and experience
BBusSc, CA(SA)
Lushane is a Chartered Accountant
(SA) having completed her articles at
PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”). She
has 17 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. She serves as a
non-executive
director of Ceramic
Industries (Pty) Ltd.
Board committee membership
Nkateko Khoza (47)
Independent non-executive director
Appointed: 2018
Qualifications, skills and experience
BCom, MBA
Nkateko is the CEO 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 information and communications technology (“ICT”) sector. She was formerly associate director at Deloitte Consulting where she was responsible for business development and client service.
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Audit and Risk
Social and Ethics
Remuneration
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Chairman
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