Our Board of directors
Luciana Ravazzotti Langenhoven (55)
Chairperson
Appointed: 2018
Qualifications, skills and experience
Luciana has 35 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 Chairperson of Italtile Ltd with effect from 1 July 2023.
Board committee membership
Giovanni Ravazzotti (81)
Non-executive director and founding member
Qualifications, skills and experience
Founder, in 1969, of the Italtile Group.
Board committee membership
Lance Foxcroft (52)
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 (51)
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.
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Jan Potgieter (55)
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 REIT Limited, The Foschini Group Limited and Motus Holdings Limited.
Brand Pretorius (76)
Independent non-executive director
Appointed: 2011
Qualifications, skills and experience
MCom Business Economics
Brand 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.
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Brandon Wood (42)
Chief Operating 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 in 2020. Brandon was appointed as Chief Operating Officer with effect from 1 July 2024.
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Lamar Booysen (37)
Chief Financial Officer
Appointed: 2024
Qualifications, skills and experience
BCom (Accounting) Cum Laude; CA(SA)
Lamar is a Chartered Accountant (SA). He joined the Group as Finance Executive in 2023. Prior to that, he held senior financial positions in the telecommunications industry, most recently at a JSE-listed company. Lamar completed his articles at PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. in 2013.
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Lushane Prezens (47)
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 Inc. 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 (48)
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 sector. She was formerly associate director at Deloitte Consulting where she was responsible for business development and client service.
Board committee membership
Alex Motshwanetsi Mathole (52)
Independent non-executive director
Appointed: 2022
Qualifications, skills and experience
B.Iuris, LLB
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 Limited. 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 Limited 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.
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Audit and Risk
Social and Ethics
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Chairman
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