Directorate
Murray & Roberts has a unitary Board with 15 directors, 10 of whom are independent non-executive and five of whom are executive. The Board is responsible for approving the strategic direction of the Group and conducts its business in the best interests of the company and all its shareholders.
The Board is governed by a Charter that sets out the framework of its accountability, responsibility and duty to the company.
- Board Charter
- Board Structure
- Executive Directors
- Independent Non-executive Directors
- Group Secretary
The Board has a duty to ensure that the company conducts its business in the best interest of the company and that the interests of stakeholders are taken into account.
The Board shall:
- monitor that the company complies with relevant laws, regulations and codes of business practice, and communicates with stakeholders openly and promptly
- define levels of materiality, reserving specific powers to itself and delegating other matters to management
- give direction to the company and approve the strategic plan developed by management
- monitor implementation of the strategic plan by management
- monitor performance through the board committees
- monitor the key areas of risk and performance
- determine the policy and processes to ensure the integrity of risk management and internal controls, remuneration, communications, and director selection, orientation and evaluation
- consider its size, diversity and demographic make-up
- establish the frequency of regular board meetings and the procedures to be adopted for such meetings
- ensure that directors have access to company information, records, documents and property
- define and monitor the information needs of the Board and its directors
- develop a code of conduct for the directors
- have a procedure whereby directors may take independent professional advice
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YUNUS KARODIA (37)
CFA CA(SA), group secretary
Joined the Group in 1999. Appointed group secretary and group financial manager in 2007. |
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ROY CECIL ANDERSEN (61)
CA(SA) CPA (Texas), independent non-executive chairman
Appointed to the Board in 2003 and appointed chairman in 2004. Chairman of the nomination committee. Member of the remuneration & human resources committee and the health, safety & environment committee. Trustee of The Murray & Roberts Trust. Chairman of Sanlam. Director of Aspen Pharmacare Holdings, Nampak and Virgin Active Group. Member of the King Committee on Corporate Governance. |
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DAVID DUNCAN BARBER (56)
CA(SA) CPA (Texas), independent non-executive chairman
Appointed to the Board in 2008. Chairman
of the audit committee. Director of Telkom SA.
Former global chief financial officer of Anglo
Coal and former chief financial officer of Anglo
American Corporation of South Africa.
Previously served as a non-executive director
and member of the audit committee for several
companies including Anglo Platinum, Highveld
Steel and BJM Holdings. |
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ALAN DE VILLIERS CHARLES
KNOTT-CRAIG (57)
BSc Eng (Elec) MBL DBL DBA, independent non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in 2008. Chairman of the health, safety & environment committee. Director of Nedbank Group, Nedbank and board member of CSIR and Right to Care. Telecommunications consultant. |
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NAMANE MILCAH MAGAU (57)
BA EdD (Harvard) MEd BEd, independent non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in 2004. Member of the remuneration & human resources committee and the health, safety & environment committee. Trustee of The Murray & Roberts Trust. President of the Businesswomen's Association. Director of companies, including Santam and Merrill Lynch South Africa. Member of the University of Cape Town Business School Advisory Board. |
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JOHN MICHAEL McMAHON (62)
PrEng BSc Eng (Glasgow), independent non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in 2004. Member of the health, safety & environment committee. Director of Central Rand Gold and Impala Platinum Holdings. |
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IMOGEN NONHLANHLA MKHIZE (46)
BSc Information Systems MBA (Harvard), independent non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in 2005. Member of the audit and risk management committees. Former CEO of the World Petroleum Congress. Chairman of Richards Bay Coal Terminal. Director of companies, including Sasol, Mondi plc, Mondi, Allan Gray and MTN Service Provider. Member of the Financial Markets Advisory Board, the Harvard Business School Global Alumni |
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ANTHONY ADRIAN ROUTLEDGE (61)
BCom CA(SA),
independent non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in 1994. Member
of the audit committee and the
remuneration & human resources
committee. Trustee of The Murray &
Roberts Trust. |
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MAHLAPE SELLO (47)
LLB Master of Arts and Law (Russia),
independent non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in 2009. Member
of the audit committee. Serves on the
Johannesburg Bar Council and member of
the South African Law Reform Commission.
Chairperson of the Advisory Committee on
Licensing of Private Hospitals at the
Gauteng Department of Health. |
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SIBUSISO PATRICK SIBISI
(54)
BSc Physics (Hons) PhD (Cambridge),
independent non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in 2007. Chairman
of the risk management committee and
member of the nomination committee.
President and CEO of the CSIR. Chairman
of Denel and director of Liberty Group.
Member of Roedean School Board of
Governors. Fulbright Fellow at the
California Institute of Technology in 1988. |
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ROYDEN THOMAS VICE (62)
BCom CA(SA),
independent non-executive director
Appointed to the Board in 2005. Chairman
of the remuneration & human resources
committee. Member of the risk management
and nomination committees. Trustee of
The Murray & Roberts Trust. Chairman of
Hudaco Industries. CE of Waco International.
Chairman of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan
University Development Trust. Governor
of Rhodes University. |
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BRIAN CAMERON BRUCE
(60)
PrEng BSc Eng (Civil) DEng (hc),
group chief executive
First joined the Group in 1967. Appointed to
the Board and group CE in 2000. Director
of Clough. Director of National Business
Initiative and member of Council of the
University of the Witwatersrand. |
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MALOSE PHILLIP CHABA
(49)
PrEng BSc Eng (Elec) MSc,
group executive director
Joined the Group in 2004 and appointed to
the Board in 2009. Group head of assurance.
Responsible for Murray & Roberts Marine and
Wade Walker. Member of the NEPAD Business
Forum (Energy Working Group), Black Business
Council and National Science and
Technology Forum (Department of Science
and Technology).
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TREVOR GEORGE FOWLER
(58)
PrEng BSc Eng (Civil),
group executive director
Joined the Group and appointed to the Board
in 2009 and will assume responsibility for
Construction SADC. Previously COO in the
South African Presidency. Held roles in
Gauteng Provincial and National Government
administrative and political developments.
Former chairman of the Trans Caledon Tunnel
Authority and deputy chairman of the Health
Systems Trust. |
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ROGER WILLIAM REES (56)
BSc (Econ) Hons FCA,
group financial director
Joined the Group and appointed to the
Board in 2000. Chairman of Murray &
Roberts International. Director of Clough. |
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DR ORRIE FENN (54)*
BSc (Hons) Eng MPhil Eng DEng,
group executive director
Joined the Board in November 2009 and assumed responsibility for Construction
Products SADC. Former COO of PPC.
Member of the SA Institute of Mining
and Metallurgy and fellow of the Institute
of Quarrying. |
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