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Profile of Directors
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1. PAUL NKUNA (53)
Non-executive chairman
Paul is the chief executive officer of Mineworkers Investment Company ("MIC"). He began his career as a teacher before joining the mining industry in 1977. He served as the Treasurer General of the National Union of Mineworkers for 10 years and as chairman of the executive committee of the Brakpan Transitional Local Council. Paul serves as the non-executive chairman of Mathomo and is a director of Tracker, The Council for Geological Science, South African Airways and FirstRand. |
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2. WILLIAM KIRSH (44)
Chief executive
From 1988 to 1991, William worked in the United States for investment bankers, Lehman Brothers, in the mergers and acquisitions division and subsequent to that, founded Primequity in 1993, which became Primedia. He is the principal founder of Primedia and has been chief executive since the group listed on the JSE in April 1995. |
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3. FUNKE IGHODARO (42)
Chief finance officer
Funke joined Primedia in September 2001 as chief finance officer. She was previously managing director of Kagiso Ventures Limited, the private equity management arm of Kagiso Trust Investment Company of which she was also executive director. Prior to this, she spent two years in the corporate finance division of Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank and a total of ten years with PriceWaterhouse London. |
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4. FERDI GAZENDAM (47)
Executive director
Previously chief operating officer of Primedia and chief executive of the Ster-Kinekor group, Ferdi was appointed chief executive of Primedia Content in September 2005. He started his career as an articled clerk with Deloitte & Touche. After three years with Deloitte in London, UK, he was appointed a director of Deloitte & Touche Consulting in South Africa. Before joining Primedia, he spent seven years at Teljoy Limited, the last few years of which he served as managing director of Teljoy Cellular Services: Prepaid & Subscriber Services. |
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5. KUBEN PILLAY (44)
Executive director
Kuben joined Primedia as an executive director in May 2000 and was appointed as chief executive officer of the advertising division of Primedia in September 2002. An attorney by profession, he was a managing financial partner at attorneys Cheadle Thompson and Haysom before joining Mineworkers Investment Company in 1996 as a founding executive director. Kuben has previously served on the boards of several public companies in which Mineworkers Investment Company has had an interest. Kuben was also a member of the Financial Services Board's Consumer Advisory Panel. |
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6. ISSIE KIRSH (70)
Executive director
Issie is the founder of Radio 702, which he established in 1980. Radio 702 was one of Primedia's first acquisitions and the catalyst that spearheaded the group's rapid growth as a media company. He was also the group's first chairman and held the position until Paul Nkuna's appointment as chairman in June 2001. Issie is chairman of the Primedia Foundation which co-ordinates the group's various corporate social investment programmes. |
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7. TSHIDI MADIMA (42)
Non-executive director
Prior to joining Mineworkers Investment Company in September 2000, Tshidi was general manager of Equal Access Consulting and held various financial positions with ABSA Asset Management, RMB Asset Management and Momentum Life. Tshidi is also a non-executive director of Primedia Broadcasting, Africa on Air, Primedia Outdoor and alternate director of BP Southern Africa. |
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8. PETER MAW (44)
Non-executive director
Peter was one of the founders of Primedia and has been with the group from inception. Prior thereto, Peter was with Standard Merchant Bank in Corporate Finance. He was responsible for the Primedia group's corporate finance activities from 1994 to 2004. Peter is also a non-executive director of Massmart and now heads the private equity interests of the Oppenheimer family in South Africa. |
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9. KAIZER MOTAUNG (61)
Non-executive director
Kaizer went from being an international soccer star on the field to founding what has become the biggest sports brand in the country, Kaizer Chiefs Football Club, in 1970. He is currently the chairman and managing director of Kaizer Chiefs. In 1968 he was recruited by Atlanta Chiefs to play in the North American Soccer League ("NASL"). He ended the 1968 season being voted "rookie of the year" and was the top goal scorer in the league and nominated to play in the NASL All-Star team in 1969. He served on the National Soccer League, South African Football Association and helped to form the present-day South African Premier Soccer League and has served as a director on the boards of several South African companies. |
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10. MIKE BOSMAN (44)
Independent non-executive director
Mike is group chief executive of the advertising agency group TBWA South Africa. He was previously a strategic consultant and worked on a wide range of business issues. Between 2000 and 2002, Mike was president and chief operating officer of FCB North America, prior to which he was the chairman and chief executive officer of Lindsay Smithers FCB (now FCB South Africa). Mike is also a director of Venfin Limited. |
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11. NOMHLE CANCA (40)
Independent non-executive director
Nomhle was a registered investment advisor in the USA. Her work experience has been with the US Government; Merrill Lynch, Atlanta; Smith Barney Harris Upham Brokerage House and Oppenheimer & Co, New York and Atlanta. On her return to South Africa in 1991, she worked for Anglo American. Her entrepreneurial career began in 1994 as a founder of Women Investment Portfolio ("WIPHOLD"), which she left after ten years to start a private equity company, Canca Financial Services (Pty) Limited, in 2002. In September 2004, Nomhle took up the position of chief executive officer at Blue IQ Investment Holding (Pty) Limited. |
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12. HUMPHREY KHOZA (58)
Independent non-executive director
Humphrey is currently the chief executive officer of Orion Technologies Nigeria, the licensed operator of the Lagos State Lotteries. He was previously the chief executive officer of Uthingo Management, the licensed operator of the South African National Lottery. Prior to joining Uthingo, Humphrey worked for Shell Oil South Africa for fourteen years and Nestlé South Africa for eleven years as Director: Corporate Services and Director: Human Resources respectively. In 1994 Humphrey was seconded to the Independent Electoral Commission as chief director of communication. Humphrey has also previously served as the president of the South African Chamber of Business for two years as well as deputy president of the Black Management Forum. |
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13. CHRIS SEABROOKE (52)
Independent non-executive director
Chris has been a director of more than twenty JSE listed companies over the years. He is currently the chief executive officer of Sabvest Limited, non-executive chairman of Massmart Holdings, Metrofile Holdings and Setpoint Technologies, a director of Datatec and a director of Nasdaq listed Net1 U.E.P.S Technologies Inc. He is also on the boards of a number of unlisted companies in South Africa and Europe. He is a former chairman of the South African State Theatre, and former deputy chairman of both the inaugural National Arts Council and the founding board of Business & Arts South Africa. |
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14. BHEKI SHONGWE (50)
Independent non-executive director
Bheki is currently managing director of Metrobus (Pty) Limited and previously deputy managing director of Fleet Africa. He has extensive operational experience at senior management levels in a variety of sectors and was previously an executive director of Primedia. He holds non-executive directorships in Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corporation, African Bank Investments Limited and Super Group Limited and is the founder chairman of Matsamo Global Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited. |
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15. SINDI ZILWA (38)
Independent non-executive director
Sindi is the chief executive officer of Nkonki, one of South Africa's leading black accounting firms, which she co-founded in 1993. Sindi is also a director of Woolworths, Discovery Health and Strate Limited. She is also a member of the SAICA Education Committee, a member of SAICA Banking Project Group and the GAAP Monitoring Panel and the chairman of the BUSA Standing Committee on Transformation. Her past directorships include The Transkei National Building Society, The South African Mint, The South African Reserve Bank Cell Captive Insurance Company, WIPHOLD, Telkom and the Public Accountants and Auditors Board. In 1998, she won the business woman of the year award presented by The Executive Women's Club. |