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Bafelelang Priscillah Mabelane (45)
Independent non-executive director
Member of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee and considered as a financial expert for purposes of this committee
(BCom (Hons), CA(SA), Dip in Tax)
Priscillah Mabelane is currently the CEO of BP Southern Africa (BPSA) a position she has held since September 2017. She most
recently served as UK retail operations director for BP. Prior to this she was the chief financial officer of BPSA. Prior to joining BPSA,
Priscillah was the executive director of finance at the Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA). She has held senior management
roles in a number of large companies. These include Ernst & Young where she was a tax director, Eskom Holdings Limited where she
held various roles in finance, tax and general management. She also served as a non-executive director at ACSA. Priscillah was
appointed to the Vodacom Group Board in December 2014.
David Hugh Brown (55)
Independent non-executive director
Chairman of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee and considered as a financial expert for purposes of this
committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee
BCom, CTA (UCT), CA(SA)
David was appointed as CEO of MC Mining Limited (previously Coal of Africa) effective from February 2014. He was previously the
non-executive chairman from August 2012 and then the executive chairman. He is also currently a non-executive director of the
Northam Platinum Limited board, as well as chairman of the Investment Committee and member of the Audit and Risk Committee.
David has served as a member of the Accenture South Africa advisory board since 2012. He is a former non-executive director of
Edcon Holdings Limited, as well as the former chairman of the Edcon Audit and Risk Committee. He is the former CEO of Impala
Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) and was chairman of Impala Platinum Limited and Zimplats Holdings Limited, the two major
operating subsidiaries within the Implats Group. David was CEO from 2006 to 2012 and before that, he served as chief financial
officer from 1999. Prior to that, David worked in the Information Technology sector for four years and for the Exxon Mobil
Corporation in Europe for five years. He served his articles with EY. David was appointed to the Vodacom Group Board
in January 2012.
Michael Joseph (72)
Non-executive director
BSc (UCT), Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineering and Electronic Engineers, Honorary Doctorate Letters from Africa
Nazarene University
Michael Joseph is currently chairman of Kenya Airways, a position he has held since October 2016. He is also a non-executive
director on the boards of Vodacom Mozambique, MFS Africa and Safaricom Public Limited Company. Michael was most recently
(October 2017) employed by Vodafone Group Services Limited as the director of mobile money and was responsible for leading the
strategic growth and development of the successful M-Pesa proposition across the Vodafone footprint. Michael was one of the first
World Bank Fellows, appointed in March 2011 to advise governments, regulators and other institutions on mobile money and other
ICT initiatives. Michael’s most recent appointment in April 2017 is non-executive director of MFS Africa, a leading Pan-African Fintech
company. Previously, Michael was the founding CEO of Safaricom Public Limited Company, steering the company from a subscriber
base of less than 18 000 in 2000 to over 17 million subscribers at his retirement in November 2010, making it the most successful
company in East Africa. This phenomenal growth straddling nearly a decade was notable for the launch of many innovative products
and services and he was behind the launch of the highly successful launch and phenomenal growth of M-Pesa and its related
services. He has extensive international experience in company start-ups, the implementation and operation of large wireless and
wire-line networks. He is also a keen conservationist and serves as chairman of Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, a leading conservancy in
Northern Kenya. He was appointed to the Vodacom Group Board in May 2009.
3. Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. as auditors of the Company
To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., as nominated by the Company’s Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee, as independent
auditors of the Company, to hold office until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company. It is noted that the
individual registered auditor who will undertake the audit during the financial year ending 31 March 2019 is Mr D von Hoesslin.
Ordinary resolution number 6
“RESOLVED THAT PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. be and are hereby appointed as the auditors of the Company to hold office until the
conclusion of the next annual general meeting.”
Notice of annual general meeting
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Integrated report for the year ended 31 March 2018