Martin Shaw was appointed an independent director of Murray & Roberts in March and will succeed Peter Joubert as chairman of the audit and risk management committee.

Martin is a former CE and chairman of Deloitte & Touche in Johannesburg. He served as president of the Natal Society of chartered accountants in 1977 and 1978 and president of the South African Institute of chartered accountants in 1982 and 1983. He currently serves as a board member of a number of other South African listed companies.

Allen Morgan, a non-executive director since May 2000, has been appointed chairman of the health, safety, environment and corporate social involvement (HSEC) committee. The committee was established in April and will formalise the Murray & Roberts commitment to the integration of sound health, safety, environmental and community involvement management into all aspects of the Group’s business activities.

Roland Berndt, group chief engineer, has been appointed a director of Murray & Roberts Limited. Roland joined Murray & Roberts in 1996 on his return to South Africa from the USA, where he had studied for his Masters Degree in Aeronautical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He previously secured a Masters Degree in Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand.

Roland has played the key corporate leadership role in the Gautrain bid process over the past nine months and plays a significant role in engaging the technical and commercial challenges in Murray & Roberts’ road contracting activities.

Elsabč Marx joined Murray & Roberts as company secretary in August. Elsabč was previously a senior advisor in company law in the secretarial services division at Sasol. Before joining Murray & Roberts, she was company secretary for African Minerals Gold Limited.

Obituary: Roger Veysey
Roger Veysey passed away on 18 August at the age of 64.

Roger was a member of the Murray & Roberts Executive Committee from 1993 until his retirement in 1998. As business development director, he was instrumental in establishing Murray & Roberts in the Middle East.

He was previously a director of Murray & Roberts Construction, where he had filled many key executive positions over an extended period. Roger joined the Group in KwaZulu-Natal in 1969 and, following a brief period in the then Transvaal, was appointed managing director of Murray & Roberts Civils in Cape Town in 1981.

“Roger possessed a sharp intellect with a biting sense of humour. I rate him as one of the character leaders of the modern Murray & Roberts who contributed significantly to the post-merger integration of many of the Group’s construction operations during the 1980s,” says Brian Bruce.
Murray & Roberts extends its condolences to his wife, Jenny, and his sons, Myles, Charles, Guy and Adam.

Roy joined the Liberty Group in 1997 where he was appointed deputy chairman and chief executive officer in 1999. In March 2003, he decided to take a sabbatical.