Executive Directors

Appointed to the Board and Group CE in 2000. First joined the Group in 1967. Director, Clough Limited. President (1994), South African Institute of Civil Engineering. Chairman (2001 to 2004) and Member, Construction Industry Development Board; Member, University of Witwatersrand Council; Chairman, Engineering and Built Environment (EBE) faculty advisory board, University of Witwatersrand; member, EBE faculty advisory board, University of Cape Town. Recipient of awards and active leader in development of strategic future of the regional and international construction and engineering sector.

Appointed to the Board in 2004. Joined the Group in 1991. Board of Governors, St John’s School. Built competency in project development and management with some of the leading property, construction and engineering companies in the United Kingdom and South Africa. Has held many executive leadership positions, including MD of Murray & Roberts Properties (Gauteng) and Murray & Roberts Engineering Solutions (Proprietary) Limited. Sean is responsible for the Group’s major mining contracting operations, concessions, and 2010 major projects.

Appointed to the Board in 2001. Joined the Group in 1980 as financial executive in the Group’s UK building and engineering subsidiary. Assigned to the United States before returning to Africa to build sustainable operations in Botswana and Zimbabwe. Appointed MD, Johnson Crane Hire in 1995. Transferred to corporate office in 2000 and has led construction materials & services business sector in Rebuilding Murray & Roberts.

Joined the Group and appointed to the Board in 2000. Early career development with Arthur Andersen in London and Johannesburg. Held financial leadership positions in the international food, tobacco and media sectors. Has extensive international experience in corporate finance activities including due diligence, mergers and acquisitions. Director of Clough Limited.

Non-executive Directors

Appointed to the Board in 2003. Appointed chairman in 2004.  Chairman of Sanlam Limited. Director of Virgin Active Group Limited and Business Against Crime. Member of the King Committee on Corporate Governance. Former chief executive and deputy chairman of the Liberty Group.

Roy served as executive president of the JSE Limited from 1992 to 1997 where he was responsible for overseeing its restructuring, including the introduction of electronic equity trading. Roy was with Ernst & Young from 1971 to 1992 where his last position was executive chairman. He holds the rank of Major General and is Chief of Defence Reserves of the SANDF, Honorary Colonel of the Transvaal Horse Artillery as well as a member of the Council for the Support of National Defence. He is a member of the Defence Staff Council and the Military Command Council.

Appointed to the Board in 2000.  Trustee of the Independent Development Trust, Fundani Trust and TW Kambule Education, Training and Development Trust. President of the South African Communications Forum. Chairman of SABC, Sizanani Knowledge Management Services and Shaya Technologies. Director of National Institute for Economic Policy, Khuselo Holdings, Kemlinks International, Petzetakis Africa, Tiyende Holdings, Tiyende Technologies, Kaharis, Beco Holdings, Impi Linux and Global Web.

Appointed to the Board in 2004. President of the Businesswomen’s Association. Director of Santam Limited, Thebe Investment (Proprietary) Limited, FastComm (Proprietary) Limited and Merrill Lynch. Member of the Advisory Board University of Cape Town Business School. Dr Magau is currently director of her own consulting company and was formerly the director for group human capital services at the SABC. She came to the SABC from the CSIR where she was vice president for human resources.

Appointed to the Board in 2004. Director of Gold Fields Limited and Impala Platinum Holdings Limited. Former chairman of Gencor Limited and Impala Platinum Holdings Limited. Michael was a project manager at Murray & Roberts during the 1970s.

Appointed to the Board in 2005. Director of Sasol Limited, Illovo Sugar Limited, Mondi plc & Mondi Limited, Allan Gray Limited and Mobile Telephone Networks. She is a member of the Financial Markets Advisory Board and contributes her time to various academic and community development institutions including CIDA City Campus and Common Purpose. Imogen also serves both her alma maters as a member of the Harvard Business School Alumni Association Board and Rhodes University Board of Governors.

Imogen was CEO of the 18th World Petroleum Congress from June 2003 to July 2006. Previously, she was the executive chairman of the Zitek Group and managing director of Lucent Technologies South Africa. Her formative employment history includes Anglo American, Andersen Consulting and Nedcor. In 2001, the World Economic Forum recognised her as a Global Leader for Tomorrow.

Appointed to the Board in 1994. Former executive director of Nedcor Limited, Nedbank Limited and Sankorp Limited.

Appointed to the Board in 2003. Chairman of Pretoria Portland Cement Company Limited and Reunert Limited. Director of Illovo Sugar Limited, JD Group Limited, Liberty Group Limited, Liberty Holdings Limited, Standard Bank of South Africa Limited and Standard Bank Group Limited. Martin was chief executive of Deloitte & Touche from 1991 to 1999 and chairman in South Africa until his retirement in 2001.

Appointed to the Board in 2007. President and CEO of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Chairman of Denel and a director of Liberty Life. Former chairman and current member of the National Advisory Council on Innovation. Co-founder of a research based small enterprise at Cambridge. Fulbright Fellow at the California Institute of Technology in 1988. Former deputy vice chancellor, Research and Innovation, University of Cape Town.

Appointed to the Board in 1998. Director of Naspers Limited, Peace Parks Foundation, Atlas Properties Limited and MIH Holdings Limited.

Appointed to the Board in 2005.  CE of Waco Inter national and director of Hudaco Industries Limited. Previously CEO of Industrial and Special Products of the UKbased BOC Group. He was previously chairman of African Oxygen Limited (Afrox) from 1994 to 2001, Afrox Healthcare, and Consol Limited.

Company Secretary

Joined the Group in 1999. Appointed to the dual corporate executive positions of group financial manager and company secretary in April 2007. Previously financial manager at Murray & Roberts International based in Dubai and financial manager of Murray & Roberts Concessions. Trustee of Letsema Vulindlela Black Executives Trust.