Executive Directors

Leadership

Board of directors

The board has six standing committees (Audit; Social, ethics and transformation; Risk; Remuneration; Nominations and Acquisition committees) with delegated authority from the board. Each board committee is chaired by an independent non-executive director.

Diversity, in its broadest sense, is the hallmark of the Bidvest board, something we are very proud of. The non-executive directors are all independent and represent 75% of the board.

Nompumelelo Madisa

Mpumi Madisa

CEO

Age: 44

Qualifications: Masters in Finance and Investment, BCom Honours in Economics and BSc in Economics and Mathematics

Appointed: 4 December 2013

  • Mpumi is the chairperson of the UN Global Compact SA board and the chairperson of Adcock Ingram. She is a director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries and during her time at Bidvest, she has held various senior management and executive board director positions such as general manager business development, divisional director business development, corporate affairs director and sales and marketing director. She was previously chief director in the Gauteng provincial government.

    Appointed as non-executive director of the Adcock board of directors on 23 November 2017. Was appointed CEO‑designate on 4 March 2019.

    Appointed as CEO 1 October 2020.

    Appointed non-executive Chairperson of the Adcock board 23 February 2021.

    Appointed chairperson of the UN Global Compact SA 24 May 2022.

Mark John Steyn

Mark John Steyn

CFO

Age: 53

Qualifications: BCom, DipAcc, CA(SA)

Appointed: 1 March 2018

  • Mark joined Bidvest in May 1997 and has held various financial positions within Bidvest Freight. Since 2012, Mark held the position of chief financial officer of Bidvest Freight. Mark was appointed to the Bidvest board as chief financial officer, effective 1 March 2018. He serves on all South African divisional boards, divisional audit committees and serves as a trustee on the various Group retirement funds. Appointed as non-executive director of the Adcock Ingram board of directors on 1 April 2023.

Gillian Claire McMahon

Gillian Claire McMahon

Executive Director

Age: 51

Qualifications: BCom Honours Business Economics and Industrial Psychology, MCom Industrial Psychology

Appointed: 27 May 2015

  • Gillian previously held various operational roles in customer service, operations, training and human resources. During her time at Bidvest, Gillian has held various senior management roles including commercial director of Bidtravel and is the current Group transformation executive. Gillian is a director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries.

Race (%)

Race (%) diagram

Gender (%)

Gender (%) diagram

Tenure (number of directors)

Tenure diagram