Chief executive

Age: 65
Qualification: CA(SA)
Appointed: March 1 1989

Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries. Since founding Bid Corporation in 1988, Brian served as executive chairman until his appointment as chief executive in 2004. He has over 33 years of South African and international commercial experience. Brian was one of the Sunday Times’ top five businessmen in 1992 and is a past recipient of the Jewish Business Achiever of the Year award, was listed as one of the Top 100 Africans of the Year in the Africa Almanac in 2001, was voted South Africa’s Top Manager of the Year in 2002 in the Corporate Research Foundation’s publication “South Africa’s Leading Managers”, represented South Africa at the coveted “Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the Year” awards in 2003, voted the Sunday Times’ Businessman of the Year in 2007, awarded an honorary doctorate in May 2008 by Unisa and selected in 2010 by Wits Business School Journal as one of South Africa’s top 25 business leaders, having made a significant impact on business in South Africa over the last five years. Listed by Forbes Magazine as one of the 20 most powerful people in African business.

Board committee membership: risk, social and ethics, acquisitions and nominations

Chief executive of Bidvest Foodservice
Age: 47
Qualification: Australian CA
Appointed: October 27 2003

Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries. Bernard has 25 years of international financial, administrative and management experience in numerous industries, the past 17 years in the Australian, New Zealand, Asian, South African and European foodservice industries.

Board committee membership: risk, social and ethics and acquisitions

Group financial director
Age: 50
Qualification: CA(SA)
Appointed: July 9 2007

Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries and associate companies. David was financial director of Rennies Terminals when Bidvest acquired Rennies group in 1998. In 2001, he joined the Bidvest corporate office where he has been involved in both Group corporate finance and investor relations. David was appointed as an alternate director to Peter Nyman on June 28 2006 and appointed Group financial director on July 9 2007.

Board committee membership: risk, social and ethics and acquisitions

Chief executive of Bidvest Freight
Age: 46
Qualification: CA(SA)
Appointed: June 28 2006

Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries. Anthony has 18 years’ experience in the freight industry with most of those years focused in the South African port environment. Prior to this, Anthony’s finance experience was in London and for one of the large accounting firms in South Africa.

Commercial director Bidvest South Africa
Age: 68
Qualification: BCom, MBA
Appointed: August 20 2003

Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries, Bassap Investments (Pty) Limited and Dinatla Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited. Lionel is an entrepreneur with extensive negotiating and investment skills and established Bassap Investments (Pty) Limited, a core shareholder in the Dinatla Consortium, to further his commitment to the principles of black economic empowerment.

Executive director
Age: 67
Qualification: CA(SA), HDip Tax Law
Appointed: February 1 1991

Peter has been an executive director of the Group for nearly 22 years. He is a director of Bidvest Bank Limited, Chairman of Bidvest Insurance Limited and Bidvest Life Limited and Chairman of the Trustees of the Bidcorp Group Pension Fund, Bidcorp Group Provident Fund and Quantum Medical Aid Society.

Chief executive of Bidvest South Africa
Age: 56
Qualification: CA(SA)
Appointed: May 10 1992

Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries. Lindsay joined Bidvest as operations director in 1992. In 1994 he was appointed managing director of Steiner and following the acquisition of Prestige, Bidserv was created and Lindsay was appointed its chief executive. During the Group restructuring in February 2011, Lindsay was appointed CEO of Bidvest South Africa.

Board committee membership: risk, social and ethics and acquisitions

Chief executive of Bidvest Bank
Age: 63
Qualification: CA(SA), BSc (London) (with honours)
Appointed: September 10 1990

Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries and chief executive of Bidvest Bank. Alan has 33 years’ experience in the fields of manufacturing, distribution and treasury management.

Age: 47
Qualification: BCom (Hons)
Appointed: December 8 2003

Director of the IQUAD group Limited, Dinatla Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited, chairman of the boards of RGT Smart Limited, and Bidvest Wits University Football Club (Pty) Limited. Alfred is chief executive officer of Ukuvula Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited, council member of the University of South Africa and past president of the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber and is also a trustee of the Bidvest Dinatla Trust. He is a director of various subsidiary and associate companies of the Ukuvula group. Alfred has 22 years’ experience in top management.

Age: 45
Qualification: BA, MBA
Appointed: December 8 2003

Tania is the CEO of WDB Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited a company which, through its shareholder, the WDB Trust, provides women entrepreneurs across South Africa with access to financial and non-financial resources to support their businesses. Non-executive director of BP South Africa (Pty) Limited, Discovery Holdings (Pty) Limited, Caxton Holdings (Pty) Limited and Dinatla Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited.

Board committee membership: risk, social and ethics and nominations

Age: 72
Qualification: BA (English Lit) (UCLA)
Appointed: December 8 2003

Director of PMB Petroleum Services (Pty) Limited, Dinatla Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited, Ikhwezi Lomso Laundries (Pty) Limited and Ilembe Airport Construction Services (Pty) Limited (King Shaka Airport). Managing Trustee of Mazisi Kunene Foundation Trust. Mathabo is the founder and chief executive officer of Nandi Heritage (Pty) Limited. Founding Trustee Kunene Manuscript Museum (Durban South Africa). Finalist in the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry, KZN Women of Excellence Awards 2012 – ‘Arts, Culture and Heritage’ category. Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry, KZN Women of Excellence Awards 2012 – Social Entrepreneur of the Year.

Age: 61
British
Appointed: October 27 2003

The previous chief executive of Bidvest Europe and 3663 First for Foodservice. Fred has extensive international foodservice and distribution experience.