The Bidvest Group Limited ANNUAL INTEGRATED REPORT 2012
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Operational review BIDVEST SOUTH AFRICA

 

 
 
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Anthony Dawe
Chief executive
Mike Steele
Financial director
 
 
 
Contribution to trading profit 24,7%  
Employees 4 800  
 
 
  • The merger creating BPL offers a single seamless interface for the provision of an end-to-end supply chain solution  
  • Bidvest Freight offers the most efficient handling of bulk and other cargo in sub-Saharan Africa  
 

 

 

 
 
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Alan Griffith
Chief executive
Ivan Keshwar
Financial director
 
 
 
Contribution to trading profit 7,2%  
Employees 4 169  
 
 
  • Refreshed Waltons image and return to profitability for the business
  • New mobile solutions added to GPT’s product and service mix 
 

 

 
 
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Steve Keys
Chief executive
Carla Seppings
Financial director
 
 
 
Contribution to trading profit 13,0%  
Employees 5 870  
 
 
  • New managing director in place  
  • New vehicle sales rose 10%  
  • Used vehicle sales fell 5%  
 

 

 
 
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Eric Immermann
Financial director
Stanley Green
Chief executive
 
 
 
Contribution to trading profit 5,4%  
Employees 2 066  
 
 
  • Fully integrated real-time ERP system successfully implemented
  • Level 2 AAA rating
 

 

 
 
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Colin Adendorff
Financial director
Neil Birch
Chief executive
 
 
 
Contribution to trading profit 8,5%  
Employees 4 323  
 
 
  • Active in document and data management  
  • Increased participation in food industry packaging through British Retail Consortium certification
 

 

 
 
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John Taylor
Chief executive
Bina Gosai
Financial director
 
 
 
Contribution to trading profit 5,6%  
Employees 47 260  
 
 
  • Bidvest South Africa’s biggest employer
  • Setting benchmarks for training and service delivery
  • Best positioned to offer integrated soft services packaged solutions
 

 

 
 
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Trevor Scruse
Financial director
Alan Fairman
Chief executive
 
 
 
Contribution to trading profit 10,0%  
Employees 5 970  
 
 
  • New impetus from Allsafe, Bardusch and Multimerja acquisitions 
  • Environmentally friendly products a key driver
 

 

 
 
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Kevin Wakeford
Chief executive
Allen Kotze
Financial director
 
 
 
Contribution to trading profit 8,3%  
Employees 5 195  
 
 
  • Airport lounges setting industry benchmark
  • Positive Bidtravel restructuring
 

 

 

 
 
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    Alan Salomon
Chief executive
 
 
Contribution to trading profit 15,2%  
Employees 1 285  
 
 
  • Launch of Bidvest Insurance 
  • The bank provides South Africa’s widest range of foreign bank notes and prepaid foreign currency cards
  • Level 2 BEE contributor status achieved
 

 

 
 
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Howard Greenstein
Chief executive
Craig Turnbull
Financial director
 
 
 
Contribution to trading profit 2,1%  
Employees 1 190  
 
 
  • Focus on cost reduction programmes
  • Launch of the World of Yamaha