Corporate governance

Our board

 

MN
VON AULOCK

CA(SA)
Executive Director –
Chief Executive Officer
Age: 40

Marcel von Aulock served his articles at PwC and joined Tsogo Sun as Group Financial Manager in 1999. In 2004 he was promoted to Group Strategic Planning Director. In 2009 he was appointed Chief Financial Officer and on 30 September 2011 he assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer.  
           
 

RB
HUDDY

CA(SA)
Executive Director –
Chief Financial Officer
Age: 45

Rob Huddy served his articles at PwC and joined Tsogo Sun in 1997. He held various management positions prior to being appointed Financial Director – Hotels Offshore in 2006 and Financial Director – Hotels South Africa in 2009. On 30 September 2011 he assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer  
   
           
 

JA
COPELYN

BA(Hons), Bproc
Non-executive Chairman
and member of the
remuneration committee
Age: 64

John Copelyn joined HCI as Chief Executive Officer in 1997. He was previously General Secretary of the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union from 1974 before becoming a member of parliament in 1994. He currently holds various directorships and is Non-executive Chairman of e.tv.  
   
           
 

MA
GOLDING

BA(Hons)
Non-executive Director
Age: 54

Marcel Golding joined HCI as Chairman in 1997. Prior to this he was a member of parliament and Deputy General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers. He is Chief Executive Officer of e.tv and Chairman of KWV Holdings.  
   
           
 

VE  
MPHANDE  

Elec Eng(Dip)   
Non-executive Director    
Age: 56    

Elias Mphande has served as the National Organising Secretary of the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union, Marketing Director of Viamax Fleet Solutions, Chief Executive Officer of AUTA and the Vukani Group and Chairman of Golden Arrow Bus Services. He was appointed to the HCI board in 2010 as a Non-executive Director and serves on the board of Vukani Gaming Corporation and e.tv.  
   
           
 

Y  
SHAIK  

BA(Law), Bproc    
Independent Non-executive Director, member of the audit and risk committee, the social and ethics committee and Chairman of the remuneration committee   
Age: 56   

Yunis Shaik is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa and is presently in private practice. He is a former Deputy General Secretary of the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union and a director of Workers’ College. He has served as a Senior Commissioner to the KwaZulu-Natal CCMA. He was appointed to the board of HCI in 2005 as lead independent non-executive director of HCI in 2010 and as Executive Chairman in April 2014.  
   
           
 

RG  
TOMLINSON  

Bcom, HDip Personnel Management   
Lead Independent Non-executive Director; Chairman of the audit risk committe and the social and ethics & committee and member of the remuneration committee
Age: 51

Rex Tomlinson was Human Resources Director of Illovo Sugar Limited, before joining Nampak, where he held numerous executive line management roles and was a member of the Nampak Limited board. He joined Liberty Holdings in 2004, was appointed Deputy Chief Executive in 2005 and to the Liberty Holdings board in 2006 where he served until his resignation in 2010. He is a director of Kelly Group Limited and Chairman of three unlisted companies.  
   
           
Busi Mabuza has held various positions in the financial services and energy sectors and is currently a non-executive director at Airports Company South Africa, Central Energy Fund Proprietary Limited, Development Bank of Southern Africa, Industrial Development Corporation and Nehawu Investment Holdings.  
 

BA   
MABUZA  

BA MBA
Independent Non-executive Director,
member of the audit and risk committee
Age: 50

 
   
           
 

JG  
NGCOBO  

Independent Non-executive Director, member of the audit and risk committee, the social and ethics committee and remuneration committee      
Age: 63    

Jabu Ngcobo held the positions of General Secretary of the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union from 1994 to 1999 and the Regional Secretary for Africa of the International Textile Garment and Leather Workers Federation from 1999 to 2006. He was appointed to the board of HCI in 2004 and serves as a Director of HCI Coal.