Paul Stuiver
Chief executive officer

An engineer by profession (BEng, University of Pretoria), Paul joined PPC from the steel industry during 1983 and spent 18 years in operations and management at PPC's Lime, Packaging and Logistics divisions. He served on the Board of PPC from 1995 to 2001. He left PPC during 2001 to join Barloworld as CEO of their Logistics division where he was involved with significant international expansion and served on boards in South Africa, Spain, the UAE, UK, and the USA. He rejoined PPC as CEO during 2009.

Salim Abdul Kader
Managing director, cement division

Salim Abdul Kader was appointed to the PPC board in May 2005 as executive director responsible for organisational performance.

During 2007 he also assumed executive responsibility for transformation. He joined the PPC group in 2004 as organisational performance director in the cement division and was thereafter appointed an alternate director on the PPC board in November 2004.

Prior to joining PPC he was organisational effectiveness executive for the Tiger Brands group responsible for human resources development. Salim started his career with Tiger Food Brands in the technical and operations functions before moving into human resources.

Robert Harley Dent
Director, lime, aggregates and strategic projects

Harley Dent was appointed to the PPC board in 1993 as director: strategic projects. He joined Cape Portland Cement Company Limited, a subsidiary of PPC, in 1978 and has been with the group for 29 years.

He is a fellow of the South African Chemical Institute, the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Institute of Quarrying of Southern Africa.

He is a past chairman of the Institute of Quarrying of Southern Africa and is currently chairman of the Aggregate and Sand Producers Association of South Africa (Aspasa).

Peter Esterhuysen
Chief financial officer

Peter Esterhuysen was appointed to the PPC board in December 2003. He has prior experience in cement, having been a divisional director of the cement division of PPC from 1996 to 2001. He was group financial director in the Coatings division of Barloworld until rejoining PPC in 2003.

Prior to joining PPC in 1996, he held various executive directorship positions in a number of South African manufacturing and retailing companies, including major corporates. He has extensive experience in all aspects of manufacturing, corporate finance and taxation.

Sello Godfrey Helepi
Executive director, organisational performance and transformation

Sello joined Team PPC in 2007 as Group Corporate Social Transformation Manager and in 2008 was appointed to the position of Executive, Transformation. Over the past 2 years Sello pioneered the new face of social transformation for our business and its integration with our Kambuku objectives. Sello commenced his career with Gold Fields Limited as Human Resources Superintendent at their Kloof Mine. Over his 10 year career with Gold Fields he held many positions within Human Resources, Corporate Communications and was appointed Transformation Manager prior to joining PPC. Sello holds BEd (Hons) degrees from Avondale College and the University of Newcastle in Australia.

Zibusiso Janice Kganyago
Independent non-executive director

Zibusiso Kganyago was appointed to the PPC board in October 2007. She is executive director of property development at Tsogo Sun Gaming and has been involved with property development and construction management over the past 13 years.

She was the executive director responsible for the recently completed R370 million Montecasino lifestyle development. She qualified with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Natal and has a postgraduate qualification in property planning, development and management.

She has been doing a business development programme at the Wharton School of Business in Pennsylvania and an executive development programme at the University of Nevada, Reno.

André Jacobus Lamprecht
Independent non-executive director

André Lamprecht was appointed to the PPC board in 1997. He practiced as an advocate of the High Court of South Africa before being invited to join the Barloworld group in 1981.

From 1983 he played a leading role in steering the group through a turbulent decade of political transition into a post-apartheid South Africa. He was appointed to the Barloworld board in 1993, assuming responsibility for the company's interests in Namibia and Botswana in addition to human resources, social investment and other responsibilities.

He has served on behalf of Barloworld on numerous public bodies and is a past chairman of Business South Africa, past president of the Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut and past chairman of its board of trustees, and chairman of the standing committee on corporate and public governance.

He is also a director of the National Business Initiative (NBI), trustee of the Business Trust and former business convenor of the Trade and Industry Chamber of the National Economic Development and Labour Advisory Council (Nedlac), a member of its executive council, a member of the BUSA and CHAMSA councils and a member of the retirement funds advisory committee of the minister of finance.

He is also a long-standing senior member of the standards committee of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

Presently, André is chief executive officer of Freeworld Coatings Limited.

Nomalizo Beryl Langa-Royds
Independent non-executive director

Ntombi Langa-Royds was appointed to the PPC board in October 2007. She owns Nthake Consulting, a human resources consulting firm specialising in human resources management and allied services.

She has 19 years experience in the human resources consulting environment, with previous positions such as director of human resources at Independent Newspapers Holdings Limited, the South African Broadcasting Corporation and Bevcan division of Nampak Limited.

Mangalani Peter Malungani
Non-executive director

Peter Malungani was appointed to the PPC board in February 2009, after being elected, together with Jerry Vilakazi, by the PPC consortium of strategic black partners to be their representatives on the board. He is founder and Executive Chairman of the PEU Group, one of the PPC black partners.

Peter is Chairman of Phumelela Gaming & Leisure and Super Group Limited and also serves on the Board of a number of Investec Limited Companies. Through his leadership of the PEU Group he has pioneered many construction and civil engineering projects in South Africa and brings with him years of industry-specific expertise.

Tim Dacre Aird Ross
Independent non-executive director

Tim Ross was appointed to the PPC board in July 2008. He recently retired from Deloitte & Touche where he served as the lead client service partner to many major South African clients, where he is chairman of both group risk and group audit and actuarial committees.

He is also a director of Liberty Group Limited and Eqstra Holdings Limited, where he chairs the audit committee.

Joe Shibambo
Independent non-executive director

Joe Shibambo was appointed to the PPC board in May 2005. He has been involved in the construction industry since 1979, where he gained invaluable knowledge in building construction, construction management, property development and the implementation of BBBEE development programmes.

He is the managing director of Hlamalane Projects, a company established in 1995. Through his organisation, he helps historically disadvantaged individuals in the basic management principles of starting a business and the effective management thereof.

He was the first black residential township developer and independent contractor to build a shopping centre in Soweto.

Jerry Sikhulumi Vilakazi
Non-executive director

Jerry Vilakazi was appointed to the PPC board in February 2009, after being elected, together with Peter Malungani, by the PPC consortium of strategic black partners to be their representatives on the board. He is a key shareholder in one of the PPC black partners, the Capital Edge Cement Consortium.

Jerry is CEO of Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) and also serves as non-executive chairman of Netcare Ltd. He brings with him many years of experience in his previous roles with the Black Management Forum (BMF) and as past Executive Director of the SA Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Audit committee
TDA Ross (chairman)
ZJ Kganyago
J Shibambo

Black economic empowerment and transformation committee
NB Langa-Royds (chairman)
AJ Lamprecht
J Shibambo

Nominations committee
BL Sibiya (chairman)
AJ Lamprecht
NB Langa-Royds
J Shibambo

Remuneration committee
NB Langa-Royds (chairman)
J Shibambo

Risk management and compliance committee
J Shibambo (chairman)
RH Dent
TDA Ross