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Jeremy
John Ord
Executive Chairman
Jeremy Ord was appointed Chairman of Dimension Data Holdings plc at the
time of the company’s listing in London and Johannesburg in 2000. He has
served as the Group’s Managing Director and in a number of other senior
positions since the Group’s inception in 1983, including Chairman of
Dimension Data Holdings Ltd from 1987. Jeremy is a Council member and
member of the Board of Governors of the South African Foundation. He is
also a member of the Board of Governors of the University of the
Witwatersrand Foundation.
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Brett William Dawson
Chief Executive Officer
Brett Dawson was appointed Chief Executive Officer in March 2004. Brett
joined Dimension Data in 1997 and has held numerous positions within the
Group. He first acted as Financial Director of the Group joint venture,
OmniLink. Following the merger of OmniLink and Internet Solutions, Brett
was appointed CEO of Internet Solutions. In September 2001, he relocated to
take on the role of CFO of Dimension Data North America. In October 2002
Brett was appointed to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Prior to
joining Dimension Data, Brett was responsible for corporate strategy and
planning at National Brands Limited and held corporate finance positions at
Anglovaal Limited and KPMG. Brett is a Chartered Accountant.
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Stephen Michael Joubert
Group Executive: Global Solutions
Stephen Joubert was appointed to the Board of Dimension Data Holdings plc
at the time of its listing in London and Johannesburg in 2000. Stephen
joined Dimension Data in 1996 as Group Finance Director in Network Services
and became a Director of Dimension Data Holdings Ltd in 1998. Prior to
joining Dimension Data he was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers for a
number of years. He is a graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand and a Chartered Accountant (SA).
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Patrick Keith Quarmby
Director: Corporate Finance
Patrick Quarmby was appointed to the Board of Dimension Data Holdings plc
at the time of its listing in London and Johannesburg in 2000 and was
appointed Chairman of Datacraft Asia in July 2002 Patrick has been a
director of Dimension Data since 1996. Prior to joining Dimension Data,
Patrick was managing director of Standard Bank in Hong Kong, a director of
Standard Bank in London and a tax partner at Ernst & Young South
Africa. Patrick graduated with Honours from the University of Cape Town and is a Chartered Accountant (SA). He is a non-executive director of Unitrans Ltd.
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David Brian Sherriffs
Chief Financial Officer
David Sherriffs was appointed Chief Financial Officer in March 2004. He
joined the Group in 1997 as a member of the finance team, primarily
involved in corporate finance activities. In 2000, David was named Vice
President of Business Development for Europe and relocated to Germany. From 2003, David served as Group Executive Operations and was responsible for
business case assessments for strategic projects. Prior to joining the
Dimension Data Group, David served in various financial, corporate finance
and strategy roles for Anglo American plc, including Executive Assistant to
the Chairman. David received his M. Phil in Management Studies at the University of Oxford. David is a Chartered Accountant.
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Rupert George Barclay*
Senior Independent non-executive Director
Rupert Barclay joined the Board of Dimension Data Holdings plc as an
independent non-executive director with effect from 9 June 2004 and is a
member of the Audit Committee. Rupert is a partner of Cairneagle
Associates LLP and is a non-executive director of Lowland Investment
Company plc. He previously served in an executive capacity as Chief
Financial Officer of Lombard Risk Management plc, Director of Group
Strategy Development at Reuters plc, and Director of Group Strategy at
Allied Domecq plc. He is a graduate of Cambridge University, has an MBA
from INSEAD and is a Chartered Accountant.
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Leslie
Frank Bergman
Independent non-executive Director
Leslie Bergman joined the Board of Dimension
Data Holdings plc as an independent non-executive director with effect from
14 August 2007. Leslie was previously with Accenture, working in the United States, the United Kingdom, South Africa and in Central and Eastern Europe. At the time of
his retirement from Accenture in October 2001, he was Regional Manager
Partner, Emerging Markets. Leslie is a director of Foschini Limited, The
Super Group Limited and Leder & Schuh (Austria). He has a BSc in
Engineering from the University of Cape Town and an MBA from Carnegie-Mellon University.
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Peter
John Liddiard
Non-executive Director
Peter Liddiard was appointed to the Board of
Dimension Data Holdings plc as a non-executive director on 2 October 2006
and is a member of the Audit Committee. He serves as an executive of Venfin
Limited and is on the board of Sail Group Limited, Britehouse Holdings (Pty)
Limited and CIV Fibre Network Solutions (Pty) Limited. He graduated from
the University of Port Elizabeth and is a Chartered Accountant (SA).
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Wendy Elizabeth Lucas-Bull
Independent non-executive Director
Wendy Lucas-Bull joined the Board of Dimension
Data Holdings plc as an independent non-executive director on 1 July 2005
and is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. She is a member of the
Eskom Holdings Limited and the Development Bank of Southern Africa and is
Chairman of Lefarge Industries South Africa (Pty) Limited. She graduated
from the University of the Witwatersrand with a Bachelor of Science degree.
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Josua (Dillie) Malherbe
Non-executive Director
Dillie Malherbe was appointed to the Board of Dimension Data Holdings plc in
November 2003 as a non-executive director and is a member of the
Remuneration Committee. He is the Deputy Chairman of VenFin Limited. He
also serves on the board of Datacraft Asia and MidiTV (Pty) Limited (e-tv).
He graduated from the Universities of Stellenbosch and Cape Town and
qualified as a Chartered Accountant (SA).
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Moses Modidima (Moss)
Ngoasheng
Independent non-executive Director
Moss Ngoasheng was appointed to the Board in September 2002. He also serves
as a non-executive director on the board of Dimension Data (South Africa ) Pty Limited. He is executive chairman of investment company Safika
Holdings (Pty) Limited, and was previously economic advisor to South African
President Thabo Mbeki. He also serves as a non-executive director of The
Kelly Group Limited. Moss graduated from the University of South Africa and has an MPhil from Sussex University. Safika Holdings (Pty) Limited, amongst
its other activities, has formed a minority part of the consortium involved
in the BEE transaction with Dimension Data (South Africa) and has purchased
an interest in Britehouse Holdings (Pty) Limited. The Company has reviewed
this involvement, and considers that Moss should continue to be considered
as fully independent.
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Roderick (Rory) Michael
Scott*
Independent non-executive Director
Rory Scott was appointed to the Board of Dimension Data Holdings plc as a
non-executive director at the time of its listing in London and
Johannesburg in 2000. He had previously served as a non-executive director
on the Board of Dimension Data Holdings Ltd, and before that served as the
Group Financial Director from 1987 to 1991. He is presently Managing Director
of the Scottish Knitwear Group SA (Pty) Limited. Given the length of time
that has elapsed since his service as an executive director, the Company
considers him to be independent.
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Peter Dorian (Dorian) Wharton-Hood
Independent non-executive Director
Dorian Wharton-Hood was appointed to the Board of Dimension Data Holdings
plc as a non-executive director at the time of its listing in London and Johannesburg in 2000. He is a member of the Nomination Committee and the
Treasury Committee. He was Vice Chairman of Liberty Life for eight years.
He was Chairman of the Life Offices Association of SA on three occasions
and president of the Insurance Institute of SA. He was also a member of
the Council of the SA Foundation and a Director of Business Against Crime.
In 1998 he was Chairman of the Governing Body of Business SA of which he is
now a trustee. He graduated from Stellenbosch University with a Bachelor
of Commerce degree.
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