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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dimension Data has five executive and eight non-executive directors, who are tasked with the fiduciary responsibility of overseeing the running of the Group. We have appointed exceptional business talents to our Board to assist in driving our business forward to growth and prosperity.

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.

  

 

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.

  

  

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).

  

 

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.

  

  

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.

  

  

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.

  

  

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.

  

  

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).

  

  

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.

  

  

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).

   

  

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.

  

  

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.

  

  

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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