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BUSINESS MODEL
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LEADERSHIP
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SHAREHOLDERS’
INFORMATION AND
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OPERATING
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BLUE LABEL INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT 2014
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BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
CONTINUED
1. LAURENCE (LARRY) NESTADT
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
Born: 1950
Larry has over 40 years’ experience in his long and
successful corporate career, both in South Africa and
internationally. Larry is a co-founder and former
executive director of Investec Bank Limited. He
assisted in the creation and strategic development of
a number of listed companies such as Capital Alliance
Holdings Limited, Super Group Limited, Hosken
Consolidated Investments Limited, SIB Holdings
Limited and Global Capital Limited. He is the past
chairman on each of the boards of these companies.
Larry has also served on the board of directors of
Softline Limited, JCI Limited and Abacus Technologies
Holdings Limited. He was a former director of a
number of non-listed companies, internationally and
locally, viz, Stenham Limited (UK) and Prefsure Life
Limited (Aus). Currently, Larry holds various
directorships and is executive chairman of Global
Capital Proprietary Limited, and chairman of Melrose
Motor Investments, Moregolf Proprietary Limited,
SellDirect Marketing Proprietary Limited and National
Airways Corporation Proprietary Limited.
Larry joined the Board on its establishment in 2007.
As a respected senior member of the South African
business community, his strategic vision, guidance
and experience contribute significantly to the Board
and its deliberations.
Board committee participation
Remuneration and Nomination Committee:
Chairman of Nomination Committee and member of
Remuneration Committee
2. BRETT LEVY
Joint Chief Executive Officer
Born: 1975
Brett has an impressive entrepreneurial history having
founded and operated many small businesses in the
early 1990s. He has been involved across a wide
range of industries, including the distribution of
fast-moving consumer goods and insurance
replacements for electronic goods. Brett’s business
achievements have earned him a number of
prestigious nominations and awards, including the
ABSA Bank Jewish Entrepreneur of the Year Award
(2003) and the ABSA Jewish Business Achiever
Non-Listed Company Award (2007), which he won
jointly with his brother, Mark Levy. Brett was
nominated as an Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur
SA Finalist for 2007. In 2010 he received the Liberty
Life Award for a Remarkable Success Story in the
David Awards and was a finalist in the Top Young
Entrepreneur category of the African Access National
Business Awards. In 2011 he shared with Mark the
Top Entrepreneur accolade in the African Access
National Business Awards.
Brett joined the Board on its establishment in 2007,
and is a director of various other companies, including
some local and global Group companies.
Board committee participation
Executive Committee:
Member
Investment Committee:
Member
Social, Ethics and Transformation
Committee:
Member
Audit, Risk and Compliance
Committee:
Attendee
Remuneration and Nomination
Committee:
Attendee