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Tswelo Kodisang (42)
Brenda Koornneef (63)
Rosh Naidoo (42)
Group executive: human resources
BCom, postgraduate diploma in labour law,
HR management
Appointed in May 2014
Experience
Twenty years in FMCG, including serving as
global HR vice-president at Unilever.
Group executive: marketing
BCom
Appointed in January 2011
Experience
Thirty years’ experience in FMCG, including
17 years at Unilever as marketing director:
detergents.
Group company secretary and legal adviser
BProc, EDP
Appointed in May 2015
Experience
Admitted attorney, with over 15 years’
experience as corporate counsel, mostly in
the FMCG industry, and particularly in
African operations.
Patrick Sithole (48)
Bridgette Backman (51)
Marc Eyres (56)
Group executive: supply chain
BSc (chem eng)
Appointed in August 2012
Experience
Twenty-six years in FMCG, including as supply
chain vice-president for Unilever South Africa.
Group executive: corporate affairs
BSc (chemistry) UCT, MBA (Rotterdam School
of Management, Erasmus University)
Appointed in February 2015
Experience
Bridgette’s broad business experience includes
corporate affairs, sustainability, entrepreneurship
and business development in the FMCG field,
as well as development finance. She is a
board member at InnoVenton: Institute for
Chemical Technology, and NMMU (Nelson
Mandela Metropole University).
Group executive: customer
BA (social science)
Appointed in April 2015
Experience
Extensive experience in the FMCG industry,
particularly in senior sales and customer
marketing roles across South Africa, Ethiopia,
Kenya, India, Pakistan, and UK.