Barloworld Limited announced that Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza SC will retire as a director and independent chairman of the board of directors of the company, immediately after the next Annual General Meeting ("AGM") to be held on 12 February 2020. Advocate Ntsebeza was appointed to the Board in May 1999 and was appointed as chairman of the Board in June 2007. Further to this, the Board announced that Mrs. Neo Dongwana, who joined the Board in May 2012, will succeed Advocate Ntsebeza SC as the Chairman of the Board with effect from 13 February 2020. At present Mrs. Dongwana chairs the remuneration committee and is a member of the audit committee, nominations committee and the risk & sustainability committee.