Clicks Group Limited announced the appointment of Christine Ramon as an independent non-executive director with effect from 7 February 2023. Ms Ramon is a highly experienced corporate financial executive with extensive board expertise. A chartered accountant, she served as chief financial officer and as an executive director until 30 June 2022 of gold mining company, AngloGold Ashanti for eight years, including a year as interim chief executive officer.

Prior to that Christine was the chief financial officer of the energy and chemicals company, Sasol for 7 years. Before joining Sasol, Christine was CEO at Johnnic Holdings, a media and entertainment company. Ms Ramon is currently a non-executive director of Vodafone plc and a member of the Presidential State-Owned Enterprises Council.

She was previously a director of MTN Group, World Gold Council, International Council on Mining and Metals, Lafarge France, International Federation of Accountants and the Financial Reporting Standards Council of South Africa (deputy chairman). Ms Ramon will be appointed to the Clicks Group remuneration and nominations committee, and will be a standing invitee to the audit and risk committee. The Clicks Group board will now comprise seven independent non-executive directors and two executive directors, with 67% black and 44% female representation on the board.