Coronation Fund Managers Limited announced that Ms. Alethea Conrad has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the company with effect from 22 December 2023. Lea has a BA LLB and is an admitted attorney and has completed the Management Advancement Program from the Graduate School of Business at Wits University as well as the International Executive Development Program from the Graduate School of Business, University of Witwatersrand and the London Business School. Lea is the Managing Director of Conrad Advisory.

She is an independent non-executive director of YeboYethu RF Limited and Mpact Limited. She is also the independent Chairperson of the Afrimat BEE Trust and Chairperson of the Mpact Foundation Trust. She served as an executive director of the Oceana Group Limited from 2007 to 2016.

During her 16-year tenure at the Oceana Group, Lea held executive management positions and also served as a director on the boards of various subsidiaries and as Chairperson of the Oceana Empowerment Trust. She was formerly an independent non-executive director of UNISA Enterprises and the Chairperson of the Board of African Phoenix Investments Limited. RETIREMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: In accordance with paragraph 3.59(b) of the JSE Listings Requirements, the Board advised shareholders that Ms. Judith February will be retiring from the Board at the Annual General Meeting scheduled to take place on 20 February 2024.

Ms. Judith February is scheduled to retire by rotation as a non-executive director of the Company at the AGM and has not made herself available for re-election. Judith has served as an independent non-executive director for 15 years. She was instrumental in setting the direction for the social, ethics and transformation committee and served as its chair from the committee's inception.