Novus Holdings Limited announced that Dr. Elizabeth Botha ("Liesbeth") has been appointed as an independent non-executive director, with effect from 18 March 2024. Liesbeth serves on the board of The Spar Group Limited and previously served as the Chief Digital Officer of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Africa. Preceding that, she was an Executive Director at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), an Executive Director of Innovation and Commercialization at the University of Stellenbosch, served as a non-executive director of Venfin Limited and was a Council Member of the University of Pretoria.

She completed her master's in Electronic Engineering at the University of Pretoria before receiving her PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, with specialization in Artificial Intelligence ("AI"), Robotics, Data analytics and Pattern recognition. In addition to Liesbeth's vast experience, her skill set will be valuable as transition into an AI enabled company.