The board of directors of Steinhoff Africa Retail Limited announced that Pieter Erasmus ("Pieter") has been appointed as a non-executive director to the Board of STAR, with effect from 1 October 2018. Pieter served as financial director for Pep and as Pepkor group CEO during the period from 1998 to 2017. Johann Cilliers, an existing independent non-executive board member and chairman of the audit and risk committee, has been appointed as the lead independent non-executive director with immediate effect, in accordance with paragraph 3.59(c) of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements.