TELKOM SA SOC LTD
Telkom SA SOC Limited
Registration Number 1991/005476/30)
ISIN number: ZAE000044897
JSE code: TKG
("Telkom" or "the company")
In accordance with paragraph 3.59 of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited, shareholders are advised that the following changes to the board of directors of the company ("the Board"):
1. Appointment of Non-Executive DirectorsThe following individuals have been appointed as non- executive directors of the company with immediate effect:
Mr Graham Dempster ("Mr Dempster" or "Graham");
Ms Thembisa Dingaan ("Ms Dingaan" or "Thembisa");
Ms Nunu Ntshingila ("Ms Ntshingila" or "Nunu"); and
Mr Rex Tomlinson ("Mr Tomlinson" or "Rex").
Mr Dempster (CA(SA))
Graham is a Chartered Accountant by profession and has done Advanced Management Programmes at Insead (1995) and Harvard Business School (2002).
He is the Chief Operating Officer of Nedbank Limited ("Nedbank") and has been an executive director of Nedbank since August 2009. He has held positions as Managing Executive: Nedbank Corporate, Managing Director: Corporate Banking, Managing Director: International Division and Head: Overseas Operations.
Thembisa is Director of Companies and is currently a member of the board of directors of the Development Bank of Southern Africa, where she has the additional responsibility of serving as a member of the Audit, Risk and Finance Committee as well as the chair of the Credit and Investment Committee. In addition, she is a member of the boards of Mustek Limited (since February 2009), Imperial Holdings Limited ("Imperial") (since November
2009), Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (Proprietary) Limited
(since May 2011 . In September 2013 she was appointed to the board of directors of ABSA Bank Limited ("ABSA"), a
member of the Barclays Africa Group Limited. She has the additional responsibility of being a member of ABSA's Models Committee and is a Trustee of ABSA's Pension Fund.
Thembisa is admitted to the NY State Bar.
Nunu started her career as a trainee Account Executive at Ogilvy South Africa after graduating from the University of Swaziland. She spent three years at Nike as Communications Director. Nunu then rejoined Ogilvy in
1999 and has risen through the ranks, holding various senior executive positions within the firm, including the position of Deputy Managing Director and later Managing Director of the Gauteng Division, culminating in her appointment as the Group Chief Executive Officer in 2005. Nunu was appointed Chairman of Ogilvy in 2012, a position she still holds.
She has extensive experience in marketing, strategy and advertising, having led or been a part of various iconic advertising campaigns in South Africa. Nunu leads a diversified group which comprises 14 companies, specialising in Advertising, Brand Consulting, Media/ Channel Planning, Design, Digital/ Interactive, CRM, Retail Marketing, Public Relations and Consumer Insights.
She has served as a director on the Boards of Old Mutual, the V and A Waterfront and Transnet.
Rex Tomlinson was Human Resources Director of Illovo Sugar Limited, before joining Nampak, where he held numerous executive line management roles and was a member of the Nampak Limited board. He joined Liberty Holdings in 2004, was appointed Deputy Chief Executive in 2005 and to the Liberty Holdings board in 2006, where he served until his resignation in 2010.
He was until recently the Lead Independent director at Kelly Group Limited. He is currently the Lead Independent director at Tsogo Sun and also serves as Chairman of three unlisted companies.
Shareholders are advised that Dr Clive Fynn has resigned as a non-executive director of Telkom with immediate effect.
The directors of Telkom extend their thanks to Dr Fynn for his contribution during his tenure on the Board and wish him well in his future endeavours.
Pretoria
03 December 2014
Sponsor: The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited
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