The Bidvest Group Limited announced the appointment, effective 12 March 2021, of Ms. Sindisiwe Ntombenhle (Sindi) Mabaso-Koyana and Ms. Lulama Boyce as independent non-executive directors to the Bidvest board. The new non-executive directors will be appointed to the following Bidvest board sub-committees: Sindi to the Audit committee as chair, Risk committee and Acquisitions committee; and Lulama to the Audit committee, Nominations committee and Remuneration committee as well as the Social and Ethics committee. Messrs. Eric Diack and Alex Maditse, both of whom have been independent non-executive directors on the board for nine years, will retire from the Bidvest Board effective 1 April 2021, as per the Group director tenure policy. Dr. Renosi Mokate will replace Mr. Eric Diack as the lead independent director and Mr. Alex Maditse as chair of the Risk committee.