Vodacom Group Limited announced that Mr. Jabu Moleketi, Chairman of Vodacom Group, will retire and step down from the Board at the forthcoming annual general meeting to be held on 21 July 2020. The Board announced the appointment of Mr. Saki Macozoma, current lead independent non-executive director, to the role of Chairman of the company with effect from 22 July 2020. Saki was first appointed to the Board of Vodacom Group in July 2017. He also assumes the role of chairman of the Nomination Committee and will step down from the Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee. Following the appointment of Saki Macozoma as Chairman, Mr. David Brown is appointed as lead independent non-executive director with effect from 22 July 2020. Mr. Thomas Reisten has resigned from the Board with effect from 31 March 2020. Messrs Pierre Klotz and Clive Thomson will join the Board as non-executive director and independent non-executive director respectively with effect from 1 April 2020. On his appointment as a director, Clive will become a member of the Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee. Pierre is the Vodafone Group Plc Group Corporate Finance Director. He joined Vodafone in July 2011 and is responsible for the Vodafone Group's Mergers & Acquisitions and Treasury related activities. Previously, he held a number of senior executive positions at UBS Investment Bank and at HSBC Investment Bank. Clive is an independent non-executive director of Woolworths Holdings Limited, Chairman of its Audit committee and Treasury Committee, and a member of its Social & Ethics Committee and Risk & Compliance committees. He is also a director of the Caterpillar dealer Borusan Makina.