Full directors report - Mondi

Imogen Mkhize
Imogen Mkhize was appointed to the
Mondi Boards in May 2007. She is a
member of the DLC nominations and
remuneration committees.
After graduating in information systems
from Rhodes University in 1984, she
completed an MBA at Harvard
Business School in 1995. She spent
her early career with Anglo American,
Andersen Consulting and the financial
services group Nedcor, before
becoming managing director of
telecommunications group Lucent
Technologies South Africa. Between
2003 and July 2006, she held the
position of chief executive officer of the
18th World Petroleum Congress, an
international oil and gas event.
Imogen is currently chairman of
Richards Bay Coal Terminal, one of the
largest export coal terminals in the
world. She is also a director of energy
group Sasol Limited, engineering group
Murray & Roberts Holdings Limited,
investment management firm Allan Gray
Limited and Mobile Telephone Networks
(Proprietary) Limited. She is a member
of the South African Financial Markets
Advisory Board, the Harvard Business
School Global Alumni Board and
Rhodes University Board of Governors.
In 2001 Imogen was recognised by the
World Economic Forum as a Global
Leader for Tomorrow.
John Nicholas
John Nicholas was appointed to the
Mondi Boards in October 2009. He
chairs the DLC audit committee and is
a member of the DLC nominations
committee.
A fellow of the Chartered Association of
Certified Accountants, he holds a
master’s degree in business
administration from Kingston University.
Much of John’s early career was spent
in technology-focused international
manufacturing and service companies
involved in analytical instruments, fire
protection and food processing. He
became group finance director of
Kidde plc on its demerger from
Williams Holdings and was group
finance director at Tate & Lyle plc from
2006 to 2008.
He is currently a member of the UK
Financial Reporting Review Panel,
which seeks to ensure that the
provision of financial information by
public and large private companies
complies with relevant reporting
requirements.
John is a non-executive director of
Ceres Power Holdings plc, Hunting
PLC and Rotork p.l.c., chairing the
audit committees of all three.
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