2007 Annual Report - Sappi

Notice to Shareholders continued
Notes
1. Confirmation of appointment of directors appointed
since the last annual general meeting and the
re-election of these directors
Roeloff (Ralph) Jacobus Boëttger (46) BAcc Hons, CA (SA)
Chief Executive Officer Sappi Limited. Mr Boëttger is a
chartered accountant by training with a wide general
management experience. At the age of 34 he was appointed
chief executive officer of Safair and the next year appointed
to the executive committee of Safmarine Limited. From 1998
until July 2007 he was the chairman of the aviation division of
Imperial Holdings Limited following Imperial’s acquisition of
Safair. From 2002 he was an executive director of Imperial
Holdings Limited with responsibility for their local and
international logistics operations, the aviation division and the
heavy commercial vehicle distribution operations. His field
of responsibility encompassed businesses operating in
Southern Africa, numerous European countries, the Middle
East and Asia.
Daniël (Danie) Christiaan Cronjé (61) DCom
Dr Cronjé retired in July 2007 as chairman of both Absa
Group Limited and Absa Bank Limited, a leading South
African banking organisation in which Barclays plc obtained
a majority share in 2005. He had been with the Absa group
since 1975 and held various executive positions including
group chief executive for four years and chairman for ten
years. He is also a director of Barclays plc, Barclays Bank
plc and TSB Sugar Holdings Limited. He holds a DCom
from Potchefstroom University (now the University of the
North West).
John (Jock) McKenzie (60) BSc Chemical Engineering
(cum laude), MA
Mr McKenzie joined the Sappi board in September 2007 after
having held senior executive positions globally and in South
Africa. He is a former president for Asia, Middle East and
Africa Downstream of the Chevron Texaco Corporation and
also served as the chairman and chief executive officer of the
Caltex Corporation.
Karen Osar (58) MBA, Finance
Ms Osar was executive vice president and chief financial
officer of speciality chemicals company Chemtura Corporation
until her retirement in March 2007. Prior to that, she held
various senior management and board positions in her
career. She was vice president and treasurer for Tenneco
Inc and also served as chief financial officer of Westvaco
Corporation and as senior vice president and chief financial
officer of the merged MeadWestvaco Corporation. Prior to
those appointments she spent 19 years at JP Morgan and
Company, becoming a managing director of the Investment
Banking Group. She currently serves on the boards of
Webster Financial Corporation, the Bank of New York
Hamilton Mutual Funds and Innophos Holdings Inc. She has
chaired several board audit committees.
2. Directors retiring by rotation who are seeking
re-election
Deenadayalen (Len) Konar (53) BCom, MAS, DCom,
CA (SA)
Previously Professor and Head of the Department of
Accountancy at the University of Durban-Westville, he is a
member of the King Committee on Corporate Governance,
the Securities Regulation Panel and the Institute of Directors.
Companies of which he is a non-executive director include
Old Mutual South Africa, the South African Reserve Bank,
Kumba Resources Limited, Illovo Sugar, JD Group and
Steinhoff International Holdings. Dr Konar joined the board
of Sappi Limited in March 2002. He is chairman of the Sappi
Audit Committee and the Audit Committee of Sappi
Southern Africa region, as well as a member of the Human
Resources Committee. He is a member and chairman of the
external audit committee of the International Monetary
Fund in Washington.
Bridgette Radebe (47) BA (Pol Sc and Socio)
Ms Radebe was the first black South African deep level hard
rock mining entrepreneur in the late 1980s. She has more
than a decade of experience in contract mining, mining
construction and mining mergers and acquisitions. She is
founder and executive chairperson of Mmakau Mining,
with investments in platinum, coal, chrome and gold mines,
as well as shaft sinkers. She is president of the South African
Mining Development Association, vice chairman of the Minerals
and Mining Development Board advising the Minister of
Minerals and Energy, a founder and board of trustee member
of the New Africa Mining Fund, and participated in the design
of the South African Mining Charter and present mining
legislation.
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