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<strong>The</strong> <strong>First</strong> Fifty <strong>Years</strong><br />
At the start of his tenure the Board comprised: E van As<br />
(Chairman), R E J Mazery and J B Walmisley�* (*British)<br />
In June 1991 Ian Heron was appointed Managing Director<br />
of <strong>Sappi</strong> South Africa and Chairman of <strong>Saiccor</strong>� An<br />
accountant, Ian had previously been the CEO of Southern Suns� At<br />
the same time the <strong>Saiccor</strong> Board was expanded to include B M Dick,<br />
I D Forbes, W E Hewitt, M P de Waard and A Vlok�<br />
Other changes that took place were:<br />
J B Walmisley resigned, June 1991<br />
S L Stone appointed, January 1992<br />
T L Larkan appointed, January 1992<br />
<strong>Sappi</strong> Limited formed: E van As, W E Hewitt and A Vlok resigned<br />
from the <strong>Saiccor</strong> Board, 1993<br />
M Malpiedi appointed, March 1994<br />
T L Larkan resigned, September 1994<br />
M W Turner appointed, June 1995<br />
H Pienaar appointed, September 1995 – resigned September 1996<br />
<strong>The</strong> Management Committee comprised:<br />
Roland Mazery (Managing Director)<br />
Sinclair Stone (Works Manager)<br />
Trevor Larkan (Financial Manager)<br />
Bryan Thomas (Technical Manager)<br />
Chris Williamson (Engineering Manager)<br />
Andrew Carr (Commercial Manager)<br />
Andy Porter (Human Resources Manager)<br />
Jack Ardé (Company Secretary)<br />
<strong>The</strong> following changes occurred to the Management Committee over<br />
the Mazery period:<br />
In March 1990, <strong>Saiccor</strong>’s shipping department transferred to <strong>Sappi</strong><br />
International in Durban, to be managed by Andrew Carr, who<br />
left <strong>Saiccor</strong> �<br />
Trevor Larkan was promoted to Head Office at the end of 1992<br />
and Mike Turner became Financial Manager on 1 February 1993�<br />
Mike started his career at <strong>Sappi</strong> as an accountant at Head Office,<br />
was then promoted to General Manager of <strong>Sappi</strong> Stanger for a<br />
few years, before joining <strong>Saiccor</strong>� Mike was appointed to the<br />
<strong>Saiccor</strong> Board in June 1995�<br />
Bryan Thomas retired on 1 April 1993 and was replaced by Derek<br />
Weightman�<br />
Derek was born on 14 April 1952 in York, England� He graduated<br />
from the University of Manchester, Institute of Science and<br />
Technology, in Chemistry in 1974, and joined Courtaulds as a<br />
research chemist� He was seconded to <strong>Saiccor</strong> in March 1977, also<br />
as a research chemist in the laboratory� He was appointed Chief<br />
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Eugene van As, Chairman<br />
1988–1991<br />
Jim Walmisley<br />
Ian Heron, Chairman 1991-1996
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