Our performance in 2009 - Sappi

Notes
Confirmation of appointment of Directors appointed since the
last annual general meeting and subsequent to the year end,
and the re-election of these directors
Peter Nlkateko Mageza (54) ACCA (UK)
Mr Mageza joins the Sappi board on 01 January 2010 as an
independent non-executive director after having held senior
executive positions across a wide range of industries. He is a
former Group Chief Operating Officer of ABSA Group Limited;
Assistant General Manager for Process Management at Nedcor
Limited; and Chief Executive Officer of Autonet, the road
passenger and freight logistics division of Transnet Limited. He
serves as a non-executive director on the boards of Bidvest
Group Limited, Remgro Limited and Rainbow Chickens Limited.
He is a Chartered Certified Accountant and a fellow of the
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in the
UK. Mr Mageza will turn 55 years on 28 December 2009.
Dr Rudolf Thummer (61) (Austrian) Dr Techn, Dipl – Ing
Dr Thummer joins the Sappi board on 01 February 2010 as a
non-executive director after having served many years in the
pulp and paper industry. He joined Hannover Papier in 1979
(later purchased by Sappi) as Manager of Research and
Development. In 1982, he became the Paper Mill Manager at
Alfeld Mill. In 1990, he was appointed technical director of Alfeld
Mill. In 1992, Dr Thummer became an executive board member
of the Hannover Papier Group, responsible for Manufacturing at
the Alfeld and Ehingen Mills. In 1998, he moved to Sappi Fine
Paper Europe based in Brussels, as technical director and
executive board member. He was appointed as Sappi Limited
group head technology from 01 January 2006 and retired from
that position at the end of December 2007. He holds a doctorate
in Technical Sciences, and a qualified engineer’s degree from
the Graz Technical University in Austria. He will turn 62 years on
10 December 2009.
Directors retiring by rotation who are seeking
re-election
Please refer to the undermentioned pages of this report for
details of the directors who are retiring by rotation and seeking
re-election at the annual general meeting on 01 March 2010 :
1. Dr Deenadayalen Konar – page 27
2. Mr John (Jock) David McKenzie – page 27
3. Sir Anthony Nigel Russell Rudd – page 28
4. Mr Mark Richard Thompson – page 28
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