Our performance in 2009 - Sappi

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Our leadership
Independent non-executive directors
Daniël (Danie) Christiaan
Cronjé
Chairman
Age: 63
Qualifications:
BCom (Hons), MCom,
DCom
Nationality: South African
Appointed: January 2008
Professor Meyer Feldberg
Age: 67
Qualifications:
BA, MBA, PhD (American)
Nationality: American
Appointed: March 2002
Sappi board committee memberships
Human resources and transformation
committee (chairman)
Nomination and governance committee*
(Attends audit committee meetings and
compensation committee meetings
ex officio)
* Chairman from 01 January 2010
Other board and organisation
memberships
Eqstra Holdings Limited (chairman),
TSB Sugar Holdings Limited
Skills, expertise and experience
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).
Dr Cronjé had been with ABSA Group
since 1975 and held various executive
positions, including group chief executive
for four years and chairman for 10 years.
Prior to that Dr Cronjé was lecturer in
Money and Banking at Potchefstroom
University.
Sappi board committee memberships
Compensation committee*
Nomination and governance committee
(chairman)**
* Chairman from 01 January 2010
** Member only from 01 January 2010
Other board and organisation
memberships
Include British American Business Council
(advisory board member), Columbia
University Business School, Macy’s Inc,
Morgan Stanley (senior advisor), New York
City Ballet, New York City Global Partners
(president, appointed by the Mayor of
New York City), PRIMEDIA Inc, Revlon Inc,
UBS Global Asset Management,
University of Cape Town Graduate School
of Business.
Skills, expertise and experience
Professor Feldberg is currently serving as
a Senior Advisor to Morgan Stanley. His
career has included teaching and
leadership positions in the business
schools of the University of Cape Town,
Northwestern and Tulane. He served as
president of Illinois Institute of Technology
for three years and as dean of Columbia
Business School for 15 years. He is
currently dean emeritus and professor of
leadership at Columbia Business School.
He has served on the Council of
Competitiveness in Washington, DC.
In 2001, the International Centre in
New York honoured Professor Feldberg
as a distinguished foreign-born American
who has made a significant contribution
to American life.
David (Dave) Charles Brink
Senior independent
director
Age: 70*
Qualifications:
MSc Eng (Mining), DCom
(hc), Graduate Diploma
(Company Direction)
Nationality: South African
Appointed: March 1994.
* Retires 31 December 2009
James (Jim) Edward
Healey
Age: 68
Qualifications:
BSc (Public Accounting),
Honorary Doctor
(Commercial Science),
Certified Public Accountant
(USA)
Nationality: American
Appointed: July 2004
Sappi board committee memberships
Audit committee
Compensation committee (chairman)
Nomination and governance committee
Other board and organisation
memberships
ABSA Bank Limited (chairman), ABSA
Group Limited (chairman), Steinhoff
International Holdings Limited, SA Institute
of Directors (vice president), The Business
Trust (South Africa), The National Business
Initiative (South Africa)
Skills, expertise and experience
Mr Brink retired from the boards of BHP
Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton plc in
November 2007 after serving on those
boards and their predecessor companies
since 1994. He is also a past chief
executive officer and chairman of
construction group Murray and Roberts
Holdings Limited.
Sappi board committee memberships
Audit committee
Human resources and transformation
committee
Sappi Fine Paper North America audit
committee (chairman)
Skills, expertise and experience
He has held various senior financial
positions in a career spanning 37 years.
In 1995, Mr Healey became vice president
and treasurer of Bestfoods, formerly CPC
International Inc. In 1997, he became
executive vice president and chief financial
officer of Nabisco Holdings Inc, one of the
world’s largest snack food manufacturers,
a position from which he retired at the end
of 2000.