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Eqstra Holdings Ltd (EQSJ.

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NameDescriptionMr. Peter Nkateko Mageza is Non-Executive Independent Chairperson of the Board
of Eqstra Holdings Limited with effect from November 16, 2011. Up until June 2009 he held the
position of group chief operations officer, and was an executive director of, Absa Group Limited.
Peter started his career within the audit environment at Coopers & Lybrand and worked as an audit
manager within Transnet Limiteds group internal audit services. He became chief executive officer
of Autonet in 1995, the road passenger and freight logistics division of Transnet. Peter is a nonexecutive director of Sappi Group Limited, Bidvest Limited, MTN Group Limited, Rainbow Chicken
Limited and Remgro Group Limited.Mr. Jan Lodewyk Serfontein, BCOM (HONS), CA(SA) is Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director of Eqstra Holdings Limited. He started
his career with Deloitte & Touche in 1999. After completing his training contract, he spent two years
in the USA in Deloitte & Touches Washington DC practice as part of its global development
programme. He returned to South Africa in 2002. In 2007, he joined the Deloitte & Touche
partnership as an assurance partner in the Pretoria office. He was appointed interim CEO on 1 June
2015 and CEO on 24 July 2015. As a former audit partner at a multi-national audit and accounting
firm, Jannie has a deep understanding of internal controls, accounting policies and financial
reporting.Ms. Jacqueline Veronica Carr is Divisional Chief Executive Officer - Fleet Management and
Logistics of the Imperial group, a, subsidiary of Eqstra Holdings Limited. Jacqui joined the leasing
division of Imperial in 1989 and was appointed to the board of Imperial Fleet Services in 1996. Over
the years she has filled numerous leadership positions within the business, ranging from sales to
general management. She became CEO of the Passenger and Commercial Vehicle division of the
Imperial group in 2007. In her current position she is accountable for the strategic and operational
performance of the leasing and fleet management operations of the group.Mr. J. Colling is Chief
Executive Officer - Contract Mining and Plant Rental of the Company effective 12 January 2015. Mr.
Justin joined Eqstra in January 2015 as the divisional CEO of Contract Mining and Plant Rental. He
has more than twenty three years of experience in the mining and construction industries, including
nine years working in Africa. Mr Colling joined PT Leighton Contractors Indonesia as General
Manager Mining in 2010 and was appointed President Director in the following year for Leighton
Asia, India and Offshore's Indonesia and Asia Mining business. Prior to that Mr Colling was an
executive director of Moolmans South Africa.Mr. Gary Derek Neubert, N.DIP ENG (MECH), MBA is
Divisional Chief Executive Officer - Industrial Equipment of Eqstra Holdings Ltd. Mr. Gary started
his career at Volkswagen SA where he held various positions in the engineering and marketing
divisions. After eight years with Volkswagen, he joined Barloworld Limited where he was responsible
for the Audi sales and services divisions before becoming the Cape Town branch assistant general
manager. In 2000 he joined the Imperial groups Saficon Industrial Equipment (SIE) division as the
general manager of the Western Cape, with national responsibility for Aftersales, and in 2003 he was
appointed to the SIE board. In July 2006 he was appointed as CEO of the Industrial Equipment
division of the Imperial group, and also joined the Leasing and Capital Equipment divisions board
and executive committee.Mr. Denish Venhod Haripal is Chief Information Officer of Eqstra Holdings
Ltd. Mr. Denish joined RTG Fleet Services in 1999 as a network administrator, which was a business
unit of Imperial Fleet Services. In 2005 Denish became the distributed infrastructure services
manager responsible for the desktop, laptop, network and server infrastructure for the Imperial
Fleet Services group. He was appointed chief information officer of Eqstra in June 2010 and is
responsible for the information and communication technology strategic direction of the Eqstra
group.Mrs. L. Moller is the Company Secretary of Eqstra Holdings Ltd.Mr. Anthony John Phillips,
BSC (ENG) is Lead Independent Non-Executive Director of Eqstra Holdings Limited. Mr. Phillips was
appointed MD of Barlows Equipment Co in 1988, and MD of Finanzauto SA, Spain in 1992. He was
appointed a director of Barloworld Limited in 1996 and was CEO from 1998 until 2006. From 2005

until 2007 Tony was the chairperson of Pretoria Portland Cement Company Limited. Tony is
currently a director of Austro Group Limited (chairperson), Newman Lowther and Associates
(chairperson), Worldwide Fund for Nature, Business Leadership South Africa, NOAH (chairperson),
Kwikspace Modular Buildings Limited, Freeworld Coatings Limited (vice chairperson) and Mpact
Limited (chairperson).Ms. Salukazi Dakile-Hlongwane, BA, MA is Non-Executive Director of Eqstra
Holdings Limited. Ms. Salu is the deputy-chairperson of Nozala Investments (Proprietary) Limited, a
company she co-founded in 1996. Her early career experience included: senior investment officer at
the Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC); African Development Bank; senior manager
Structured Finance Division at FirstCorp Merchant Bank, and assistant general manager at BOE
Specialised Finance. Salu is a non-executive director of some of Nozalas investee companies that
include: Enviroserv Holdings Limited, Woodlands Dairy (Proprietary) Limited, Afripack (Proprietary)
Limited, Tsebo Outsourcing Group (Proprietary) Limited, Synergy Freight International (Proprietary)
Limited and Natal Rubber Compounders (Proprietary) Limited. She is also a director of MultiChoice
South Africa Holdings (Proprietary) Limited.Mr. Boetie Swanepoel is Non-Executive Director of the
Company, effective 1 December 2015. Mr. Swanepoel holds a BCom (Hons) degrees from Unisa and
a BSc (Min Eng) degree from the University of Pretoria. He started his career with Gengold in 1983,
culminating in his appointment as general manager of Beatrix Mines in 1993. After joining Randgold
in 1995 as Managing Director of the Harmony mine, Bernard became Managing Director of
Harmony from 1997 to 2007. In August 2007 he left Harmony to start To-the-Point Growth
Specialists. He is currently a Partner at To-The-Point Growth Specialists, is the non- executive
chairman of Village Main Reef Limited and serves as non-executive Director on the boards of Sanlam
Limited, African Rainbow Minerals Limited and Impala Platinum. Previous roles include Chief
Executive Officer of Village Main Reef Limited and Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited.Mr.
Marthinus Johannes Croucamp, IAC, AEP, AMP is Non-Executive Independent Director of Eqstra
Holdings Limited. Mr. Martin has spent his entire career in the banking sector, which included being
managing director of MLS Bank Limited and a member of ABSAs executive team as well as a
member of the ABSA enterprise risk management committee. He chaired the Imperial Bank risk and
remuneration committees until November 2010. He has general business management experience at
executive level, with particular emphasis on strategy formulation, marketing and administration.Mr.
Veli Joseph Mokoena, BA, PDM (WBS) is Non-Executive Independent Director of Eqstra Holdings
Limited. Mr. Veli is a director and co-founder of investment holding company Ninathi Investments
Holdings (Proprietary) Limited. Until December 2010, Veli was CEO of Ukhamba Holdings
(Proprietary) Limited. He was also previously an executive director of Imperial Fleet Services. Veli is
currently a director of DAWN Limited, Executive Carport (Proprietary) Limited and chairperson of
Giuricich Brothers Construction (Proprietary) Limited.Mr. Timothy Dacre Aird Ross, BCOM, CA(SA)
is Non-Executive Independent Director of Eqstra Holdings Limited. Tim was a partner with Deloitte
& Touche for 36 years and retired in May 2008. He led the Deloitte Johannesburg audit practice and
served on the executive as client service director as well as the board and remuneration committees.
Tim was the lead advisory partner for a number of multinational clients and headed the Deloitte
World Cup 2010 initiative. He is an independent non-executive director of Liberty Life Limited where
he chairs the audit and actuarial committee and is a member of the group risk committee. He is also
a director of Pretoria Portland Cement Company Limited, Mpact Limited, Adcorp Holdings Limited
and CIDA Empowerment (Proprietary) Limited, where he chairs the audit committees. Tim is also a
member of the Mpact Limited remuneration and nomination committee.Mr. Louis Leon von Zeuner
is Independent Non-Executive Director of Eqstra Holdings Limited effective November 22, 2013. He
retired as deputy group chief executive of Absa Group earlier in 2012 following 32 years of service.
Mr. Von Zeuner is a non-executive director of Telkom, Edcon, Afgri Limited and CSA where he
serves on several board committees. He also serves on sport and organised committee bodies. He
holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Economics from the University of Stellenbosch and has
completed several international training programmes.

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