Board of Directors

Cyril Ramaphosa graduated in law from the University of South Africa and joined the Council of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) as a legal adviser in 1981. He went on to found the National Union of Mineworkers, South Africa’s largest trade union, serving as general secretary until 1991. Cyril is currently executive chairman of Shanduka Group (Proprietary) Limited, which owns Shanduka Newsprint (Proprietary) Limited and Shanduka Packaging (Proprietary) Limited, and non-executive chairman of telecommunications group MTN Group Limited. He is also a non-executive director of insurance group SASRIA Limited, brewing group SABMiller plc, steelmaker MacSteel Holdings (Proprietary) Limited, financial services group Alexander Forbes Limited and Standard Bank Group Limited. He is a past chairman of the Black-Economic Empowerment Commission in South Africa and was the first deputy chairman of the Commonwealth Business Council. He is currently vice chairman of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS. Cyril holds honorary doctorates from a number of institutions, including the University of South Africa and the University of Massachusetts. He is a member of the DLC nominations committee. Cyril is the former chairman of the Constitutional Assembly, which negotiated South Africa’s first democratic dispensation.

David Williams retired as finance director of Bunzl plc in January 2006, having served on the board for 14 years. He is the senior independent non-executive director of Taylor Wimpey plc and a non-executive director of Dubai-based DP World Limited, Tullow Oil plc and Meggitt plc, chairing the audit committees of all three. David is also a former non-executive director of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Dewhirst Group plc and Medeva plc. David is a chartered accountant. He is chairman of the DLC audit and nominations committees and a member of the DLC remuneration committee.

David Hathorn graduated in commerce from the University of Natal and qualified as a chartered accountant at Deloitte & Touche. He joined Anglo American plc in 1989 as a divisional finance manager, moved to Mondi in 1991 and went on to serve as finance director and then general manager of Mondi Europe until 2000, when he was appointed chief executive officer of the Mondi Group. At Anglo American plc, David was a member of the executive committee from 2003 and an executive director from 2005 and served on the boards of a number of companies, including De Beers, Anglo Platinum and Anglo Coal. He oversaw the demerger of Mondi and its dual listing in London and Johannesburg in 2007. David is a member of the DLC sustainable development committee and chairs the DLC executive committee.

Andrew King graduated in commerce from the University of Cape Town and qualified as a chartered accountant at Deloitte & Touche in 1994. He joined Minorco, the international arm of Anglo American, as a financial analyst in 1995 and subsequently assumed responsibility for the group’s investment management activities. He transferred to Minorco’s corporate finance department in 1998, working on a number of group M&A activities before being appointed vice president of Anglo American Corporate Finance in 1999. His key assignments included the restructuring of the relationship with De Beers, the reorganisation of the Mondi Europe Group and Mondi’s acquisition of Syktyvkar Paper Enterprises. Andrew was appointed Mondi’s vice president of business development in 2002 and corporate development director in 2004. He served as chief financial officer of Mondi from June 2005 to May 2006, before being appointed as Group strategy and business development director. He was heavily involved in the listing process and establishment of the Group’s dual listed corporate structures. Andrew was appointed as chief financial officer in October 2008.

Peter Oswald graduated in law and business administration from the University of Vienna, beginning his career with Deutsche Bank and automotive company KTM. He joined the Frantschach Group in 1992, initially as head of internal audit, later as corporate controller. After serving as chief executive of the bag and flexibles business from 1995 to 2001, overseeing its recovery and sevenfold growth, Peter was appointed chief executive of Mondi Packaging Europe in 2002, leading its subsequent integration with Frantschach and recently-acquired Bauernfeind into the new Mondi Packaging division. At the beginning of 2008 Peter joined the Boards of Mondi Limited and Mondi plc as chief executive officer of the Group’s Europe & International Division, comprising all the former Mondi Packaging and Mondi Business Paper operations outside South Africa. In May 2008 he was elected to the Supervisory Board of Telekom Austria AG. Peter serves as a non-executive director of Telekom Austria AG and as president of respACT - austrian business council for sustainable development.

Anne Quinn CBE is Mondi's senior independent director. She graduated with a bachelor of commerce from Auckland University and a masters in management science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She spent her early career with NZ Forest Products Limited and the US management consulting company Resource Planning Associates. She then joined Standard Oil of Ohio, which was subsequently acquired by BP plc. Anne went on to work for BP in the US, Belgium, Colombia and the UK and held a number of executive positions including managing director of Alliance Gas Limited (a BP joint venture) and BP Gas Marketing Limited and later group vice president of Gas, LNG and Natural Gas Liquids. Anne was awarded a CBE for services to the natural gas industry. Anne has also been a managing director of Riverstone Holdings (Europe), a private equity investment firm specialising in the renewable and conventional energy and power industries. Anne is a non-executive director of Smiths Group plc and was a non-executive director of The BOC Group plc from 2004 to 2006. She currently serves on the MIT President’s Advisory Committee to the Sloan School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Anne chairs the DLC remuneration committee and is a member of the DLC nominations, sustainable development and audit committees.

Colin Matthews graduated in engineering from Cambridge University. After taking an MBA at INSEAD, followed by a period in management consultancy with Bain, he joined the General Electric Company (US). In 1997 he joined British Airways plc as managing director BA Engineering and later became director of technical operations, responsible for engineering, IT and procurement. Colin was group managing director of Transco from 2001 to 2002 and then chief executive officer of Hays plc from 2002 to 2004, where he commissioned the strategic review which ultimately led to Hays’ transformation into a pure specialist recruitment and HR services business. From 2005 to October 2007 he was group chief executive of Severn Trent plc, where he oversaw the restructuring of the business into a focused water services company. Colin was appointed as chief executive of BAA, the airport operator, on 1 April 2008. He is chairman of the DLC sustainable development committee and a member of the DLC nominations, remuneration and audit committees.

Imogen Mkhize graduated in information systems from Rhodes University in 1984 and gained an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1995. She spent her early career with Anglo American, Andersen Consulting and Nedcor, before becoming managing director of telecommunications group Lucent Technologies South Africa. Imogen held the position of chief executive officer of the 18th World Petroleum Congress, an international oil and gas event, between 2003 and July 2006. Imogen is currently the chairman of Richards Bay Coal Terminal, one of the largest export coal terminals in the world. She is also a director of energy group Sasol Limited, engineering group Murray & Roberts Holdings Limited, investment management firm Allan Gray Limited and Mobile Telephone Networks (Proprietary) Limited. She is a member of the South African Financial Markets Advisory Board, the Harvard Business School Global Alumni Board and Rhodes University Board of Governors. In 2001 Imogen was recognised by the World Economic Forum as a Global Leader for Tomorrow. Imogen is a member of the DLC nominations and remuneration committees.

John is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants and holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from Kingston University. Much of his early career was spent in technology-focussed international manufacturing and service companies involved in analytical instruments, fire protection and food processing. He became Group Finance Director of Kidde plc on its demerger from Williams Holdings and was Group Finance Director at Tate & Lyle plc from 2006 to 2008. He is currently a member of the UK Financial Reporting Review Panel, which seeks to ensure that the provision of financial information by public and large private companies complies with relevant reporting requirements. John is a non-executive director of Rotork p.l.c., Ceres Power Holdings plc and Hunting PLC, being also Chairman of the Audit Committee at Rotork and Ceres Power. He is chairman of the DLC Audit Committee and a member of the DLC Nominations Committee.