Board of Directors

Cyril Ramaphosa was appointed joint chairman in May 2007 and he is also a member of the DLC nominations committee.

A law graduate from the University of South Africa (Unisa), he joined the Council of Unions of South Africa as a legal adviser in 1981. He went on to join 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 brewing group SABMiller plc, mining group Lonmin plc and financial services groups Alexander Forbes Equity Holdings (Proprietary) Limited and Standard Bank Group Limited.

Cyril is past chairman of the Black Economic Empowerment Commission in South Africa. He was chairman of the Constitutional Assembly which negotiated South Africa’s first democratic dispensation. He holds honorary doctorates from a number of institutions, including the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Massachusetts.

David Williams was appointed to the Mondi Boards as senior independent director in May 2007 and as joint chairman in August 2009. He is also chairman of the DLC nominations committee and is a member of the DLC remuneration committee.

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

David Hathorn graduated in commerce from the University of Natal and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1987 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. He chairs the DLC executive committee and is a member of the DLC sustainable development committee.

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 Johannesburg and London in 2007.

Andrew King graduated in commerce from the University of Cape Town and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1994 at Deloitte & Touche. 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 a vice president of Anglo American Corporate Finance in 1999.

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 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 as the head of internal audit, later becoming corporate controller.

After serving as chief executive of the bag and flexibles business from 1995 to 2001, overseeing its recovery and expansion, Peter was appointed chief executive of Mondi Packaging Europe in 2002, leading its subsequent integration with Frantschach into the new Mondi packaging division.

At the beginning of 2008 Peter joined the Mondi Boards 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.

Peter serves as a non-executive director of Telekom Austria AG and as president of respACT-austrian business council for sustainable development.

Anne Quinn was appointed to the Mondi Boards in May 2007 and as senior independent director in August 2009. She chairs the DLC remuneration committee and is a member of the DLC audit, nominations and sustainable development committees.

Anne graduated with a bachelor of commerce from Auckland University and has a master’s degree in management science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). 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 group vice president. She 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.

A non-executive director of Smiths Group plc, she 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.

Stephen Harris was appointed to the Mondi Boards in March 2011. He chairs the DLC sustainable development committee and is a member of the DLC audit, nominations and remuneration committees.

He is chief executive officer of Bodycote plc, a leading provider of thermal processing services. A chartered engineer, he graduated in engineering from Cambridge University and has a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business. He spent his early career in engineering with Courtaulds plc and then moved to the USA to join APV Inc from 1984 until 1995, where he held several senior management positions. He was appointed to the board of Powell Duffryn as an executive director in 1995 and then went on to join Spectris plc as an executive director from 2003 until 2008. He was also a non-executive director of Brixton plc between 2006 and 2009.

Imogen Mkhize was appointed to the Mondi Boards in May 2007. She is a member of the DLC nominations and remuneration committees.

imogen graduated in information systems from Rhodes University in 1984 and gained an MBA at Harvard Business School in 1995. She completed a Diploma in Company Direction with the Institute of Directors/GIMT in 2000 and has been involved in corporate governance for over two decades. She spent her early career with Anglo American, Andersen Consulting and the financial services group Nedcor, before becoming managing director of telecommunications group Lucent Technologies South Africa. Between 2003 and July 2006, she held the position of chief executive officer of the 18th World Petroleum Congress, an international oil and gas event.

Imogen is currently chairman of Richards Bay Coal Terminal, one of the largest coal export terminals in the world. She is also a director of energy group Sasol Limited and Mobile Telephone Networks (Proprietary) Limited. She is a member of Rhodes University Board of Governors and chairman of Rhodes Business School.

Imogen is a former director of engineering group Murray & Roberts Holdings Limited and was formerly a a member of the Harvard Business School Global Alumni Board. In 2001 Imogen was recognised by the World Economic Forum as a Global Leader for Tomorrow.

John Nicholas was appointed to the Mondi Boards in October 2009. He chairs the DLC audit committee and is a member of the DLC nominations committee.

A fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, he holds a master’s degree in business administration from Kingston University.

Much of John’s early career was spent in technology-focused 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 Ceres Power Holdings plc, Hunting PLC and Rotork p.l.c., chairing the audit committees of all three companies.

Philip Laubscher, who holds BProc and LLB degrees and is an attorney of the High Court of South Africa, was in-house counsel with national power utility Eskom for 15 years before joining Mondi in 1999 as head of legal services.

He was appointed company secretary of Mondi Limited in January 2001.

Carol Hunt, a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators, spent 15 years with The BOC Group plc, holding various roles in the company secretariat, the last six years as deputy company secretary.

She joined Mondi in November 2006 and was formally appointed company secretary of Mondi plc in May 2007.

Philip and Carol work together on the co-ordination of Mondi’s DLC structure.