The 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 insurance group SASRIA Limited, brewing group SABMiller plc, steelmaker MacSteel Global and financial services groups Alexander Forbes 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 Unisa and the University of Massachusetts.

David Williams, who was appointed to the Boards as senior independent non-executive director in May 2007, succeeded Sir John Parker as joint chairman on 4 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, chairing the audit committees of all three. He will relinquish the role of senior independent non-executive director of Taylor Wimpey plc on 31 March 2010. David is also a former non-executive director of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, 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. 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 chief financial officer in October 2008.

Europe & International Division 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 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.

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 nominations, audit 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.

Colin Matthews was appointed to the Mondi Boards in May 2007. He is chairman of the DLC sustainable development committee and a member of the DLC nominations, remuneration and audit committees.

He graduated in engineering from Cambridge University and has an MBA from INSEAD. After a period in the motor industry in the UK and Japan and a spell in management consultancy with Bain & Company, he joined the (US) General Electric Company. In 1997 he joined British Airways plc as managing director BA Engineering and later became director of technical operations, responsible for engineering, flight crew, 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 led the 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 joined BAA, the British airport operator, as chief executive on 1 April 2008.

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

After graduating in information systems from Rhodes University in 1984, she completed an MBA at Harvard Business School in 1995. 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 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.

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 Chartered Association of 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.