2025
INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORTfor the year ended 30 September 2025

Our board

Our governance framework is designed to support our core purpose in line with the Companies Act, JSE Listings Requirements, King IV and other relevant laws and regulations and ensures that Tiger Brands remains a good corporate citizen.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Chief executive officer

Appointed November 2023

Qualifications
CA(SA), PMD

Area of expertise and contribution

  • Strategy execution
  • Extensive FMCG experience
  • Culture alignment
  • Risk management

Board meeting attendance

  • 5/5
Chief financial officer

Appointed January 2024

Qualifications
CA(SA), MBA

Area of expertise and contribution

  • Extensive FMCG experience
  • Finance
  • Strategy development and execution
  • Risk management

Board meeting attendance

  • 5/5
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Chairman of the board

Appointed September 2020 and as chairman on January 2021

Geraldine serves as chancellor of the Nelson Mandela University, a non-executive director on the board of the Standard Bank Group and Standard Bank South Africa and lead independent director of Exxaro Resources Limited. She is also chairman of the Thabo Mbeki Leadership Trust, a member of Government Technical Advisory Centre, chairman of the United Nations Economic and Social Council Committee of Experts on Public Administration. She is a fellow of the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School and has completed a leadership course at Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania.

Qualifications
MA in Administration, Leading Organisational Change Executive Programme

Area of expertise and contribution

  • Risk management
  • Leadership and strategy
  • Extensive governance and public administration
  • Stakeholder relations and sustainability/ESG leadership
  • Human resources and remuneration

Board meeting attendance

  • 5/5
Lead independent director

Appointed April 2022

Based in Dubai, Frank has deep FMCG and emerging markets experience, having held various senior and executive roles at Unilever in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia. Other previous roles include executive chairman of Feronia Inc., chief investment officer of Amatheon Agri Holding and a short period at Procter & Gamble. He is currently chairman of MSI International and Baobab International, a non-executive director of Buhler Holdings AG (Switzerland), Chairman of AECF LLC (USA) and Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Kenya).

Qualifications
Masters in Law, MBA

Area of expertise and contribution

  • General management and strategy
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Governance and risk management
  • FMCG and emerging market
  • Sustainability/ESG
  • Finance

Board meeting attendance

  • 5/5
Appointed December 2016

Emma is co-founder and CEO of MASA Group of Companies, which includes MASA Risk Advisory Services (Proprietary) Limited and MASA Chartered Accountants Incorporated. A seasoned chartered accountant, she has more than 15 years' experience leading internal audit, external audit and advisory teams at various multi-national companies in the public and private sectors, including logistics, mining, financial services, retail, FMCG, real estate management, healthcare and non-profit organisations. Currently, non-executive director of Clientele Limited, Clientele General Insurance Limited, Clientele Assurance Limited, 1life Insurance (RF) Limited and Emerald Life. Emma served as a non-executive director on the boards of Capitec Bank Holdings Limited and Capitec Bank.

Qualifications
BCompt (Unisa), BCom Honours, CA(SA), MBA, Global Executive Development Programme

Area of expertise and contribution

  • Extensive auditing and finance
  • Governance and leadership
  • Corporate finance and banking
  • FMCG
  • Stakeholder relations and sustainability/ESG leadership
  • Human resources and remuneration
  • Risk advisory

Board meeting attendance

  • 5/5
Appointed June 2019

Donald is an experienced finance executive whose career spans over 20 years working for listed entities with global operations. He retired in 2020 as group finance director of Barloworld Limited, a global industrial company. At Barloworld, he played a strategic role during the unbundling of PPC Limited and the listing of Freeworld Limited. He is a non-executive director of Mpact Limited and Zeda Limited and director of BHBW Holdings (Proprietary) Limited.

Qualifications
CA(SA), BCom, CTA qualification

Area of expertise and contribution

  • Mergers and acquisitions and stakeholder engagement
  • Extensive finance and general management
  • Governance and remuneration
  • Leadership and strategy
  • Risk management

Board meeting attendance

  • 5/5
Appointed June 2022

As an executive and strategic business partner within international corporate and startup operations, Lucia has wide-ranging experience in human resources leadership. She started her career with Reckitt & Colman before joining BP Southern Africa as human resources officer. Following this, she spent eight years at the Seagram Group of Companies as human resources director and later joined Sappi Limited as group head of HR. She also served as the vice president, people at AB InBev Africa Zone. Previously, Lucia served as a non-executive director of Clicks Holdings Limited, Zambian Breweries Plc and SABMiller Namibia Proprietary Limited. She is currently a non-executive director of Mr Price Group, Santam, Fibretime Group Proprietary Limited and MiWay Insurance Holdings.

Qualifications
BA in Psychology and Geography, Human Resources Management Diploma, Advanced Management Programme

Area of expertise and contribution

  • General management and strategy
  • Extensive human resources
  • Remuneration policies
  • Governance and FMCG
  • Stakeholder relations and sustainability/ESG

Board meeting attendance

  • 5/5
Appointed October 2019

Mahlape is a practising advocate and a member of the Johannesburg Society of Advocates and of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce Council. She has been in practice since 2003. She is a panellist with the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa and China-Africa Joint Arbitration Centre. She is currently non-executive director of Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited. Mahlape was appointed a member of the South African Law Reform Commission in 2007, on which she served until December 2011, before being re-appointed in August 2013. She was previously chairman of Murray & Roberts Limited, having been appointed to the board in 2009 and as chairman in 2013. She was chairman of the Advertising Industry Tribunal Appeal Committee of the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa (appointed in 2013).

Qualifications
MA in Law, LLB

Area of expertise and contribution

  • Extensive legal and commercial
  • General management and leadership
  • Governance and strategy
  • Stakeholder relations
  • Finance
  • Risk management

Board meeting attendance

  • 5/5
Appointed August 2020

Olivier is a senior executive with more than 30 years of experience in the food and beverage industry. He is currently director of Risamar (USA) and Resiter S.A. (Chile). He has held various general management roles, including as president, leading the PepsiCo Food businesses in Latin America (except Mexico). He has specialised in successfully turning businesses around in Latin America and leading M&A activities. Former director Marilan Alimentos (S.A.) (Brazil).

Qualifications
BA in Economics, Marketing

Area of expertise and contribution

  • General management and strategy
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Governance
  • Business turnaround and culture transformation
  • Risks management
  • ESG experience
  • Brand, marketing and reputational management
  • Human resources and remuneration

Board meeting attendance

  • 5/5
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Appointed April 2023

Sam is co-founder and CIO of Value Capital Partners (VCP). Prior to VCP, he held several leadership positions at Brait including as executive director: Capital & Treasury. He was a partner at Deloitte, where he was group leader for the Financial Services Audit Practice in the Johannesburg office. Sam is chairman of Sun International, as well as an alternate non-executive director of Metair Investments and a former non-executive director of Altron and Adcorp Holdings.

Qualifications
BAcc (Hons), CA(SA), CA(Z), PLD

Area of expertise and contribution

  • Investment and finance
  • General management and strategy
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Governance
  • Stakeholder relations
  • Human resources and remuneration

Board meeting attendance

  • 5/5