R (Ruwayda) Redfearn
Director since September 2013
Qualifications: B.Com (Hons), CA (SA)
Membership of board committees: Risk
Other important directorships: Grindrod Trading Holdings (Pty) Ltd and other companies in the
Grindrod Group.
Ms Redfearn has been the Chief Financial Officer of Grindrod Trading since October 2012.
She was formerly employed by Deloitte as, inter alia, partner and business unit leader, audit
manager and was seconded to Deloitte in New York office.
TF (Tom) van Rooyen
Director since November 2013
Qualifications: BSc. (Agric), Hons. in Agricultural Economics
Membership of board committees: Risk
Other directorships: Senwesbel Ltd
Mr Van Rooyen has been running extensive farming operations on various farms in the
Potchefstroom/Ventersdorp area for the past 22 years. He also expanded his interests into
commercial and residential property. He has a large cattle component in his farming operations
(Bonsmara and Boran studs). Mr Van Rooyen was a finalist in the Grain Producer of the Year
competition in 2010. He is director of two of his own companies.
WH (Thabo) van Zyl
Director since August 2012
Qualifications: BSc. Agric (Agricultural Economics)
Membership of board committees: Risk and Social & Ethics
Other important directorships: Senwesbel Ltd
Mr Van Zyl obtained a BSc Agric degree in Agricultural Economics at the University of Pretoria
in 1997. He started farming with his father in 2001. Mr Van Zyl has been serving on the board
of Thuso Milling since 2001.
EM (Elmarie) Joynt
Group Company Secretary
Appointed in 2002
Qualifications: B.Com (Law), LLB, FCIS, FCIBM, Attorney and Notary of the High Court
Other Directorships: Trustee of Kotulo Trust (Senwes BEE Trust), Company Secretary and
Chief Legal Advisor for the Senwes Group.
Ms Joynt started her career as economist at the Registrar of Companies and later practiced
as a commercial attorney. She also held the position of Group Company Secretary and legal
advisor at various organisations in the agricultural and financial sectors, before joining Senwes
in 2002. She has been involved in the commercial, agricultural and legal sectors for 21 years.
She is the Senwes key individual (FAIS), compliance officer and is a member of the Admissions
Committee of the Institute of Chartered Company Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA).
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