South Africa

S E Abrahams is a very experienced Director. S E Abrahams was formerly an international partner and South African Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen. Sam is currently the Chairman of Investec Securities Proprietary Limited and Chairman of The Victor Daitz Foundation, one of the largest charitable foundations in South Africa.

M Lewis has more than 35 years’ experience in the investment management and retail sectors. M Lewis is the Chairman of Strandbags Holdings Proprietary Limited (Australia)and Oceana Investment Corporation Limited (UK) and a partner of Oceana Investment Partners LLP (UK). He is also a director of Histogenics Inc. (USA) and United Trust Bank Limited (UK)…. read more »

A E Thunstrom, our Chief Financial Officer, joined the Group and was appointed as an Executive Director of the Group in 2015. Prior to this, A E Thunstrom had 21 years’ professional services experience with KPMG where he held various regional and pan-African leadership positions, including Anthony will assume the position of CEO on Doug… read more »

Christopher was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director on 22 April 2018 and is Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee. He is currently senior independent director of Travis Perkins plc, chairman of Rush Hair Group Limited, non-executive director of Kerry Group plc and non-executive director of Walker Greenbank plc. From 2005 to 2016, Christopher was an… read more »

Carol Arrowsmith was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director on 20 April 2018 and is Chair of the Remuneration Committee. She is a former vice chair and senior partner of Deloitte LLP. Before joining Deloitte as a partner in 2002, Carol was a global partner in Arthur Andersen and managing director of New Bridge Street Consultants…. read more »

Temitope Lawani was appointed as Non-Executive Director on 16 March 2018, prior to which he has been, from 2011, a supervisory board member of Vivo Energy Holding, formerly the holding company of the Group. Temitope is the managing partner & co-founder of Helios Investment Partners LLP. He has over 23 years of principal investment experience… read more »

Javed Ahmed was appointed as Non-Executive Director on 12 March 2018, prior to which he had been, from 2011, a supervisory board member of Vivo Energy Holding, formerly the holding company of the Group. Javed joined Vitol in 2009 and currently holds positions at a number of Vitol’s portfolio companies, including as a board member… read more »

Johan Depraetere has been the Chief Financial Officer at the Group since joining in April 2012. His responsibilities include financial control, treasury & credit, IT and procurement. Prior to joining the Group, Johan worked for the Samsung Group in Korea for nine years, of which he spent four years as a member of the corporate… read more »

Christian Chammas joined the Group as Chief Executive Officer in January 2012. Christian has extensive experience in the energy sector and has a deep knowledge of Africa and emerging markets. Prior to joining the Group, Christian was at Total for 31 years where he held several executive positions in Central America, the Caribbean, Pacific and… read more »

John Daly was appointed Chairman of the Board on 20 April 2018. John held various executive leadership positions over the course of 20 years at British American Tobacco plc (‘BAT’). His most recent positions at BAT were chief operating officer (2010-2014) and regional director for Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong (2004-2010). John is also… read more »

Matrona Filippou is the General Manager in charge of Stills, Ventures & Emerging Brands for Coca-Cola West Africa Business Unit. In her current role, Matrona leads the development and execution of a common growth, innovation and investment strategy for Stills beverages (Juice, Water, Dairy and Energy drinks) for Coca-Cola and its bottling partners in the… read more »

Bhupendra Suri is the General Manager, Coca-Cola Nigeria Franchise responsible for leading and optimizing profitable revenue and volume growth of Coca-Cola brands in Nigeria. Bhupendra joined Coca-Cola in 1996 and has held various positions of increasing responsibility across the system. In his most recent assignment as Vice President – Franchise Bottling Operations (FBO) in India,… read more »

DEBORAH PISTORIUS: Having 27 years’ secretarial and administrative experience, Deborah has a wide and varied skill set that is valuable to her position at the IAB.  She is organised, efficient and detail oriented.

Katharine is a dynamic and versatile addition to the core IAB team. With a wealth of operational and management experience, particularly in the hospitality and event management industries, Katharine joined IAB as the part time Events Co-ordinator to run regular educational, training and round table events, as well as the annual Summit & Bookmark Awards…. read more »