Board of Directors

Mary Sina Bomela (50) – BCom (Hons), CA(SA), MBA
Non-executive director and deputy chairman

• Member of the Nominations Committee
• Member of the Remuneration Committee
• Chairman of the Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee
• Chairman of the Strategy and Investment Committee

13 years’ service (appointed 8 September 2010)

Mary is the CEO of Mineworkers Investment Company (RF) (Pty) Ltd (MIC) and holds directorships on a number of MIC’s investments such as FirstRand, Primedia, Kumba Iron Ore and DNI.

Mary previously held the position of CFO of Makhubu Logistics and executive of corporate services at the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Pfungwa Gore Serima (58) – BSc (CompSc) and Business Studies
Group Chief Executive Officer

• Member of the Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee
• Member of the Strategy and Investment Committee

7 years’ service (appointed 1 February 2016)

Prior to joining Metrofile, Pfungwa was the executive Chairman of SAP Africa, CEO of SAP, Managing Director of Microsoft and Chief Executive Officer of Accenture Technology Solutions and Accenture Technology Infrastructure Services. He is currently a senior directorate member of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Shivan Mansingh (37) – BaccSci, HDipAcc, CA(SA), MBA
Group Chief Financial Officer

• Member of the Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee
• Member of the Strategy and Investment Committee

4 years’ service (appointed 1 April 2019)

Shivan served as the Chief Financial Officer of Torre Industries Limited until it delisted from the JSE. Prior to joining Torre, he worked at Exxaro Resources Limited and PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., where he specialised in group reporting as well as the audits of multinational JSE listed companies.

Sindiswa Victoria Zilwa (56) –
BCompt (Hons), CA(SA), CD(SA)
Advanced Diploma in Financial Planning (UFS)
Advanced Diploma in Taxation (UNISA)
Advanced Diploma in Banking (RAU)

Lead independent non-executive director

• Chairman of the Audit, Governance and Risk Committee
• Member of the Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee
• Member of Nominations Committee

11 years’ service (appointed 17 October 2012)

Sindi retired as the CEO of Nkonki Inc through a management buyout effective 31 October 2016, after 23 years of entrepreneurship in the audit and accounting profession. She is a published author of two books on boards and audit committees and a non-executive director of Discovery Limited, Aspen Limited, Mercedes Benz SA, Tourvest Limited, Gijima Limited and Cell C.

Her past directorships include ACSA Chairman, Woolworths Limited, Rebosis Limited, Transkei National Building Society, South African Mint, WIPHOLD, Telkom, Primedia, Ethos Private Equity, Institute of Directors, Alexkor and ATNS.

She was a member of the Reserve Bank Panel and the past Chairman of the BUSA Standing Committee on Transformation.

Andile Khumalo (45) – BCom (Accounting), Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting, CA(SA)

Independent non-executive director

• Member of the Audit, Governance and Risk Committee
• Member of the Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee

2 years’ service (appointed 30 September 2021)

Andile is Chief Executive Officer of KhumaloCo (Pty) Limited, an investment firm with a focus on technology, media, telecommunications, financial services and venture capital. He also serves as non-executive chairman of investee companies, Brave Group (Pty) Limited and Ince (Pty) Limited in addition to his other non-executive roles as chairman of the South African National Parks Investment Committee, independent Audit Committee member of Amplats Group Provident Fund, Investment Committee member of Kisby Fund as well as a fellow of the Centre for African Management and Markets at The Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS).

Lindiwe Evarista Mthimunye (49) – BCom, CA(SA), MCom, HDip Tax Law
Independent non-executive director

• Member of the Audit, Governance and Risk Committee
• Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
• Member of the Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee

6 years’ service (appointed 1 July 2017)

Lindiwe is presently Managing Director of Petroleum Investment Partners (Pty) Ltd and is a non-executive director of Massmart Holdings Limited, Cell C Limited, Sabvest Capital Limited and Old Mutual Investment Group Holdings.

Her past directorships include Woolworths Holdings Limited, Group Five Limited, Sea Harvest Group Limited, PetroSA, Saatchi & Saatchi SA, Hyundai Automotive SA (Pty) Ltd and Torre Industries Limited.

Christopher Stefan Seabrooke (70) – BCom, BAcc, MBA, FCMA
Independent non-executive director

• Invitee of the Audit, Governance and Risk Committee
• Member of the Nominations Committee
• Member of the Remuneration Committee
• Member of Strategy and Investment Committee
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20 years’ service (appointed 28 January 2003)

Chris has been a director of more than 25 listed companies. He is currently CEO of Sabvest Limited and Chairman of Transaction Capital Limited, and a director of a number of unlisted companies locally and internationally. He is a former Chairman of the South African State Theatre and former Deputy Chairman of the inaugural National Arts Council.

Stanley Thabo Moloko Seopa (59) – BCom(Accounting), Higher Diploma in Tax Law, Diploma in Finance, Diploma in Management

Independent non-executive director

• Member of the Audit, Governance and Risk Committee
• Member of the Strategy and Investment Committee

2 years’ service (appointed 30 September 2021)

Thabo is Chief Executive Officer of Awande Investment Managers which he co-founded, non-executive director of Lima Mbeu, trustee of Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust and non-executive director of Hilton College. He was previously Chief Executive Officer of Trudon (Pty) Limited, director of Corporate Finance of UBS and associate director of Corporate Finance of HSBC.