Hennie Van der Merwe

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About

After practicing as a commercial and corporate attorney for twelve years, Hennie held senior executive positions and directorships in large stock exchange listed corporate entities in the banking, commercial and industrial sectors, both in South Africa and abroad. He currently serves in the following board positions: • Non executive director and chairman of the board of Master Drilling Group Ltd; • Non executive director and chairman of the board of Abagold Ltd; • Independent non executive director of Klein Karoo Agri (Pty) Ltd; Klein Karoo Internasionaal (Pty) Ltd; Klein Karoo (Pty) Ltd and Klein Karoo Saadproduksie (Pty) Ltd.

With an engineering and manufacturing background, Gary has over forty years’ experience in and knowledge of the mining and construction machinery industry both regionally and internationally.
He currently sits on the board of Trade and Investment KwaZulu-Natal.

Lead independent non executive director with effect from 17 February 2022; Chairman of the nominations committee with effect from 17 February 2022. After practicing as a commercial and corporate attorney for twelve years, Hennie held senior executive positions and directorships in large stock exchange listed corporate entities in the banking, commercial and industrial sectors, both in South Africa and abroad.
He currently serves in the following board positions:
• Non executive director and chairman of the board of Master Drilling Group Ltd;
• Non executive director and chairman of the board of Abagold Ltd;
• Independent non executive director of Klein Karoo Agri (Pty) Ltd; Klein Karoo Internasionaal (Pty) Ltd; Klein Karoo (Pty) Ltd and Klein Karoo Saadproduksie (Pty) Ltd.

 

Personal Details

Title: Mr
Surname: Van der Merwe
DoB: 01/01/1948
Age: 78 years
M/F: Male
Nationality: South Africa
Country of Birth: South Africa
Language: English
Qualification: BA Law, LLB, LLM Tax, Mech Eng Diploma
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Qualifications & Experience

 

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Other directorships (state)

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Working history

 

Committee/s

CompanyCommitteeRoleAppointment DateResignation Date
Master Drilling Group LtdBoardMember01/01/2014
Master Drilling Group LtdRisk & ComplianceMember26/11/2024
Master Drilling Group LtdNominations & GovernanceChairperson26/11/2024
Master Drilling Group LtdIndustry SpecificChairperson26/11/2024
Bell Equipment LimitedNominations & GovernanceChairperson01/01/2016
Bell Equipment LimitedBoardMember01/01/2016

 

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Is your Director annual fee more than 5% of your total income from all sources?:
Are you more than 10 years as a director?:
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