• Bell Equipment Limited
  •  Overview
  • Last Modified:
  • May 31, 2025
  • Company type:
  • Public
  • Industry:
  • Construction
  • Verified:
  • No
  • No of Employees:
  • 1 001 - 10 000
  • Stock Code:
  • BEL
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  • Turnover $50m + ?:
  • Yes
  • Headquarters:
  • Johannesburg
  • Public Interest Score:
  • 750+

 

  • Bell Equipment Limited
  • General Information

Description

Bell Equipment is South Africa’s only major designer, manufacturer and distributor of heavy equipment. With over sixty years of experience, the group provides equipment solutions to the construction, mining, quarrying, agriculture, forestry and waste handling industries, and delivers to stakeholders through living its motto of ‘Strong Reliable Machines, Strong Reliable Support’.

The articulated dump truck (ADT) is the group’s core product and Bell is acknowledged globally as an ADT specialist for its ongoing innovation and the class-leading performance of its ADTs. Bell ADTs are exported worldwide from the group’s two manufacturing plants in South Africa and Germany.In Southern Africa, along with its own designed and manufactured products, the group holds strategic dealerships with several leading global manufacturers to achieve the group’s objective of being a full range material handling distributor to the region. Bell is able to offer over 120 products well suited to all applications by complementing its ADT product with a range of wheeled loaders, haulage tractors, excavators, motor graders, dozers, tractor loader backhoes, tri-wheeler rough terrain handling equipment, tipper trucks as well as a complete range of compaction, crushing and screening machinery.

Additionally the group is well established in key markets as a supplier of low-cost-per-tonne equipment solutions to agriculture and forestry where it again provides a blend of own and partner products to meet the varying levels of mechanisation and machine complexity of these industries in the different markets.

A driving force that impacts on, and supports, the aforementioned business areas is Bell Equipment’s customer support and aftermarket services. The group has a proud reputation for listening to its customers and delivering on their needs. This is achieved through a professional network of branches and independent dealers, which provide strategically placed support close to the major customer bases.

This network is supported by a robust OEM structure, with two large logistics centres servicing the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, to ensure quick and efficient lines of communication globally between end-users of the product and the group.

Together these business areas play an important role in driving the group’s objectives of growth and long term sustainability.

Gary Bell:
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Hennie Van der Merwe:
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Karen van Haght:
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Derek Lawrance:
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Mamokete Ramathe:
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Rajendran Naidu:
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Ashley Bell:
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Usha Maharaj:
qone: No, qtwo: No, qthree: No, qfour: No, qfive: No, qsix: No
Markus Geyer:
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Avishkar Goordeen:
qone: No, qtwo: No, qthree: No, qfour: No, qfive: No, qsix: No

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  • Company Information
  • Company System Number:
  • 14864
  • Founded Year: 
  • 1954
  • Registration Number: 
  • 1968/013656/06
  • Country: 
  • South Africa
  • Stock Exchanges: 
    • Johannesburg Stock Exchange
  • Financial year end: 
  • December
  • No. of Countries operations: 
  • 80
  • Company Status: 
  • In Business
  • Industry Sub Category: 
  • Construction Machinery
  • Date listed on Stock Exchange: 
  • 01/01/1995

 

  • Contact Information
  • Business operation: 
  • Bell Equipment is South Africa’s only major designer, manufacturer and distributor of heavy equipment. With over sixty years of experience, the group provides equipment solutions to the construction, mining, quarrying, agriculture, forestry and waste handling industries, and delivers to stakeholders through living its motto of ‘Strong Reliable Machines, Strong Reliable Support’.
  • Primary office: 
  • 1 Griffiths Rd, Jet Park, Boksburg, 1459

 

  • Additional Information
  • Listed?: 
  • Yes
  • Company secretary: 
  • Diana Mcilrath
  • Reporting currency: 
  • ZAR
  • ISIN number (12 digit): 
JSE
ZAE000028304
  • Authorised shares:
  • 100 000 000
  • Issued shares:
  • 95 629 385
  • No of shareholders:
  • 1001 and more shareholders
  • No of shareholders holding 20%:
  • 1 shareholder
  • Number of shares traded
  • Per Year:
  • Per Quarter:
  • Per Month:

 

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Company Directors

Name
Nationality
Age
Role
Qualification
Name

Gary

Non Executive
NationalitySouth Africa
74
RoleChairperson
QualificationMech Eng Diploma
Date Appointed: 01/01/1977
Duration:
49 years and 8 months
Independance: N
Profile
Name

Hennie

Non Executive
NationalitySouth Africa
78
RoleNED
QualificationBA Law, LLB, LLM Tax, Mech Eng Diploma
Date Appointed: 01/01/2016
Duration:
10 years and 8 months
Independance: N
Profile
Name

Karen

Executive
NationalitySouth Africa
59
RoleNED
QualificationB Compt, CA
Date Appointed: 01/01/2006
Duration:
20 years and 8 months
Independance: N
Profile
Name

Derek

Non Executive
NationalitySouth Africa
78
RoleNED
QualificationBCom (Economics), CA
Date Appointed: 01/01/2016
Duration:
10 years and 8 months
Independance: N
Profile
Name

Mamokete

Non Executive
NationalitySouth Africa
46
RoleNED
QualificationBCom, BCom Hons, Masters (Development finance), Masters (Leading innovation and change) MDevF , BMA
Date Appointed: 01/01/2017
Duration:
9 years and 8 months
Independance: Y
Profile
Name

Rajendran

Non Executive
NationalitySouth Africa
53
RoleNED
QualificationBCom, CA
Date Appointed: 01/01/2017
Duration:
9 years and 8 months
Independance: Y
Profile
Name

Ashley

Executive
NationalitySouth Africa
43
RoleCEO
QualificationBCom (Marketing)
Date Appointed: 01/01/2015
Duration:
11 years and 8 months
Independance: N
Profile
Name

Ushadevi

Non Executive
NationalitySouth Africa
51
RoleNED
QualificationBAcc(Hons,CA
Date Appointed: 01/01/2022
Duration:
4 years and 8 months
Independance: Y
Profile
Name

Markus

Non Executive
NationalitySouth Africa
61
RoleNED
QualificationBusiness Administration & Economics, Business Studies, MAN Executive Management Course, CSEP
Date Appointed: 01/01/2022
Duration:
4 years and 8 months
Independance: Y
Profile
Name

Avishkar

Executive
NationalitySouth Africa
46
RoleED
QualificationBCompt (Hons), CA
Date Appointed: 01/01/2017
Duration:
9 years and 8 months
Independance: Y
Profile

 

Directors Tenure

Name
Duration
Name

Gary Bell

Duration49 years and 8 months
Profile
Name

Hennie Van der Merwe

Duration10 years and 8 months
Profile
Name

Karen van Haght

Duration20 years and 8 months
Profile
Name

Derek Lowrance

Duration10 years and 8 months
Profile
Name

Mamokete Ramathe

Duration9 years and 8 months
Profile
Name

Rajendran Naidu

Duration9 years and 8 months
Profile
Name

Ashley Bell

Duration11 years and 8 months
Profile
Name

Ushadevi Maharaj

Duration4 years and 8 months
Profile
Name

Markus Geyer

Duration4 years and 8 months
Profile
Name

Avishkar Goordeen

Duration9 years and 8 months
Profile

 

Director Experience

Name
Experience
Name

Gary

Experience Construction, Mining and Metals
Profile
Name

Hennie

Experience Legal, Investment
Profile
Name

Karen

Experience Financial Services
Profile
Name

Derek

Experience Financial Services
Profile
Name

Rajendran

Experience Financial Services
Profile
Name

Mamokete

Experience Financial Services, Telecom
Profile
Name

Ashley

Experience Agriculture, Aviation
Profile
Name

Ushadevi

Experience Financial Services
Profile
Name

Markus

Experience Courier, Engineering
Profile
Name

Avishkar

Experience Financial Services, Business Services
Profile

 

Company Auditors

Name
Date Appointed
Years
Name

Deloitte

Date Appointed01/01/1993
Year33 years and 8 months
Date: Resigned: 31/12/2023
Profile
Name

PwC

Date Appointed01/01/2024
Year2 years and 8 months
Profile

 

 

Company Committees

Name

Gary Bell

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD, RC, RE, NG, SE
Profile
Name

Hennie Van der Merwe

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD, RC, NG
Profile
Name

Karen van Haght

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD, RC, SE
Profile
Name

Derek Lowrance

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD, AU, RC, RE
Profile
Name

Rajendran Naidu

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD, AU, RE, NG, SE
Profile
Name

Mamokete Ramathe

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD, AU, NG, SE
Profile
Name

Ashley Bell

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD, RC, SE
Profile
Name

Ushadevi Maharaj

Mainboard, Audit, Remuneration BD, AU, RC
Profile

 

Committee
Abbreviation
Supervisory Board
SB
Board
BD
Risk & Compliance
RC
Audit
AU
Remuneration
RE
Capital investment
CI
Industry Specific
IS
Nominations & Governance
NG
Health, Safety & Environment
HS
Social & Ethics
SE
Technology
TE
Executive
EX
Other
OT