Independent non-executive directors







Appointed to the board: September 2004
- Chairman of the Nomination Committee
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
Mike is the Chairman of Grindrod Ltd and was former Chief Executive of Dunlop Tyres International (Pty) Ltd and Romatex Ltd.
Appointed to the board: May 2019
Lwazi is the founder and managing director of Nations Capital Advisors (Pty) Ltd and non-executive director of Mineworkers Investment Company (Pty) Ltd, Vaxispex (Pty) Ltd, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, the South African Qualifications Authority and the Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority.
Appointed to the board: December 2015
- Member of the Audit Committee
Marang is a director and shareholder at Sphere Holdings (Pty) Ltd and independent non-executive director and audit committee Chairperson of Chubb Insurance South Africa Ltd, the South African subsidiary of Chubb Ltd. She is a member of the board of trustees of the African Leadership Network and Aspen Global Leadership Network and fellow of the inaugural class of the Finance Leaders Fellowship Program.
Appointed to the board: January 2006
- Chairperson of the Social and Ethics Committee
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
- Member of the Nomination Committee
Phumla is the Managing Director of Lehumo Women’s Investment Holdings. She also serves as a non-executive director on the listed boards of, Adcorp Holdings, the Altron Group, Novus Holdings and Crookes Brothers Limited.
Appointed to the board: October 2004
- Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Member of the Risk Committee
Harish is a non-executive director of Tiso Blackstar Group, non-executive Chairman of Averda SA (Pty) Ltd, member of the Provincial Board of FNB, non-executive director of Redefine Properties and non-executive Chairman of Cibapac (Pty) Ltd.
Appointed to the board: February 2018
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Risk Committee
Andrew is the CEO of Grindrod Ltd and non-executive director of Senwes Ltd. Previously partner of Deloitte & Touche.
Appointed to the board: April 2011
- Chairman of the Audit Committee
- Chairman of the Risk Committee
- Member of the Social and Ethics Committee
Chris is CEO of International Facilities Services South Africa (Pty) Ltd, director of IFS Mauritius Ltd and non-executive director of African Oxygen Ltd.
Executive directors





Joined the group in 1986
Appointed to the board: February 2014
- Member of the Risk Committee
- Member of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa
Graham served as group accountant in 1986 and became the Managing Director of the SPAR KwaZulu-Natal division in 1987. In 1997, he left the group to start his own industrial catering business and became a partner in five SPAR retail stores. He returned to the group in 2014 as CEO.
Joined the group in 1984
Appointed to the board: 1 October 2006
- Chairman of The Build it Guild of Southern Africa
- Chairman of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa’s Social and Ethics Committee
- Member of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa
- Member of the Social and Ethics Committee
Wayne is the former CEO of The SPAR Group Ltd. He served in financial, information technology and logistics management positions before being appointed Managing Director of the SPAR KwaZulu-Natal division in 1997. He assumed the position of New Business and Support Services Director in 2014 and Build It Managing Director in 2017. Wayne will retire on 31 December 2019.
Joined the group in 1996
Appointed to the board: October 2010
- Member of the Risk Committee
Mark served in financial management positions in various group operations and was appointed Group Financial Director in 2010.
Joined the group in 1983
Appointed to the board: February 2007
- Chairman of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa
- Member of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa’s Social and Ethics Committee
Roelf served in various marketing and buying management positions before being appointed Managing Director of SPAR West Rand and, subsequently, SPAR South Rand. He was appointed Group Marketing Director in October 1999 and assumed the position of Retail Operations Director in 2007. Roelf retired as an executive director on 1 October 2019.
Joined the group in 2013
Appointed Company Secretary: June 2016
Served in various company secretarial and corporate governance positions at three JSE listed companies over the past 15 years before being appointed Assistant Company Secretary of SPAR in 2013.
Independent non-executive directors

Appointed to the board: September 2004
- Chairman of the Nomination Committee
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
Mike is the Chairman of Grindrod Ltd and was former Chief Executive of Dunlop Tyres International (Pty) Ltd and Romatex Ltd.

Appointed to the board: May 2019
Lwazi is the founder and managing director of Nations Capital Advisors (Pty) Ltd and non-executive director of Mineworkers Investment Company (Pty) Ltd, Vaxispex (Pty) Ltd, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, the South African Qualifications Authority and the Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority.

Appointed to the board: December 2015
- Member of the Audit Committee
Marang is a director and shareholder at Sphere Holdings (Pty) Ltd and independent non-executive director and audit committee Chairperson of Chubb Insurance South Africa Ltd, the South African subsidiary of Chubb Ltd. She is a member of the board of trustees of the African Leadership Network and Aspen Global Leadership Network and fellow of the inaugural class of the Finance Leaders Fellowship Program.

Appointed to the board: January 2006
- Chairperson of the Social and Ethics Committee
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
- Member of the Nomination Committee
Phumla is the Managing Director of Lehumo Women’s Investment Holdings. She also serves as a non-executive director on the listed boards of, Adcorp Holdings, the Altron Group, Novus Holdings and Crookes Brothers Limited.

Appointed to the board: October 2004
- Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Member of the Risk Committee
Harish is a non-executive director of Tiso Blackstar Group, non-executive Chairman of Averda SA (Pty) Ltd, member of the Provincial Board of FNB, non-executive director of Redefine Properties and non-executive Chairman of Cibapac (Pty) Ltd.

Appointed to the board: February 2018
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Risk Committee
Andrew is the CEO of Grindrod Ltd and non-executive director of Senwes Ltd. Previously partner of Deloitte & Touche.

Appointed to the board: April 2011
- Chairman of the Audit Committee
- Chairman of the Risk Committee
- Member of the Social and Ethics Committee
Chris is CEO of International Facilities Services South Africa (Pty) Ltd, director of IFS Mauritius Ltd and non-executive director of African Oxygen Ltd.

Executive directors
Joined the group in 1986
Appointed to the board: February 2014
- Member of the Risk Committee
- Member of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa
Graham served as group accountant in 1986 and became the Managing Director of the SPAR KwaZulu-Natal division in 1987. In 1997, he left the group to start his own industrial catering business and became a partner in five SPAR retail stores. He returned to the group in 2014 as CEO.

Joined the group in 1984
Appointed to the board: 1 October 2006
- Chairman of The Build it Guild of Southern Africa
- Chairman of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa’s Social and Ethics Committee
- Member of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa
- Member of the Social and Ethics Committee
Wayne is the former CEO of The SPAR Group Ltd. He served in financial, information technology and logistics management positions before being appointed Managing Director of the SPAR KwaZulu-Natal division in 1997. He assumed the position of New Business and Support Services Director in 2014 and Build It Managing Director in 2017. Wayne will retire on 31 December 2019.

Joined the group in 1996
Appointed to the board: October 2010
- Member of the Risk Committee
Mark served in financial management positions in various group operations and was appointed Group Financial Director in 2010.

Joined the group in 1983
Appointed to the board: February 2007
- Chairman of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa
- Member of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa’s Social and Ethics Committee
Roelf served in various marketing and buying management positions before being appointed Managing Director of SPAR West Rand and, subsequently, SPAR South Rand. He was appointed Group Marketing Director in October 1999 and assumed the position of Retail Operations Director in 2007. Roelf retired as an executive director on 1 October 2019.

Joined the group in 2013
Appointed Company Secretary: June 2016
Served in various company secretarial and corporate governance positions at three JSE listed companies over the past 15 years before being appointed Assistant Company Secretary of SPAR in 2013.
Executive management
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Joined the group in 1986
Appointed to the board: February 2014
- Member of the Risk Committee
- Member of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa
Graham served as group accountant in 1986 and became the Managing Director of the SPAR KwaZulu-Natal division in 1987. In 1997, he left the group to start his own industrial catering business and became a partner in five SPAR retail stores. He returned to the group in 2014 as CEO.
Joined the group in 1996
Appointed to the board: October 2010
- Member of the Risk Committee
Mark served in financial management positions in various group operations and was appointed Group Financial Director in 2010.
Joined the group in 2018
Laurence was the Managing Director of Clientele General Insurance Ltd and Divisional Director at Liberty Group responsible for cost and efficiency improvement initiatives across the South African retail business. He has spent over 16 years in financial services in various senior roles including sales and marketing, finance, operations and strategy.
Joined the group in 1996
- Member of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa
Des served in retail operations positions in various group operations before being appointed divisional Retail Operations Director at the SPAR South Rand division. He was appointed Managing Director of the SPAR North Rand division in 2012.
Joined the group in 1994
- Member of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa
Brett has served as the Managing Director of the SPAR North Rand, SPAR Lowveld and SPAR Eastern Cape divisions. He was appointed Managing Director of the SPAR South Rand division in 2010.
Joined the group in 1994
Solly joined the group as the Human Resources Development Manager before being appointed as the Warehouse Systems Manager and then the Distribution Director of the Western Cape division. He was appointed as Group Logistics Executive in September 2018.
Joined the group in 1984
Appointed to the board: 1 October 2006
- Chairman of The Build it Guild of Southern Africa
- Chairman of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa’s Social and Ethics Committee
- Member of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa
- Member of the Social and Ethics Committee
Wayne is the former CEO of The SPAR Group Ltd. He served in financial, information technology and logistics management positions before being appointed Managing Director of the SPAR KwaZulu-Natal division in 1997. He assumed the position of New Business and Support Services Director in 2014 and Build It Managing Director in 2017. Wayne will retire on 31 December 2019.
Joined the group in 2000
- Chairman of The Build it Guild of Southern Africa
- Member of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa’s Social and Ethics Committee
Rob held the position of Divisional Build it Marketing Director for 19 years. He was appointed the Managing Director of the Build it division in October 2019 in place of Wayne Hook.
Joined the group in 1982
- Chairman of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa
- Member of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa’s Social and Ethics Committee
Con is the previous Human Resources Director and Managing Director of the SPAR Eastern Cape division. He was appointed Retail Operations Executive in October 2019 in place of Roelf Venter.
Joined the group in 2007
- Member of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa
Angelo joined the group as a project manager and has since held positions as senior retail operations manager, business development manager, regional executive and divisional director for Build it and divisional retail operations director. He was appointed as Managing Director of SPAR Eastern Cape division in October 2019 in place of Conrad Isaac.
Joined the group in 1993
Kevin served in personnel, human resources and property management positions in various group operations and was the former general manager of Capper and Company – a SPAR distribution operation in the United Kingdom. He also served as the Company Secretary from 2006 to 2016 and assumed the position of Risk and Sustainability Executive in 2016.
Joined the group in 1995
- Member of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa
Max joined the group as a management trainee where he served in various logistics roles across three divisions. He served as the Logistics Director in both the South Rand and KwaZulu-Natal divisions over a period of 10 years before being seconded to BWG Foods in 2015 to head up the supply chain function for SPAR in Ireland and South West England. Max was appointed Managing Director of the SPAR KwaZulu-Natal division in 2017.
Joined the group in 1991
- Member of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa
Mike served in marketing management positions in various group operations before being appointed Marketing Director of the SPAR North Rand division. He was appointed Group Marketing Executive in 2007.
Joined the group in 1989
Enno has served in IT management positions in various group operations and was appointed Group IT Executive in 1999. Enno retired on 30 September 2019 and was replaced by Mark Huxtable.
Joined the group in 2019
- Member of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa
Mark served the group in various IT roles from 1981 and spent two years in buying management. He was appointed to the SPAR board as IT Executive in 1997. He left the group and over the last 20 years Mark has served on the boards of various IT and retail companies both locally and abroad. Mark was appointed Group IT Executive in September 2019.
Joined the group in 1999
Thuli is the previous Human Resources Director of the SPAR South Rand division. She was appointed Human Resources Executive in 2007.
Joined the group in 1983
Appointed to the board: February 2007
- Chairman of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa
- Member of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa’s Social and Ethics Committee
Roelf served in various marketing and buying management positions before being appointed Managing Director of SPAR West Rand and, subsequently, SPAR South Rand. He was appointed Group Marketing Director in October 1999 and assumed the position of Retail Operations Director in 2007. Roelf retired as an executive director on 1 October 2019.
Joined the group in 2001
- Member of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa
Martin joined the group as a buyer before being appointed purchasing manager of the Eastern Cape division. He served as the Marketing Director in both the Eastern Cape and South Rand divisions and assumed the position of Managing Director of the SPAR Lowveld division in April 2019 in place of Alison Zweeds.
Joined the group in 2005
- Member of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa
Alison held the position of HR Director in the Lowveld division for seven years prior to being appointed to the dual portfolio of HR Director for South Rand and Lowveld divisions. She was appointed Managing Director of SPAR Lowveld in 2016 and assumed the position of Managing Director of the SPAR Western Cape division and Namibia in April 2019 in place of Marco Santana.
Chairman: SPAR Ireland and Group Chief Executive: BWG Group
Leo joined BWG Foods in 1996 as Managing Director and was appointed Chief Executive of BWG Group in 1999. He was appointed to the SPAR International Board in 2001 and was elected President of SPAR International in 2005. From June 2010 to June 2011 Leo served as President of IBEC (Irish Business and Employers Confederation).
Group Property Director
John is Group Property Director of the BWG Group and Managing Director of Triode Newhill Management Services, which operates over 100 company-owned stores. John is a member of the InterSPAR Executive Committee of SPAR International. John is an accountant, has been in the retail trade for over 30 years.
Group Finance Director
John joined BWG as Group Finance Director in September 2002. Previously John worked for Larry Goodman’s meat processing business for 19 years. He was initially involved with acquisitions in Ireland, the UK and overseas and was closely involved with the formation of Food Industries Plc. which was floated on the Irish Stock Exchange in 1998. John was appointed Group Finance Director to Irish Food Processors Ltd, a position he had held since 1991.
Joined the group in 1996
Rob served in retail operations positions in various group operations before being appointed divisional Retail Operations Director and subsequently Managing Director of the SPAR KwaZulu-Natal division. He is the Chief Executive Officer of SPAR Switzerland and Chairman of SPAR Sri Lanka and was appointed to the SPAR Poland board in 2019.