Sbu Shabalala (38)
(BCom)

Appointed to the Board on 31 January 2008

 

Sbu has a Bachelors degree in Commerce and a post-graduate diploma in Financial Information Systems. With 15 years of IT experience behind him, he joined the Group where he gained project management experience in the implementation of Oracle financial systems throughout the Illovo Sugar Group, with operations in various African countries.

 

Sbu founded Adapt-IT (Pty) Ltd six years ago as a ‘SMME’ and developed it into a thriving ICT business. As Managing Director of Adapt-IT (Pty) Ltd, Sbu was responsible for building solid relationships with clients, line-of-business staff and sales personnel.

 

Tiffany Dunsdon (39)
CA (SA)

Appointed to the Board on 18 April 2002

 

Tiffany served her traineeship with Deloitte, thereafter joining British Airways in the United Kingdom, where she was involved with several major business re-engineering and IT outsourcing projects.  

 

She was contracted by Computer Sciences Corporation on the due diligence of outsourcing Old Mutual’s IT infrastructure services.

 

Siboniso Shabalala (37)
CA (SA)

Appointed to the Board on 1 April 2009

 

Siboniso spent two years at ABSA Bank as a Trainee Financial Banker. He went on to become an Assistant Manager at KPMG, where he completed his articles and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2001.

 

Thereafter he spent four years as the Financial Manager at Eskom Distribution Division, where he was involved in various aspects of financial accounting, budgeting and capital and revenue management, among others.

 

Siboniso held the position of Finance Director of Ithala Limited before joining Adapt IT Holdings.

Dr Bernard Ravnö (71)
(PhD, AMP Harvard)

Appointed to the Board on 26 May 2003, and as Chairman in October 2009

 

Bernard has been involved in the sugar industry for more than 31 years. In 2002 he retired from the position of Technical Director of the Illovo Sugar Group.  One of his responsibilities there was to oversee the application and upgrading of the process control and automation systems at all 18 of the Group’s factory sites.

 

From 1979 to 1986 he was the Director of the Sugar Milling Research Institute, before joining CG Smith Sugar (now Illovo Sugar) as General Manager of the Sezela Mill and estates on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal.

 

He was appointed to the Board of Illovo Sugar Limited in January 1992 until his retirement in 2002, whereafter he was appointed to the Board of Adapt IT Holdings Limited in May 2003.

Bongiwe Ntuli (32)
CA (SA)

Mandla Nhlapo (49)
BSc (Hons)

Appointed to the Board on 11 March 2010

 

Mandla joined Accenture in 1988 as a Systems Developer. He was Senior Executive in the Products Operating Group and headed Transportation and Travel Services service line.

 

He also served on the Board of Accenture in South Africa as Chairperson and as a Trustee on the Akha Black Economic Empowerment Trust. Mandla joins the Board of Adapt IT with more than 20 years' experience in IT projects and consulting and extensive Executive Management experience.

Craig Chambers (38)
(BCom)

Appointed to the Board on 3 May 2011

 

Craig is the Managing Director and CIO of Dibanisa Fund Managers (R40bn in assets under management).  

 

He is a CFA Charter holder and has a BCom degree with a postgraduate qualification in Business Administration.  He also sat the South African Futures Examinations. Craig has been an asset manager for 15 years, with 5 years at SCMB Asset Management as a Unit Trust Manager.

 

Craig is also a member of the Institute of Directors (IoD).