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SAP - Sappi Limited - Dr Danie Cronje joins Sappi Limited Board
Sappi Limited
(Registration number 1936/008963/06)
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Share code: SAP & ISIN: ZAE000006284)
("Sappi" or the "Company")
Stock Exchange Announcement
04 December 2007
Dr Danie Cronje joins Sappi Limited Board
Sappi Limited, the global pulp and paper group, today announced that Dr Daniel
(Danie) Christiaan Cronje will join the Sappi Limited board with effect from
01 January 2008 as a non-executive director.
Dr Cronje (61) retired in July 2007 as Chairman of both ABSA Group Ltd and
ABSA Bank Ltd, a leading South African banking organisation in which Barclays
plc obtained a majority share in 2005. He had been with the ABSA group since
1975 and held various executive positions including Group Chief Executive for
4 years and Chairman for 10 years. He is also a director of Barclays plc,
Barclays Bank plc and TSB Sugar Holdings Limited. He holds a DCom from
Potchefstroom University (now the University of the North West).
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NOTE TO EDITORS:
Additional information on Dr Daniel (Danie) Christiaan Cronje:
Dr Cronje obtained his BCom, BCom (Hons) and MCom degrees also at
Potchefstroom University. He obtained his DCom in 1975.
Career:
1969 Sanlam investment department
1969-1971 Trust Merchant Bank, investment department
1972-1975 Lecturer in Money and Banking at Potchefstroom University
1975-2007 Various positions at first Volkskas Merchant Bank, the Volkskas
1988 Group, and the ABSA Group, including:
1988-1991 Group Chief Executive of the Volkskas Group
1991-1993 Deputy Group Chief Executive of the ABSA Group
1993-1997 Group Chief Executive of the ABSA Group
1997-2007 Chairman of the ABSA Group
For further information:
Andre F Oberholzer
Group Head Corporate Affairs
Sappi Limited (Reg No 1936/008963/06)
Tel +27 (0)11 407 8044
Fax +27 (0)11 403 8236
Mobile +27 (0)83 235 2973
Andre.Oberholzer@sappi.com
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