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SANTOVA LOGISTICS LIMITED
(Registration Number: 1998/018118/06)
("Santova" or "the Company")
Share Code: SNV ISIN: ZAE000090650
APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS
In terms of section 3.59 of the Listings Requirements of JSE Limited, the
Company has pleasure in announcing the following appointments to new positions
and new appointments to the Board of Directors of Santova`s wholly-owned
subsidiary Impson Logistics (Pty) Ltd ("Impson"):
1 Malcolm Frederick Impson, who is a director of Santova and Managing
Director of Impson, has been appointed Chairman of Impson.
2 Sean John Chisholm, who is Group Financial Director, and Rajin Singh a
director of Santova have both been appointed directors of Impson while
retaining their appointments as directors of Santova.
3 Gary Malcolm Knight, who has been a director of Impson since 1998 has been
appointed its Managing Director following Malcolm Impson`s appointment as
Chairman.
4 Gordon Walter Stay, who has been a director of Impson since 1999 has been
appointed Regional Director, Gauteng;
5 The following are new appointments on the Impson Board: Graham Valentine
Barnes as National Marketing Director; Sheraton Copland-Mander as Regional
Director, United Kingdom; and Grant Hyde Crews as Regional Director, Hong
Kong.
Keith Blond and Tom Mezher remain directors of Impson.
The effective date of the abovementioned appointments is 1 August 2008. A brief
CV of each of the newly appointed directors follows:
* MALCOLM IMPSON 65, Chairman
Malcolm has been active in the customs clearing and forwarding industry all
of his working life and is a Fellow of the Institute of Shipping and
Forwarding Agents, South Africa. In 1978 Malcolm founded Impson and has
been at the helm throughout its development in becoming one of the leading
independent freight forwarding companies in South Africa. In August 2006
the entire shareholding in Impson was sold to Santova Logistics. The
operating division of Santova Logistics has been transferred into Impson,
which continues to be Malcolm`s responsibility as Chairman of Impson.
* GARY KNIGHT 41, Managing Director
MSc (cum laude)
Gary graduated with an MSc (cum laude) degree (Ecology) from the University
of Natal in 1990. He then worked as lecturer and research scientist in
Ecology and Micro Biology for a further 18 months before making a career
change into the logistics industry where he started with Impson in 1993. He
has worked in all departments within the business and has at various stages
managed the Import, Export and International Forwarding Departments before
becoming branch manager of the Durban office in 1997. In 1998 he was
appointed a director of Impson with a core focus on systems and new
business development. Gary has been responsible for many new innovative
systems and operational processes that have facilitated Impson`s growth
into `Blue Chip` accounts and has been the main driver and designer of the
IT system `OSCARRegistered` which is one of Impson`s key differentiators.
In 2007, Gary was appointed regional director for the coastal offices of
Impson and has now been appointed Managing Director
* GRAHAM BARNES 35, National Marketing Director
BCom
Graham started his career in the management consulting industry with Hudson
Crane and Associates after completing his Batchelor of Commerce degree
through the University of South Africa. After spending two years in the
industry, Graham decided to acquire his own fruit farm and get involved in
the marketing of fruit internationally. To this extent he started Alliance
Fruit (Pty) Ltd and spent the next four years building the company up to
one of the largest exporters of citrus in South Africa. During this period
Graham was appointed to the board of Citrus South Africa, the governing
grower`s organization for marketing and distribution of citrus from South
Africa to world markets. In 2006, Graham was approached to join Santova and
has been part of the executive management team since joining the Company.
* SEAN CHISHOLM 33, Financial Director
BCompt (Hons), CTA, CA(SA)
Sean completed his articles with a medium-sized audit firm in KwaZulu-Natal
during 1999 only to move on to join Ernst & Young`s KwaZulu-Natal audit
division. During 2000 he was asked to join the Corporate Finance and
Advisory Services division with Ernst & Young, which provided him with a
wealth of knowledge and experience in a variety of listed entities. After
serving as financial director with Retail Solutions, a medium sized start-
up entity servicing a number of multi-internationals such as Unilever South
Africa, he decided to break away and consult to a variety of listed
entities, providing an array of system improvement solutions. After seeing
the potential of Santova, he joined the Group in April 2006. Sean is also
the Group Financial Director on Santova`s main board.
* SHERATON COPLAND-MANDER 55, Regional Director, United Kingdom
Shell enters his 40th year in the shipping and logistics industry and is a
fellow of the Institute of Freight Forwarders. A born Londoner, he started
as a messenger for the shipping lines in his early years and worked his way
up the ranks before starting his own shipping company over twenty years
ago. Shell`s business, now the Santova Logistics United Kingdom branch, has
operated for over 20 years under the Owen`s International Freight brand.
Shell maintains a `hands on` approach to his division of the Group with
emphasis on the South African and China trade routes. Shell is the Managing
Director of the United Kingdom office.
* GRANT CREWS 28, Regional Director, Hong Kong
BCom
Grant received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Stellenbosch University
in 2002, majoring in Business Management and Law. He worked as a project
manager for Digisec (Pty) Ltd, a design and development company, before
joining Santova as an account executive, in 2003. He gained valuable
experience working in the Durban and Johannesburg offices before departing
for Hong Kong in 2006 to start Santova Logistics, Hong Kong and establish
Santova`s presence in China. Grant is currently responsible for the Hong
Kong / China office.
* RAJIN SINGH 64, Director
Shipping Diploma, Export Shipping Diploma (London)
In addition to holding a shipping diploma and an international export
diploma (London), Benny has an extensive 33 years` experience in shipping.
He started with Clark and Thistleton in the Durban Harbour in 1966 and
moved with the company when they merged with Aeromarine in 1972. From 1978
- 1982 Benny was employed by Mitchell Cotts as senior entry clerk and
controller. He founded Nunsofast Shipping in 1982 with particular
responsibility for the operations and administration department. Nunsofast
Shipping merged with Spectrum Shipping Company (Pty) Ltd in 1999 with Benny
retaining a substantial shareholding in the merged entity. The business of
the merged entity was then sold to Micrologix Limited in 2002, in a reverse
listing, and the listed entity became Spectrum Shipping Limited (now
Santova Logistics Limited).
* GORDON STAY 47, Regional Director, Gauteng
Gordon started in the shipping and logistics industry in 1983 with Customs
and Excise and has worked for a number of companies within the industry. He
joined Impson in 1986 and was part of the management team which developed a
footprint in Johannesburg. In 1993, he left Impson and joined Burlington
Air Express and spent 4 years with them as Airfreight Manager. In 1997,
Malcolm Impson approached Gordon to rejoin the Impson team and Gordon has
been part of the senior management team ever since. He was appointed a
director on Impson in 1999.
APPOINTMENT OF COMPANY SECRETARY
In terms of section 3.59 of the Listings Requirements of JSE Limited, the
Company has pleasure in announcing the appointment of Andrew Kenneth Grant
Lewis (Santova`s Group Legal Adviser) as Company Secretary of Impson. The
effective date of this appointment is 1 August 2008. A brief CV follows:
* ANDREW LEWIS 29
BCom, LLB
Andrew attained Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws degrees from
Natal University. He then served his articles of clerkship with Deneys
Reitz Incorporated where he gained valuable experience in maritime,
commercial and labour law. He was admitted as an attorney in early 2005.
Andrew has been the Group Legal Advisor of the Company since 2005 and aside
from the management of the legal and risk areas of the business, he has
played a senior role in the management of debtors, credit, human resources
and insurance within the Company. Andrew is Chairman of the Group`s Risk
Management and Human Resources Committees.
1 August, 2008
Designated Adviser
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