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Chairman - Non-Executive Director
Chairman - Not independent. Appointed 1993. Served as group managing director/chief executive officer from 1999 to 2006. Succeeded on his retirement as CEO by Alan Olivier effective 1 January 2007. Mr Murray Grindrod retired as Chairman to the Grindrod Limited board on 31 August 2007 and was succeeded by Ivan Clark. Ivan was employed by the group in 1977. Held various senior financial and executive positions in the shipping division. Presently Chairman of major subsidiary companies and non-executive director of RMBT Holdings Ltd, Grindrod Bank Ltd (Chairman), Marriott Holdings Ltd and Marine Shipping Mutual Insurance Company Ltd (UK). Past president of SA Shipowners' Association and SA Branch of Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers.
Chief Executive Officer - Executive Director
Appointed 1999. Employed in 1986 in the shipping division where he has held senior treasury and financial positions. Previously managing director of Unicorn Shipping and appointed chief executive officer 1 January 2007. Director of local and international subsidiary companies including Grindrod Bank Ltd. Deputy Chairman of The United Kingdom Mutual Steamship Assurance (Bermuda) Ltd.
Executive Director
Appointed 2002. Employed in 1969. Has 37 years experience in freight and ships agency business. Currently chief executive of ships agency division and director of various divisional subsidiary companies.
Appointed 2002. Employed in 1999. Managing director of Island View Shipping which position he also held when the business was acquired from Tiger Brands in 1999. Director of major local and international subsidiaries and UK Freight Demurrage & Defence Association (UK). President of SA branch of Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers.
Appointed 2006. Appointed to Grindrod Executive Committee in 2005. Currently managing director of Grindrod Bank Limited. Has extensive corporate and investment banking experience.
Appointed 2002. Employed in 1978. Considerable seafaring and seafreight logistics experience and currently managing director of Grindrod freight services division. Previously managing director, now a non-executive director of Ocean Africa Container Lines (Pty) Limited, a joint operation with Safmarine which services African coastal feeder and regional shipping needs. Director of Grindrod group subsidiaries, chairman of the Container Line Operators Forum and co-chairman of the South African Container Terminals Advisory Board.
Appointed 2003. Employed in 2000 as General Manager - Finance Unicorn Shipping, appointed Group Financial Manager in 2002 and appointed Group Financial Director in 2003. Responsible for group financial function and director of major local and international subsidiary companies within the group.
Appointed 1999. Employed in 1993 as treasury manager. Previously financial director of the group and managing director of landfreight logistics division. Currently managing director of Unicorn Shipping. Director of various local and international subsidiary companies.
Non-Executive Director
Independent. Appointed 2000. Consulting Engineer. Deputy chairman of SunWest, Table Bay Hotel and Proman Project Managers. Chairman of ASCH Consulting Engineers. Has diversified business interests in engineering, project management, leisure and gaming.
Independent. Appointed 1986. Previous managing director of Grindrod group. Retired in 1999. 36 years experience in transport industry. Non-executive director of Foodcorp Holdings (Pty) Ltd, Value Group Ltd, Tiger Wheels Ltd, Grindrod Bank Ltd and SA Corporate Property Fund Managers (Pty) Ltd. Past President of SA Shipowners Association.
Independent. Appointed 1998. Consultant to financial business. Non-executive director of Grindrod Bank Ltd, Shell SA Ltd, Illovo Sugar Ltd and chairman of SA Retail Properties Ltd. Considerable experience as an executive in commerce. Past President of JSE Securities Exchange South Africa.
Non-executive Director
Independent- Registered chartered accountant and auditor. Advocate of the High Court of South Africa. Senior professor specializing in Financial Accounting, Business and Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Taxation. Fellow of the University of Kwazulu-Natal. Business consultant, author and seminar presenter.
Previous chief executive of Dunlop, is also the non-executive chairman of Spar group and a non-executive director of Illovo Sugar.
Experience as director in various companies including his previous directorship with Barnard Jacobs Mellett Holdings, the listed financial services company.
Currently holds directorships on various “fuel and energy” related institutional boards and is managing director of Calulo Investment Holdings. Grindrod, through its subsidiary Unicorn Shipping, has a joint venture business with Calulo, providing petrochemical coastal shipping and in port bunker deliveries. Furthermore, Calulo have a 15% share in Grindrod (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Grindrod Limited.
Chief executive officer - Trading
Brendan has ten years' marketing experience in the mining industry with Union Corporation, Impala Platinum and Anglovaal and 30 years' experience in the trading industry. Brendan is the founding member and director of the Oreport group.