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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ADV R HEATHCOTE SC (52) WJ GEYSER (57) R TALJAARD (57)
INDEPENDENT, NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INDEPENDENT, NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INDEPENDENT, NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Namibian Citizen Namibian Citizen Namibian Citizen
APPOINTED 29 September 2010 APPOINTED 29 September 2010 APPOINTED 5 July 2012
QUALIFICATIONS QUALIFICATIONS QUALIFICATIONS
BA BCompt BEcon
LLB BCompt (Hons) FCII
CA (SA) FIISA
ROLE AT THE COMPANY
• Chairman of the board of directors of Trustco Group ROLE AT THE COMPANY ROLE AT THE COMPANY
Holdings Ltd • Member of the board of directors of Trustco Group Holdings Ltd • Member of the board of directors of Trustco Group Holdings Ltd
• Chairman of the nomination committee of Trustco Group • Chairman of the audit and risk committee of Trustco Group • Member of the audit and risk committee of
Holdings Ltd Holdings Ltd Trustco Group Holdings Ltd
• Member of the remuneration and nomination committee of • Chairman of the remuneration committee of
EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE Trustco Group Holdings Ltd Trustco Group Holdings Ltd
Adv Heathcote is an admitted attorney of the High Court of Namibia • Chairman of the board of directors of Trustco Life Ltd • Member of the board of directors of Trustco Life Ltd
and was an acting judge of the High Court of Namibia in 2005, 2007, • Member of the audit and risk committee of Trustco Life Ltd • Chairman of the audit and risk committee of Trustco Life Ltd
2009 and 2011. Several of his judgments have been reported in both • Chairman of the remuneration and nomination committee of • Member of the remuneration and nomination committee of
the Namibian and South African Law Reports. Adv Heathcote is a Trustco Life Ltd Trustco Life Ltd
member of the Society of Advocates and was honoured by being • Chairman of the board of directors of Trustco Insurance Ltd • Member of the board of directors of Trustco Insurance Ltd
appointed as senior counsel in 2009. Adv Heathcote served as the • Member of the audit and risk committee of • Chairman of the audit and risk committee of Trustco Insurance Ltd
president of the Society of Advocates. Trustco Insurance Ltd • Member of the remuneration and nomination committee of
• Chairman of the remuneration and nomination committee of Trustco Insurance Ltd
Trustco Insurance Ltd
EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE
Mr Geyser is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Mr Taljaard has vast experience, of more than 27 years, in both the short and
Accountants. He held the position of assistant manager at the audit long term insurance industries. After completing his FCII studies,
firm Deloitte, Haskins and Sells (now Deloitte) and later joined their Mr Taljaard was allowed as a fellow member of the Insurance Institute
financial management services division where he provided accounting of South Africa and Namibia. He held various senior positions within the
assistance, taxation and estate planning to a number of individuals and industry including managing director at Swabou Insurance, Nasria, Harvest
companies. Since then he has performed consultancy work and has Reinsurance Company, Trustco Insurance and Trustco Life. He served on the
held various senior positions. Mr Geyser currently holds the position of board of Trustco Insurance from 2000 to 2006, was appointed to the board
group managing director of Epic Holdings (Pty) Ltd and various other of Trustco Group Holdings in 2012 and to the board of Trustco Insurance and
directorships in Namibian companies. Trustco Life as an independent non-executive director in 2013.

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FJ ABRAHAMS (42)
BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND
GROUP FINANCIAL DIRECTOR
Namibian Citizen
APPOINTED 22 August 2006
QUALIFICATION
BCom

EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE
Mr Abrahams completed his articles in 1999. During this period he
accumulated experience in the financial sector and serviced various
J MAHLANGU (49) DR Q VAN ROOYEN (52) client audits. Mr Abrahams was appointed as group financial
manager of Trustco in 2000 and subsequently group financial director
INDEPENDENT, NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GROUP in 2004. Mr Abrahams assumed the role of group treasurer in 2013.
South African Citizen MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CEO He was re-appointed as group financial director in 2017.
APPOINTED 4 February 2013 Namibian Citizen
QUALIFICATIONS APPOINTED Acquired Trustco in 1992
BCom (Acc) QUALIFICATIONS QZ VAN ROOYEN (31)
BCompt (Hons) BIuris
CTA and CA (SA) LLB ALTERNATE DIRECTOR TO THE
DBL (Honoris Causa) GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR
ROLE AT THE COMPANY Business Leadership and Entrepreneurship (IUM) Namibian Citizen
• Member of the board of directors of APPOINTED 16 March 2016
Trustco Group Holdings Ltd AWARDS QUALIFICATIONS
• Member of the audit and risk committee of Trustco Group 2003: Voted “Business Communicator of the Year” BCom (Law)
Holdings Ltd 2007: Voted second “Most Admired Business LLB
Personality of the Year”
EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE 2012: Voted Top 10 “Most influential individuals in Namibia” – AWARDS
Mr Mahlangu completed his articles with PricewaterhouseCoopers The Villager newspaper 2014: Ranked the “Fittest Man in Africa” at the CrossFit Games
(PwC) in 1996. He joined the Office for Serious Economic Offences 2014: Inducted into the prestigious Namibian Business Hall of held in South Africa
in 1998 and in 2000 returned to PwC where he was appointed as Fame, under the auspices of Junior Achievement Namibia 2014: Ranked 42nd in the international Reebok CrossFit Games
head of the PwC Forensic Services practice in Gauteng and was and the Namibian Chamber of Commerce and Industry “Fittest on Earth”
later admitted as a partner in 2002. Mr Mahlangu further excelled 2015: NMA Newsmakers Awards - winner of the entrepreneurs 2014: Inducted into the prestigious Namibian Business Hall of
by starting his own company, Ligwa Advisory Services, and has a category Fame, under the auspices of Junior Achievement Namibia
diverse client base. He has performed audit and forensic related 2016: PMR Africa - diamond arrow award for outstanding service and the Namibian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
assignments internationally and in addition carried out various and contribution to economic growth and development of
statutory appointments. Namibia EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE
Mr van Rooyen joined Trustco in 2010 after the completion of his
EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE studies with the main purpose to gain experience in the company.
Dr van Rooyen’s business acumen, skill and leadership are the Showing a natural flair for business he soon thereafter took up
determining factors that transformed the group into a successful a position within the finance and education segment in 2011.
dual listed entity. His creative approach to life makes the mundane He specialised in the determination and execution of strategy,
extraordinary. He has a fearless attitude towards challenges including focusing on and developing acquisitions within the
that makes him an easy leader to follow. His talent and passion segment. Mr van Rooyen was appointed as head of the Namibian
is to create products and services that are sustainable, socially operations in 2013 and subsequently appointed to serve on various
responsible and that will yield extraordinary wealth for stakeholders boards of subsidiaries within Trustco. In November 2014 he took
by harnessing opportunities in Namibia and throughout Africa. charge of the insurance and investments segment and following his
Dr van Rooyen whole-heartedly believes that the full potential of success therein was appointed as head of group business in October
Africa is yet to be realised and that change is the spice of life. 2015. He currently holds the position of deputy CEO of the group in
addition to his role as group head of the investments segment.