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The Bidvest Group Limited is a services, trading, and distribution company. The Group was founded in 1988 by Brian Joffe and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 1990. The Group owns or has significant holdings in over 300 companies. Stock price : BVT (JSE) 15,673.00 ZAC -658.00 (-4.03%) Feb 28, 11:48 AM GMT+2 - Disclaimer CEO : The current CEO is Lindsay Peter Ralphs (May 23, 2016-) Headquarters : Johannesburg, South Africa Founder : Brian Joffe Founded : formed in the year 1988 Number of employees : 117,000 Subsidiaries : BFS Group Ltd , Bidvest Insurance , HYPERLINK "https://www.google.com/search?q=BidAir+Cargostick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOPgE-LSz9U3SK6yTDEoUgKzsw1y0s0KtTQzyq30k_NzclKTSzLz8_Tzi9IT8zKrEkGcYqvi0qTizJTMxKLM1GIAyQjlGEUAAAAsa=Xved=0ahUKEwjo_dH0xLLSAhXGXhoKHQc6BxUQmxMImgEoAzAU" bidAir Cargo Leadership [ HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bidvest_Groupaction=editsection=2" \o "Edit section: Leadership" edit ] The Bidvest Group Limited board comprises fourteen members: six executive directors, one non-executive director, and seven independent non-executive directors. Directorate Independent non-executive chairman Lorato Phalatse (54) BA Political Science (Hons) University of Leeds UK MA Southern African Studies University of York UK Appointed: Appointed as director on April 20 2012 and as chairman during September 2012 Lorato is a non-executive director of Pick n Pay. Lorato has held various positions over the years including deputy director general in the office of the President and a number of other positions in the FMCG and retail banking sectors. Lorato was CEO and co-founder of Nozala Investments, a woman-led and controlled investment company. In 2016 Lorato was appointed independent non-executive director of Bid Corporation Limited. Group chief executive Lindsay Peter Ralphs (61) CA( SA) Qualification: B.Com, BAcc , CA( SA), Appointed: May 10 1992. Lindsay Ralphs was appointed a Director of the Bidvest Group Limited on May 10 1992. Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries, Chairman of the Bidvest South Africa divisions and Chairman of Bidvest Namibia. During his Bidvest career he has been Group Operations Director, Managing Director of Bidvest Steiner and was responsible for forming the Bidvest Services division in 1994. In February 2011, Lindsay was appointed CEO of Bidvest South Africa and in May 2016 was appointed CEO of the Bidvest Group Limited after the unbundling of The Bidvest Food Division. Executive directors Hans Peter Meijer (60) B. Compt , MBL Group financial director Appointed: May 23 2016 Peter joined the Bidvest Corporate office in 1990, then in 1995 moved into a subsidiary divisional financial role as financial director of Steiner, appointed as financial director of the Bidserv Division in 2001, and finally the Bidvest SA Division in 2011. Peter serves on all SA divisional boards and divisional audit committees, and was appointed to the Bidvest Group Board as Group financial director on May 23 2016. Anthony William Dawe (50) CA( SA) Chief executive of Bidvest Freight Appointed: June 28 2006 . Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries. Anthony has many years' experience in the freight industry with most of those years focused in the South African port environment. Prior to this, Anthony's finance experience was in London and for one of the large accounting firms in South Africa. Nompumelelo ( Mpumi ) Themekile Madisa (37) B.Comm (Hons) Economics and BSc. Economics and Mathematics, MM in Finance and Investment Masters in Finance and Investment Executive director Appointed: December 4 2013 . Mpumi was previously chief director in the Gauteng provincial government. During her ten years in the Bidvest Group, she has held various senior management and executive board director positions such as general manager business development, divisional director business development, corporate affairs director and sales and marketing director. Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries. Executive directors Brian Joffe | Group chief executive Age: 68 Qualification: CA(SA) Appointed: March 1 1989 Bernard Larry Berson | Chief executive, Bidvest Foodservices Age: 50 Qualification: Australian CA Appointed: October 27 2003 David Edward Cleasby | Group financial director Age: 53 Qualification: CA(SA) Appointed: July 9 2007 Anthony William Dawe | Chief executive, Bidvest Freight Age: 49 Qualification: CA(SA) Appointed: June 28 2006 Nompumelelo ( Mpumi ) Madisa | Executive director, Bidvest South Africa Age: 36 Qualification: BComm (Hons) Economics and BSc Economics and Mathematics, MM in Finance and Investment Appointed: December 4 2013 Gillian Claire McMahon | Executive director, Bidvest South Africa Age: 43 Qualification: BCom Hons Business Economics and Industrial Psychology, MCom Industrial Psychology Appointed: May 27 2015 Lindsay Peter Ralphs | Chief executive, Bidvest