Howden Africa Directorate
Non Executive and Executive Directors
RJ Cleland (64)
Non-Executive Director and Chairman (British)
Bob Cleland was appointed Chief Executive of the worldwide Howden Group in 1999. He was previously Group Operations Director on the board of Triplex Lloyd plc and prior to that was an Executive of British Steel Stainless, now part of Outokumpu. He was appointed a non-executive director of the Howden Africa Holdings Limited board on 2nd March 2000.
J Brown (51)
Non-Executive Director (British)
James Brown, after qualifying as a chartered accountant, joined British Aerospace. In 1989 he joined the Howden Group. He has served as finance director in a number of operating companies in the Howden Group in the UK. In 2003 he was appointed as Group Financial Director of Howden Group Limited. He was appointed Non-Executive Director of the Howden Africa Holdings Limited board on 1 March 2005.
AB Mashiatshidi (51)
Independent Non-Executive Director
Arthur Mashiatshidi is an independent businessman. His primary activity is managing a portfolio of private investments and he serves as a non-executive director and chairman of the board of Kaya FM (Pty
) Limited. Arthur is a non-executive director of Total South Africa Limited; a non-executive directors of TCS (Tosaco Commercial Services); financial director of a platiunum exploration company, Wesizwe Platinum Limited and also serves on the Admissions Committee of the AltX of the JSE Limited.
M Malebye (40)
Independent Non-Executive Director
Morongwe Malebye is a qualified engineer. She has graduated with an M.Sc
Industrial Engineering and B.Sc Mechanical Engineering degrees,and in addition has completed an MBA. She has worked at Eskom,Sasol, Spoornet, Armscor and Babcock Africa. She serves on the board of African Oxygen Limited (Afrox) and is a mentor for the Allan Gray Foundation.
T Bärwald (48)
Chief Executive Officer (German)
Thomas Bärwald originally relocated from Germany to join Howden Africa in 1990. He was promoted to Operations Director of Howden Power, a division of James Howden Holdings Limited, in September 1997, Executive Director of Howden Australia in 1999 and Managing Director of Howden Australia in 2002. He was then appointed Managing Director of Howden Hua (China) in 2007 to lead a change management assignment for a period of 18 months ending December 2008, at which time he was appointed to Howden Africa Holdings Limited board as Chief Executive Officer from January 1st 2009.