Directorate and administration
Executive directors
PD (Peter) Bacon (59)
Chief executive
National Dip Hotelkeeping and Catering;
MHCIMA (British)
Appointed to the board in 1994 and
as the chief executive on 1 July 2003.
Mr Bacon holds directorships in various Sun
International group companies, including
SIML and Royale Resorts Holdings Limited
and is chairman of the Casino Association
of South Africa. He has over 30 years
experience in the hotel, resorts and gaming
industries.
DC (David) Coutts-Trotter (43)
Chief executive designate
BBus Sci, BAcc, CA(SA)
Appointed to the board in 1996, as deputy
chief executive on 1 July 2003 and chief
executive designate on 1 September 2005.
Mr Coutts-Trotter holds directorships in
various Sun International group companies,
including SIML and Royale Resorts Holdings
Limited. Mr Coutts-Trotter completed articles
with PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc and has
over ten years experience in the hotel, resorts
and gaming industries. Mr Coutts-Trotter
was formerly director of City Lodge Hotels
Limited.
RP (Rob) Becker (43)
Chief financial officer
BAcc, CA(SA), MBA
Appointed to the board on 30 July 2005 and
is also a director of SIML. Mr Becker joined
the group on 1 July 2005 having spent two
and a half years at Nampak and seven years
at Robertsons Holdings where he held the
positions of chief financial officer and group
financial director respectively. Mr Becker has
extensive experience in corporate finance and
local and offshore financial management.
Non-executive directors
* DA (Buddy) Hawton (68)
Chairman
FCIS
Appointed to the board in 1987 and retired
as an executive director of Sun International
on 30 June 2003. Mr Hawton is a director of
Standard Bank Group Limited, Liberty Group
Limited, Liberty Holdings Limited, Nampak
Limited, Woolworths Holdings Limited
(chairman) and Royale Resorts Holdings
Limited (chairman). Mr Hawton previously
held directorships in City Lodge Hotels
Limited, Altron Limited, South African Mutual
Life Assurance Society, Rennies Group
Limited, Safmarine and Rennies Holdings
Limited (chairman) and South African Marine
Corporation Limited (chairman).
*# MP (Mike) Egan (50)
BCom, CTA, CA(SA)
Appointed to the board in 1992. Mr Egan has
significant experience in the leisure, film and
entertainment industries in South Africa and
was formerly group managing director of
Interleisure Limited and chairman of Ster
Kinekor, Computicket and Toron Film Studios
and a director of Sasani Limited. At the end
of 1997, Mr Egan retired from all executive
positions. Mr Egan holds private equity
investments in and provides project services to
the leisure, film and entertainment industries.
from left to right: Peter Bacon and David Coutts-Trotter; Rob Becker; Buddy Hawton
* L (Leslie) Boyd (68)
CEng, FIM
Appointed to the board in 2001. Mr Boyd
is chairman of Datatec Limited and Imperial
Holdings Limited and also holds directorships
in various listed and unlisted companies,
including ABSA, Aspen, Highveld Steel and
Vanadium Corporation Limited and Tongaat-
Hulett Group Limited. Past chairmanships
include Anglo American Industrial Corporation
Limited, Anglo American Platinum Corporation
Limited, Allied Technologies Limited and AECI
Limited and deputy chairman of Anglo
American.
LM (Louisa) Mojela (49)
BCom
Appointed to the board in 2004. Ms Mojela
is group chief executive officer of WIPHOLD
of which she is a founder member, and
holds non-executive directorships in, inter
alia, ABB SA, Ericsson SA and SAA.
Ms Mojela is also a director of Afrisun
Leisure Investments, which company she
represents as a director on the board of
Emfuleni Resorts and as chairman of Afrisun
Gauteng. She is also a member of the
Financial Services Board and Mintek and
has held positions at Lesotho National
Development Corporation, DBSA, SCMB
and was a director of Rebserve Holdings and
executive chairman of WIPHOLD when it
listed in 1999.
# E (Eddy) Oblowitz (48)
BCom, CA(SA), CPA (Isr)
Appointed to the board in 2002. Mr Oblowitz
is a financial and business consultant and
non-executive director and trustee to various
companies and trusts, including Mobile