Jennifer Marinelli is a fellow member of the Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe. Mrs Marinelli holds a Bachelor of Accounting Science from UNISA. She has over twenty-two years’ experience employed at Deloitte & Touche where she was an Audit Partner. She currently runs a successful consulting business. Mrs. Marinelli previously served on the Board of Sefalana from 2001 to 2015. Mrs. Marinelli re-joined the Board in December 2021. She is the Chair of the Board, and a member of the Remuneration Committee, Nominations Committee and Risk & Sustainability Committee.

Chandra is a Chartered Accountant who trained and qualified with KPMG in the United Kingdom. A Zambian by birth, he became a naturalised citizen of Botswana and has over the years become a very successful entrepreneur and respected businessman. He is currently the Group Managing Director, having been appointed to the Board in August 2002. Chandra has been responsible for turning around and restructuring Sefalana and has seen its market capitalisation increase from P64 million in 2004 to its current capitalisation of just under P4 billion. Mr. Chauhan has a BAcc (Hons) from the University of Zimbabwe, ACA (England & Wales) and FCA (Botswana).

Mohamed is a Fellow Chartered Accountant who trained with KPMG and Ernst and Young in the UK for over 10 years. He joined Sefalana as the Deputy Group Finance Director in March 2012 and was promoted to the position of Group Finance Director in January 2014. He worked closely with several international Retail and Manufacturing businesses in the UK having spent 15 years away from Botswana. Mohamed graduated with a BCom (Hons) degree from the University of Birmingham in the UK and qualified under the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW). He has an MBA in International Management from Edinburgh University in Scotland and has attended Executive Leadership courses at Harvard Business School Cambridge Massachusetts, and MIT Sloan School of Management in Boston. Mohamed also serves as the Principal Officer of the Sefalana Group Pension Fund, and is the Botswana representative for the ICAEW. Mohamed previously held the position of Non - Executive Director on the Board of ABSA Bank Botswana (formally Barclays Bank of Botswana) where he was also the Chair of the Audit Committee.

Bryan joined the Board of Sefalana Holding Company Limited on 1 July 2018 as an Executive Director having been appointed in 2014 as the Managing Director of Sefalana Cash & Carry Namibia (t/a Metro Namibia) which saw the expansion of Sefalana into the region. Bryan holds an MDP (Management Development Program) from the Free State University, South Africa. He draws on over 40 years of experience in the FMCG industry, in both the wholesale and retail sectors. He has held various leadership roles in Metro Cash & Carry in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana and Namibia, Retail Market in India, Checkers South Africa and Grand Bazaars. He was also previously the Managing Director of the Sefalana Cash & Carry business in Botswana up until 2009.

Susanne is a Fellow Chartered Accountant who possesses practical knowledge in Financial Management with core competencies in Financial Reporting, Financial Analysis, Strategic Planning, Governance and Compliance, amongst others. She is currently the Global Financial Controller of De Beers Group, a former CFO of De Beers Global - Sightholder Sales (Pty) Ltd and Okavango Diamond Company (Pty) Ltd as well as former CFO of several other mining companies in Botswana. Susanne holds an MBA from Oxford Brooks University and an M.Sc. in Accounting from University of Glamorgan (Wales, UK). She is a Fellow Chartered Accountant of Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) and a Fellow of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (UK). She was awarded “Woman of the Decade in Finance and Leadership” by All Ladies League & Women Economic Forum (New Delhi) in 2017. She is the immediate past President of BICA and sits on several other Boards and Audit Committees. Susanne is the Chair of the Sefalana Audit Committee, and is a member of the Nominations Committee. She joined the Board in October 2020.

Mahube holds 25 years’ experience in the oil and retail industry in Botswana. He has held several directorships, pioneering various business development programs with the petroleum industry. He is currently a Director on the Board of First Capital Bank Limited. Mahube graduated with a BA (Hons) from the University of Windsor in 1994. Mahube acquired a Certificate in Business Leadership in 2002 from UNISA Graduate School of Business Leadership. He has an MBA from the University of Strathclyde Graduate School of Business and participated in the Executive Leadership Development Programme at HEC Paris in 2016. Mahube joined the Board in March 2022, and was appointed as the Lead Independent Director in 2023. He is the Chair of the Remuneration Committee, and a member of the Risk & Sustainability Committee.

Gerhard has over 38 years of experience in the FMCG industry within Southern Africa. He provides insight on the regional FMCG business environment, drawing on his wealth of practical knowledge and experience. He has a strong background in operations and business development with a focus on enhancing efficiencies and profitability within the Group. Gerhard began his career with the Sefalana Group in 2016, where he played a key role in building the Lesotho business that has been acquired as part of the Group’s expansion into the Region. He joined Sefalana Cash & Carry as the Country Wholesale Executive in 2018 and was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer for Sefalana Cash & Carry in August 2021. Gerhard was appointed to the Board in March 2022.

Paula graduated with a BA and MA from Cambridge University in 1989. She has held key leadership positions in several multinational Retail and FMCG blue-chip companies such as British Petroleum, Colgate Palmolive, Tesco, Woolworths (SA) and Pick n Pay, and has 17 years of experience in Africa. Paula has over 30 years of senior executive-level retail and FMCG experience across the globe, providing valuable input on leadership, and commercial and operational strategies for the Group. Paula has been serving as an Independent Non-Executive Director on the boards of Pepkor Holdings (South Africa) since 2021, Sundry Markets (Nigeria) since 2023, and Banhoek Chilli Oil (UK) and ADNOC Distribution (Abu Dhabi) since 2024. She is also a Retail Advisor to African PE funds – Phatisa, Tana Africa, and Sango Capital. Paula was appointed to the Sefalana Board in March 2022. She is the Chair of the Risk & Sustainability Committee, and a member of the Audit Committee.

Keith is a Development Macro-Economist and a financial sector specialist. He is the Managing Director of Econsult Botswana (Pty) Limited, and a former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Botswana. From June 2020 to May 2023 he worked as the Senior Policy Advisor in the Botswana Ministry of Finance. His current activities include work on a range of macro-economic, financial and other development policy issues in Botswana, Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. He has consulted for international organizations such as the World Bank, the African Development Bank, USAID, UNIDO and UNDP. He has served on the Committee of the Botswana Stock Exchange, the Board of Botswana Insurance Holdings Limited, and the Botswana Insurance Fund Management Investment Committee. Keith hold a BSC in Economics and Statistics from the University of Bristol, an MSc in Economics from the University of London, and a PhD in Economics from the Open University (UK). He was appointed to the Board of Sefalana in June 2023. Keith is a member of the Remuneration Committee and is the Chair of the Nominations Committee.

Botswana, with nearly 30 years of professional legal experience, with a focus on business law. Mr. Ziga has extensive experience in corporate commercial law, securities, and financial services regulations, and project finance. He has provided legal counsel to various BSE-listed and unlisted entities, and provided insight on issues surrounding corporate governance, BSE compliance, due diligence, acquisitions and the Botswana legal and regulatory environment. He has been recognized by Chambers Global – the World’s Leading Lawyers for General Business law consistently since 2007. Sipho’s experience and insight into the legal framework will provide legal expertise to the Group, as it continues to operate within various jurisdictions, and ensure continued focus on adherence to good corporate governance and compliance with legal requirements. Sipho joined the Board in June 2024 and is a member of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee.