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Board changes

Published: 2022-06-13 06:00:00 ET
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Datatec Limited (JSE:DTC) News - Board changes

Datatec Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number: 1994/005004/06)
ISIN: ZAE000017745
Share Code: DTC
(“Datatec” or “the Company”)

BOARD CHANGES:

APPOINTMENT OF LUIS RAPPARINI

Datatec Limited, the international Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
company, announces the appointment of Mr Luis Rapparini as an independent non-executive
director of the Company with effect from 1 September 2022.

Luis Rapparini has extensive experience as a finance and internal audit executive developed
over his career with British American Tobacco (BAT), Raízen and Royal Dutch Shell working
in local, regional and global positions, with wide exposure to national and international
investors.

He was Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer of Raízen, a joint venture start-up, where
he played a fundamental role in the significant growth of the business whilst building robust
governance in a complex environment. Thereafter, he joined Royal Dutch Shell as Chief Audit
Officer, heading Internal Audit and reporting directly to the Audit Committee.

Luis Rapparini now holds a number of non-executive roles at listed Brazilian corporations and
is Chair of the Audit Committee of Datatec’s subsidiary, Logicalis Latam.

He holds an M.B.A. Finance, from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
as well as post-grad degree in Information Technology and a bachelor’s degree in Civil
Engineering, from the same University.

RETIREMENT OF EKTA SINGH-BUSHELL

Ekta Singh-Bushell, who has served as an independent non-executive director since June
2018 will retire from the Board at the AGM on 27 July 2022 and will not seek re-election in
order to focus on her other commitments.

BOARD COMMITTEE CHANGES
Deepa Sita has been appointed to the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee with effect from
1 July 2022.

Maya Makanjee, Chair of the Datatec Board, commented:

“We are delighted to welcome Luis to the Board. He has already proved to be an
excellent addition to our governance in Logicalis Latam in his role as Audit Committee
Chair for that business, and we look forward to his contributions on the main Board of
Datatec.
“Ekta has been a valuable member of the Board over the past four years, and I’d like to
thank her for her dedication and commitment to Datatec during her tenure on the Board.
We wish her great success in her future endeavours.”


Johannesburg
13 June 2022

Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)

Date: 13-06-2022 08:00:00
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