SEED CO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
RETIREMENT AND APPOINTMENT OF BOARD CHAIRMAN AND OTHER DIRECTORS
Retiring Board Chairman | Appointment of Board Chairman |
Mr. David B. E. Long officially retired from his position as the Non-Executive Director and Board Chairman of Seed Co Limited on 20 September 2023. Mr. Long served the Board for many years as a Non-Executive Director before assuming the chairmanship of the Board.
The Board and management would like to express their appreciation for Mr. Long's valuable contributions to the Company and convey their best wishes for his retirement and future endeavours.
David E. B. Long
Pearson Gowero
Mr. Pearson Gowero was elected and duly appointed Independent Non-Executive Board Chairman effective 28 September 2023. Mr. Gowero is also a non-executive director on the boards of Zambeef Products PLC, NMBZ Holdings Limited and NMB Bank Limited. Previously, he held executive leadership positions within the then SABMiller Africa, and Delta Corporation where he retired as CEO in 2021.
The Board extends its congratulations to Mr. Gowero on his new appointment and wishes him success in his new position.
Retiring Board Member | Appointment of Board Member | ||||||||
Mr. Patrick Spadin, a representative of the | Mr. Anthony Carvalho was appointed as | a | |||||||
Limagrain Group on the Board, formally | Non-Executive Director following his nomination | ||||||||
concluded his role as Non-Executive Director | by the Limagrain Group effective 21 September | ||||||||
on 8 September 2023 to pursue other mandates | 2023. | ||||||||
within the Limagrain Group. Mr. Spadin served | |||||||||
the Board with distinction. | Mr. Calvalho is currently the Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
for the Limagrain Group and is an Accountant by | |||||||||
The Board and management wish to express | profession. He brings with him significant experience | ||||||||
their gratitude for the significant contributions | in financial affairs and investments having worked as | ||||||||
made by Mr. Spadin to the Company since | Chief Financial Officer for the Roullier Group as well | ||||||||
November 2019 and wish him well in his future | as experience in audit and financial advisory | ||||||||
pursuits. | acquired at Deloitte & Touche. | ||||||||
Patrick Spadin | Anthony Carvalho | He holds a Master's in Information Systems (Institut | |||||||
Mines-Telecom SudParis), | supplemented | by | a | ||||||
Master's in Audit & Financial Advisory from | |||||||||
Université Paris Dauphine and a Master's in | |||||||||
Finance from ESSEC. | |||||||||
The Board extends its congratulations to Mr. Carvalho | |||||||||
on his new appointment and welcomes him as a Board | |||||||||
Member. | |||||||||
Appointment of Board Member | Appointment of Board Member | ||||||||
Mr. Maxen Phillip Karombo was appointed as an | Mr. | Kenias | Mafukidze | was appointed | as | an | |||
Independent | Non-Executive | Director effective | 21 | ||||||
Independent Non-Executive Director | effective | ||||||||
September 2023. | |||||||||
21 September 2023. | |||||||||
Mr. Karombo is currently the Chief | Executive | Mr. Mafukidze is currently the Chief Executive | |||||||
Officer of Alpha Media Holdings. | |||||||||
Officer of OK Zimbabwe Limited. He is a Chartered | |||||||||
Marketer with close to 30 years' regional working | He is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 | ||||||||
experience, and he holds a Bachelor of Technology | |||||||||
years' experience and | he holds a Bachelor | ||||||||
Honours Degree and an MBA. | |||||||||
of Accountancy Honours Degree as well as | |||||||||
The Board extends its congratulations to Mr. | an MBA and MPhil in Development Finance. | ||||||||
Karombo on his appointment and welcomes him | The | Board | extends its | congratulations | to | Mr. | |||
as a Board Member. | |||||||||
Mafukidze on his appointment and welcomes | |||||||||
Maxen Phillip Karombo | Kenias Mafukidze | ||||||||
him as a Board Member. |
By Order of the Board,
Tineyi Chatiza
Group Company Secretary
2 October 2023
Directors: P Gowero (Chairman), M Nzwere (Group CEO)*, J Matorofa (Group CFO)*, A Barron, A Calvalho, R C D Chitengu (Mrs), M P Karombo, K Mafukidze, R Fournier, F Savin, F Azanza, R de Wet, K Moswela (Mrs), C Kabaghe. *Executive
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