The Bidvest Group Limited announced the appointment, effective 1 July 2019, of Mr. Bonang Francis (Bonang) Mohale as an independent non-executive director to the company's board. Bonang has held several leadership positions in the private sector and has been lauded and recognised with several awards over the past 25 years. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Business Leadership South Africa, Chairman of Shell South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Chief Executive Officer of Drake & Scull FM SA (Pty) Ltd, Chief Executive of Sanlam Limited, Executive Vice President of SAA and Managing Director of Otis (Pty) Ltd, amongst others. Bonang will be appointed as a member of the following Bidvest board sub-committees: Acquisitions committee, Nominations committee and Social and Ethics committee.