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Nolo Letele (South African) is a non-executive director. He joined M-Net in 1990 and pioneered MultiChoice’s expansion outside South Africa. In 1995, he moved to the Republic of Ghana, where he served as MultiChoice’s West African regional general manager. In 1999, he was appointed chief executive officer of MultiChoice South Africa Holdings Proprietary Limited (MultiChoice SA), and later served as the MultiChoice group chief executive officer until 2010, when he was appointed executive chair of MultiChoice SA; currently non-executive chair. He has won several awards including Media Man of the Year in 2001 (Saturday Star—Business Report); Media Owner of the Year in 2003 (Financial Mail Adfocus); and the Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize for media development in Africa (Millennium Excellence Foundation). He holds a BScHons in electronic engineering from the University of Southampton.

Koos Bekker (South African and Dutch) is the non-executive chair of the board. He led the founding team of the M-Net/MultiChoice pay-television business in 1985. He was also a founder of MTN Group Limited, a South Africa-based multinational mobile telecommunications company. He headed the group in its international and internet expansion until 1997, when he became chief executive officer of Naspers. He retired as the chief executive officer of Naspers on 31 March 2014. On 17 April 2015, he succeeded Ton Vosloo as chair of the Naspers board. He holds a BAHons and honorary doctorate in commerce from Stellenbosch University, an LLB from the University of the Witwatersrand and an MBA from Columbia University.

Mark Sorour (Mark Sorour) is a non-executive director. He joined the Naspers group in 1994, leading business development and corporate finance, globally. Following assignments in Hong Kong and Amsterdam, he returned to Cape Town in 2002 as the Naspers group’s chief investment officer, being responsible for all global investment activities. On 31 March 2018, he retired after more than 20 years with the Naspers group. He remained on the Naspers board as a non-executive director. He is a qualified South African chartered accountant and holds a BCom and DipAcc from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Rachel Jafta (South African) is an independent non-executive director. She is a professor in economics at Stellenbosch University. She joined Naspers as a director in 2003 and was appointed a director of Media24 in 2007. She is a member of the South African Economic Society, chair of the Cape Town Carnival Trust, a member of the Management Committee of the Bureau for Economic Research at Stellenbosch University and a member of the International Advisory Board of Fondação Dom Cabral Business School, Brazil. She was appointed as chair of the Media24 board of directors in April 2013. She is the chair of the Media24 nomination committee. She is also a director of Naspers Beleggings (RF) Limited. She holds an MEcon and a PhD from the University of Stellenbosch.

Don Eriksson (South African) is an independent non-executive director. He is the chair of Oakleaf Insurance Company Limited and Renasa Insurance Company Limited. On 11 June 2020, he retired from the board of MultiChoice Group and other MultiChoice companies. He served on the council of the Institute of Directors of South Africa (IoDSA) for a number of years, of which he is an honorary life member, and as a trustee to the Discovery Health Medical Scheme. He was a partner at Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.) and an executive director of the Commercial Union group of companies (CGU Insurance Company (SA) Limited, Commercial Union Life Insurance Company Limited and Sentrasure Limited). He is a qualified South African chartered accountant and holds a certificate in the Theory of Accountancy from the University of the Witwatersrand.

Debra Meyer (South African) is an independent non-executive director. She is a professor of biochemistry and executive dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Johannesburg. She has completed modules in media strategy and academic leadership at Harvard University and the Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria and makes regular contributions to several newspapers and magazines. She serves as a trustee or board member for several organisations. She is also a director of Naspers Beleggings (RF) Limited. She holds a BSc in biological sciences, a BScHons and an MSc in biochemistry from the University of Johannesburg (then, the Rand Afrikaans University) and a PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of California, Davis (which she attended as a Fulbright Scholar).

Craig Enenstein (American) is an independent non-executive director. He is also the chief executive officer of Corridor Capital, LLC, an operationally intensive private equity firm focused on the lower middle market. Corridor Capital, LLC is based in Los Angeles and was founded by him in 2005. He holds an MBA in finance from the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania, an MA in international studies from the Lauder Institute: University of Pennsylvania and a BA from the University of California, Berkeley.

Ben van der Ross (South African) is an independent non-executive director. He was chair of Strategic Real Estate Management Proprietary Limited, the managers of the Emira Property Fund. He served on the boards of directors of, among others, Distell Limited, FirstRand Limited, Lewis Group Limited, Pick n Pay Holdings Limited and MMI Holdings Limited. He is also a director of Naspers Beleggings. He is an attorney of the High Court of South Africa and holds a DipLaw from the University of Cape Town.

Martin is responsible for Classifieds operations at Naspers, managing the OLX Group portfolio which includes dubizzle, Avito and letgo. He holds an MSc in Engineering from Delft University and an MBA from INSEAD. In seven years prior to Naspers, he held a variety of senior roles in internet companies, first at eBay and then at Schibsted. During this tenure, he accumulated extensive experience in all relevant business functions such as strategy, finance, product management, operations and M&A. Martin has worked in all life-cycle phases, from starting a greenfield operation to managing a mature, multi-national internet company. He has also written about business problem solving in his book, Thinking Backwards, which was published in five languages. Prior to starting his career in technology, he worked for seven years in business consulting at McKinsey.

Laurent was appointed CEO PayU in January 2016. He is responsible for global operations and brings extensive knowledge of digital payments and high-growth markets to PayU. He concluded an 11-year career at PayPal as Vice-President and General Manager for Continental Europe, where he successfully led the launch of PayPal in Africa, Israel, the Middle-East, and Russia. Laurent started his career as a business analyst at McKinsey, before founding TalentManager in 1999. TalentManager is a leading recruitment software provider and he spent three years growing the business, successfully selling the Italian operation. Laurent holds an MBA from the London Business School and is a graduate of Bocconi University in Italy (CEMS Master, International management).

Larry is CEO for Ventures and also responsible for group ecommerce strategy. His team identifies emerging trends, acquiring and operating disruptive platforms for the group. He has more than 20 years of professional experience and more than a decade with leading, global internet companies. Before joining Naspers Larry was VP and General Manager New Ventures at Trulia, a leading US online real estate marketplace. Previously, he spent eight years as senior executive at eBay, responsible for strategy and general management of many of its global marketplaces and classifieds assets. Prior to eBay, he spent several years as strategy advisor for leading global consumer goods companies. Larry started his career at the US Federal Reserve Board and holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.

Charles is responsible for the group's listed internet assets, including Tencent Holdings Limited; a leading Chinese Internet company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and Mail.ru; a leading Russian Internet company listed on the London Stock Exchange. He joined the Naspers group in 1998 in Hong Kong where he held the position of chief investment officer for the group’s internet division. Prior to joining Naspers, Charles held senior corporate finance and M&A positions at Cable & Wireless, Hong Kong Telecom and Deloitte. Charles is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.

Ishmet Davidson joined Media24 in 2012 as head of community newspapers. He became the head of its news division in 2014, after which media distribution company On the Dot and Media24’s magazine division were added to his responsibilities. He has 16 years’ experience in the media industry and among other qualifications, holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and an MBA from the Edinburgh Business School at Scotland’s Heriot Watt University. He became CEO of Media24 on October 1, 2018.