Mark Thompson

Mark is a qualified lawyer (B.Com LLB), holds a Bachelor of Accounting degree and is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants. In 2012 Mark retired as CFO and Executive Director of Sappi Limited. Besides Bravo, he currently holds non-executive positions with Sasfin Bank Holdings (member of the Board; chairman of the Audit and Compliance Committee; chairman of the Capital Investment Committee; member of the Asset and Liability Committee and the Credit and Large Exposure Committee); PPC Limited (member of the Board and the Strategic and Investment Committee; and chairman of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee) Hudaco Industries Limited (member of the Board, Audit Committee, the Nominations Committee and chairman of the Remuneration Committee); Rockwood Private Equity Limited (member of the Rockwood Advisory Panel and a member of the Board and Audit and Risk Committee of one of its major unlisted investments); Trustee of a medical research foundation and a member of its Investment Committee; and chairman of the Audit Committee of the Sappi Pension Fund.