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Chief Executive Officer

Role at Famous Brands

Member of the Social and Ethics Committee
attends all Committee meetings by invitation and attends various subsidiary and associate company Board meetings as a director

Darren commenced his career at Pleasure Foods Limited while studying for and completing a BCom. After participating in the management buyout of Pleasure Foods in 1996 he held executive roles at Whistle Stop and Wimpy before joining Famous Brands in 2003. He served as Managing Director of Wimpy in South Africa and later in the United Kingdom.

Darren was appointed Chief Operating Officer – Franchising division in May 2011 and in January 2013 assumed the position of Chief Operating Officer of the Group. With effect from 1 March 2014, Darren assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer – Food Services. Darren was appointed Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 March 2016.

Areas of expertise

General management, franchise management, marketing, strategy, stakeholder relationships

1. Darren Paul Hele

Group Financial Director – elect

Qualifications

BCompt (Hons), Business Management (Hons), CA(SA), CIMA

Role at Famous Brands

Attends the Investment, Remuneration, Audit and Risk and Social and Ethics Committee meetings by invitation

Deon has more than 30 years of experience working in blue-chip organisations.

He joined Telkom in 1993 as a senior manager in internal audit and has held several executive positions in the finance department. He was appointed Deputy Chief Financial Officer in 2011 and Chief Financial Officer of Telkom SA in 2013 and resigned on 1 July 2018. He was appointed as Chief Information Officer at Telkom shortly afterwards. He thereafter served as the interim Chief Financial Officer at South African Airways for two years.

Deon has previously held various other directorships, including Telkom, Vodacom, BCX, Trudon, Gyro Group and the Telkom Retirement Fund.

Areas of expertise

General and operational management, strategy, mergers and acquisitions, treasury, risk and finance

2. Deon Jeftha Fredericks

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