CEO

CA(SA), AMP (Harvard)Appointed 1 September 2018. Prior to joining Grindrod in March 2013, Xolani spent over a decade in the mining industry in various roles spanning across accounting and finance, mining project execution, mining business performance analysis (iron ore, coal and manganese) and coal marketing. During this time, he worked in Anglo American’s offices in Johannesburg and London, its then mining operation in Mpumalanga and its gas exploration office in Gaborone. Having spent time as Grindrod’s Freight Services CFO since 2013, Xolani accepted a Group Financial Director role in September 2018. In February 2021, he returned to Freight Services to assume the CEO responsibilities. Xolani was appointed CEO of Grindrod Limited on 1 January2023. Xolani is a director of various businesses in which Grindrod has a shareholding.

CFO

CA(SA)Fathima was appointed group financial director on 1 September 2020 and is a director of various local and international subsidiaries. Before joining Grindrod, Fathima was a partner at Deloitte from 2013. She has extensive audit and assurance experience, having worked with multi-national listed companies across various industries.