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Directors*

	Sappi Limited
	Independent non-executive directors
		Daniel (Danie) Christiaan Cronjé (Chairman) Age: 65 Qualifications: BCom (Hons), MCom, DCom Nationality: South African Appointed: January 2008 Sappi board committee memberships Human resources and transformation committee (chairman) Nomination and governance committee (chairman) (Attends audit committee meetings and compensation committee meetings ex officio) Other board and organisation memberships Die Dagbreek Trust (chairman) Skills, expertise and experience Dr Cronjé retired in July 2007 as chairman of both ABSA Group Limited and ABSA Bank Limited (a leading South African Banking organisation in which Barclays plc obtained a majority share in 2005). Dr Cronjé had been with ABSA Group since 1975 and held various executive positions including group chief executive for four years and chairman for 10 years. Prior to that Dr Cronjé was lecturer in Money and Banking at Potchefstroom University.
		Godefridus (Frits) Peter Franciscus Beurskens (Independent) Age: 64 Qualifications: BSc Mechanical Engineering, MSc Industrial Engineering and Management Science Nationality: Dutch Appointed: October 2011 Sappi board committee memberships Audit committee Sappi Fine Paper Europe audit committee (chairman) Other board and organisation memberships Smurfit Kappa group A number of supervisory boards of companies Skills, expertise and experience The Smurfit Kappa Group is an almost €7 billion global leader in paper based packaging. As president and chief executive officer of Kappa Packaging, prior to their merger with the Smurfit group, he oversaw the establishment of Kappa Packaging as a top performer and one of Europe’s largest companies operating in the production, development and sales of containerboard, corrugated board, solid board packaging, graphic board and speciality board. He is a past chairman of CEPI (the Confederation of European Print Industries) and of ICCA (the International Corrugated Case Association). In December 2007, he was appointed by the Dutch Queen as officer in the Order of Oranje Nassau (Knighthood).
		Michael (Mike) Anthony Fallon (Independent) Age: 53 Qualifications: BSc Hons (First Class) Nationality: British Appointed: September 2011 Other board and organisation memberships Nippon Sheet Glass Company Limited (NSG Group) (Executive director) Skills, expertise and experience Mr Fallon is president of NSG’s global automotive division. With annual sales of around €6 billion the NSG Group is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of glass and glazing products for the Building, Automotive and Specialty Glass sectors. His management and leadership experience extends across a wide range of functions from plant management, sales and marketing and supply chain to general management, including M&A experience. He has been a director and chairman of companies in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Finland.
		Professor Meyer Feldberg (Lead independent director) Age: 69 Qualifications: BA, MBA, PhD Nationality: American Appointed: March 2002 Sappi board committee memberships Compensation committee (chairman) Nomination and governance committee Other board and organisation memberships Columbia University Business School Macy’s, Inc Morgan Stanley (senior advisor) New York City Ballet New York City Global Partners (president) PRIMEDIA, Inc Revlon, Inc UBS Global Asset Management University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (advisory board) Skills, expertise and experience Professor Feldberg is currently serving as a senior advisor to Morgan Stanley. His career has included teaching and leadership positions in the Business Schools of the Universities of Cape Town, Northwestern and Tulane. He served as president of Illinois Institute of Technology for three years and as dean of Columbia Business School for 15 years. He is currently dean emeritus and professor of leadership at Columbia Business School. He has served on the Council of Competitiveness in Washington, DC. In 2001, the International Centre in New York honoured Professor Feldberg as a distinguished foreign-born American who has made a significant contribution to American life.
		Deenadayalen (Len) Konar (Independent) Age: 57 Qualifications: BCom, MAS, DCom, CA (SA) Nationality: South African Appointed: March 2002 Sappi board committee memberships Audit committee (chairman) Nomination and governance committee Other board and organisation memberships Exxaro Resources Limited (chairman) Illovo Sugar Limited Lonmin plc JD Group Limited Mustek Limited (chairman) Steinhoff International Holdings Limited (chairman) Skills, expertise and experience Previously professor and head of the department of Accountancy at the University of Durban-Westville, Dr Konar is a member of the King Committee on Corporate Governance in South Africa and the SA Institute of Directors, past member and chairman of the external audit committee of the International Monetary Fund and member of the Safeguards Panel and Implementation Oversight Panel of the World Bank (co-chairman).
		Nkateko (Peter) Mageza (Independent) Age: 57 Qualifications: FCCA (UK) Nationality: South African Appointed: January 2010 Sappi board committee memberships Audit committee Human resources and transformation committee Other board and organisation memberships Baird’s Renaissance (Pty) Limited Clover Industries Limited Eqstra Holdings Limited (chairman) Ethos Private Equity (Pty) Limited Rainbow Chickens Limited Remgro Limited MTN Group Limited Skills, expertise and experience Mr Mageza joined the Sappi board after having held senior executive positions across a wide range of industries. He is a former group chief operating officer and executive director of ABSA Group Limited, assistant general manager at Nedcor Limited and chief executive officer of Autonet, the Road Passenger and Freight Logistics Division of Transnet Limited.
		John (Jock) David McKenzie (Independent) Age: 64 Qualifications: BSc Chemical Engineering (cum laude), MA Nationality: South African Appointed: September 2007 Sappi board committee memberships Compensation committee Sustainability committee (chairman) Other board and organisation memberships Accelerate Cape Town (chairman) Coronation Fund Managers University of Cape Town Foundation (chairman) WESGRO Save the Children Fund (Cape) Skills, expertise and experience Mr McKenzie joined the Sappi board after having held senior executive positions globally and in South Africa. He is a former president for Asia, Middle East and Africa Downstream of the Chevron Texaco Corporation and also served as the chairman and chief executive officer of the Caltex Corporation. He was a Member of the Singapore Economic Development Board from 2000 - 2003.
		Mohammed (Valli) Moosa Age: 54 Qualifications: BSc (Mathematics) Nationality: South African Appointed: August 2010 Other board and organisation memberships Auditor General's Advisory Committee (South Africa) Anglo Platinum Limited (deputy chairperson and lead independent director) Imperial Holdings Limited Lereko Investments (Pty) Ltd and various other associate companies of Lereko Investments (Pty) Ltd Real Africa Holdings Limited (chairman) Sanlam Limited Sun International Limited (chairman) Skills, expertise and experience Mr Moosa is currently the deputy chairman of Lereko Investments (Pty) Ltd, Sappi’s Strategic Black Economic Empowerment partner. He has held numerous leadership positions across business, government, politics and civil society in South Africa. To name but a few, he was South African minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism; the president of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature; chairman of the UN Commission for Sustainable Development, and he was a long serving National Executive Committee member of the African National Congress. Mr Moosa’s appointment was subsequent to the BEE transaction implemented by Sappi in June 2010.
		Karen Rohn Osar (Independent) Age: 62 Qualifications: MBA (Finance) Nationality: American Appointed: May 2007 Sappi board committee memberships Audit committee Sappi Fine Paper North America audit committee (chairman) Other board and organisation memberships Innophos Holdings, Inc (also chairperson of audit committee) Webster Financial Corporation (also chairperson of audit committee) Skills, expertise and experience Ms Osar was executive vice president and chief financial officer of specialty chemicals company Chemtura Corporation until her retirement in March 2007. Prior to that, she held various senior management and board positions in her career. She was vice president and treasurer for Tenneco, Inc and also served as chief financial officer of Westvaco Corporation and as senior vice president and chief financial officer of the merged MeadWestvaco Corporation. Prior to those appointments she spent 19 years at JP Morgan and Company, becoming a managing director of the Investment Banking Group. She has chaired several board audit committees.
		Bridgette Radebe (Independent) Age: 51 Qualifications: BA (Pol Sc and Socio) Nationality: South African Appointed: May 2004 Sappi board committee memberships Human resources and transformation committee Other board and organisation memberships Mmakau Mining (Pty) Ltd (executive chairperson) South African Mining Development Association (president) New Africa Mining Fund (founder and board trustee) Skills, expertise and experience Ms Radebe was the first black South African deep level hard rock mining entrepreneur in the 1980s. She has more than a decade of experience in contract mining, mining construction and mining mergers and acquisitions. She is founder of Mmakau Mining which has investments in platinum, coal, chrome and gold mines as well as shaft sinking. She participated in the design of the South African Mining Charter and present mining legislation.
		Sir Anthony Nigel Russell Rudd (Independent) Age: 65 Qualifications: DL, Chartered Accountant Nationality: British Appointed: April 2006 Sappi board committee memberships Compensation committee Nomination and governance committee Other board and organisation memberships BAA Limited (chairman) Barclays Wealth (chairman of the UK & Ireland Private Bank Advisory Board) Business Growth Fund (chairman) Cyden Limited (chairman) Invensys plc (chairman) Skills, expertise and experience Sir Nigel Rudd has held various senior management and board positions in a career spanning more than 35 years. He founded Williams plc in 1982 and the company went on to become one of the largest industrial holding companies in the United Kingdom. He was knighted by the Queen for services to the manufacturing industry in the UK in 1996 and holds honorary doctorates from Loughborough and Derby Universities. In 1995, he was awarded the Founding Societies Centenary Award by the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He is a Deputy Lieutenant of Derbyshire and a Freeman of the City of London.
		Rudolf Thummer Age: 64 Qualifications: Dr Techn, Dipl-Ing Nationality: Austrian Appointed: February 2010 Sappi board committee memberships Sustainability committee Skills, expertise and experience Dr Thummer joined the Sappi Board after having served many years in the pulp and paper industry. He joined Hannover Papier in 1979 (later purchased by Sappi) as Manager of Research and Development. In 1982, he became the Paper Mill Manager at Alfeld Mill. In 1990, he was appointed technical director of Alfeld Mill. In 1992, Dr Thummer became an executive board member of the Hannover Papier Group, responsible for manufacturing at the Alfeld and Ehingen Mills. In 1998, he moved to Sappi Fine Paper Europe based in Brussels as technical director and executive board member. He served as group head technology of Sappi Limited from 01 January 2006 up to his retirement at the end of December 2007.
	Executive directors
		Roeloff (Ralph) Jacobus Boëttger Chief executive officer Age: 50 Qualifications: BAcc Hons, CA (SA) Nationality: South African Appointed: July 2007 Sappi board committee memberships Sustainability committee (Attends meetings of all other board committees by invitation) Skills, expertise and experience At the age of 34 he was appointed chief executive officer of Safair and the next year appointed to the executive committee of Safmarine Limited. From 1998 until July 2007, he was with Imperial Holdings when Imperial acquired Safair. From 2002, he was an executive director of Imperial Holdings with responsibility for their local and international logistics operations, the aviation division and the heavy commercial vehicle distribution operations. His field of responsibility encompassed businesses operating in Southern Africa, numerous European countries, the Middle East and Asia. He is well versed in managing an operation with diverse cultures.
		Mark Richard Thompson Chief financial officer Age: 59 Qualifications: BCom, BAcc, LLB, CA (SA) Nationality: South African Appointed: August 2006 Sappi board committee memberships (Attends audit committee meetings by invitation) Skills, expertise and experience Mr Thompson joined Sappi in 1999 as group corporate counsel and was appointed to his present position in August 2006. Prior to joining Sappi, he was group treasurer at Anglo American, managing director of Discount House Merchant Bank and prior to that head of the corporate finance division of Central Merchant Bank. Mr Thompson will be retiring at the end of August 2012.