Johannes Nicolaas Stephanus Du Plessis (62)*

BComm, LLB

Johann is an executive member of Steinhoff International's group services team and was appointed to the board as non-executive director in 2002.

He is a trial lawyer by profession and was a member of the Johannesburg and later the Cape Bars. He was admitted as counsel during 1974 and took silk in 1989. He has been exposed during the course of his career to a wide range of commercial matters and has occasionally acted as judge in the High Court. He advises on and is engaged in matters related to governance, tax, property, competition and the environment. Johann has been an alternate executive director with effect from March 2006.

*Alternate executive director