Deenadayalen Konar (57)

BComm, MAS, DComm, CA(SA)

Len is the independent non-executive chairman of Steinhoff International and was first appointed to the board in 1998.

Len is an independent consultant and professional director. Prior positions include executive director of internal audit portfolio and head of investments at the Independent Development Trust, and professor and head of the department of accountancy at the University of Durban-Westville. He is a past patron of the Institute of Internal Auditors South Africa, and a member of the King Committee on Corporate Governance in South Africa, the Corporate Governance Network and the Institute of Directors. He was appointed chairperson of the ministerial panel for the review of the regulation of accountants and auditors in South Africa in 2003 and served as chairman of the audit committee of the International Monetary Fund. Len was appointed chairman of the Steinhoff board in September 2008 and held various committee positions including chairman of the audit and risk committee, the risk advisory committee, and a member of the nomination committee and the human resources and remuneration committee.

Len is also a non-executive director of Lonmin plc, Alexander Forbes Equity Holdings, JD Group Limited, Sappi Limited and Exxaro Resources Limited.