OUR BUSINESS

BSc (Eng) (Summa cum laude) (University of Natal), B Com (Hons) (University of South Africa) Bruce has been the CEO of Mpact since March 2009. Prior to holding his current position, he was the General Manager of the packaging and industrial paper division of Mpact. He has 16 years’ experience in the paper and packaging industry, both locally and in Europe.

CTA and CA (SA) (University of the Witwatersrand) Les has 27 years’ experience in the paper and packaging industry and was the Financial Director of Kohler Packaging, which was subsequently acquired by Nampak. He currently holds the position of CFO of Mpact and has done so since December 2008.

BSc (Eng) (University of the Witwatersrand) Ray has been the Executive Chairman of the Plastics Business since November 2009. Prior to this, he was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Astrapak until June 2008. He has 36 years’ experience in the plastics industry.

BSc (Eng), MSc (Eng) (University of Natal) John is the Managing Director of the Recycling Division and he is also the Business Manager of Technology Optimisation, a position which he has held since April 2008. He was previously the Executive Director of the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa and has 20 years’ experience in the paper industry.

CTA (University of South Africa), CA (SA) Hugh has been the Managing Director of the Packaging and Industrial Paper Division since October 2009. He fulfilled the role of Chief Financial Officer of Mpact until March 2007 and then the role of Managing Director of the Plastics Division until September 2009. He has nine years’ experience in the packaging sector. He was previously Senior Vice President: Corporate Finance for Anglo American South Africa Limited.

Ralph is the Managing Director of the Corrugated Division. He has been in this position since 1999, prior to which he was the Regional Director of Kohler Corrugated. He has 35 years’ experience in the paper and packaging industry.

FCIBM, ACIS. Noriah was appointed Group Company Secretary to Mpact from 1 December 2011. Prior to being appointed to this position, Noriah was Company Secretary to Jasco Electronics Holdings Limited and spent four years at Barloworld in various company secretarial positions. Noriah is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Company Secretaries Association and a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Business Management.

BPROC, LLB (University of Westville [KZN]), MBA (University of Buckinghamshire, UK) Viroshini joined Mpact as Legal Counsel on 1 November 2011. She was admitted as an attorney in May 1997, and prior to joining Mpact, practised as a sole proprietor for nine years. She previously worked at both Telkom and Bytes Technology as legal advisor and senior legal advisor. Viroshini is currently completing an LLM through Unisa.