Pick n Pay announced the appointment, effective 18 May 2020, of Mariam Cassim and Dr Haroon Bhorat as independent non-executive directors. In addition, with effect from 4 August 2020, Annemarie van der Merwe will be joining the company board, on which date Alex Mathole will be stepping off the board. Mariam, a chartered accountant, is the Chief Officer: Financial Services for Vodacom. Her career has encompassed work at Eskom, Sanlam, Thebe Investment Corporation and Telesure Group Services. In addition to her executive role, Mariam has been a non-executive director on the board of Supergroup for 5 years. Mariam has recently completed her MBA. Haroon is Professor of Economics and Director of the Development Policy Research Unit at UCT. His areas of research cover labour, economics, poverty and income distribution. He currently sits on the Presidential Economic Advisory Council, established by President Ramaphosa to generate new ideas for economic growth, job creation and addressing poverty. He is the independent non-executive chair of Sygnia Asset Management. Annemarie has been a corporate lawyer and company secretary of companies in the listed environment for nearly 30 years. She is currently the Executive Chair of the FluidRock Governance Group, as well as the chair of the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy, amongst others.