Santam Ltd. advised that Nombulelo (Pinky) Moholi, Caroline Da Silva, Mmaboshadi (Shadi) Chauke and Deborah (Debbie) Loxton have been appointed as independent non-executive directors of the Company with effect from 3 June 2021, to fill vacancies on the board and to enhance the overall skill set of the board. Ms. Moholi graduated with an engineering degree and has more than 30 years' experience in multiple industry sectors such as Technology, Finance and Insurance, Mining and Retail. She currently serves as a non-executive director on the boards of Engen, Woolworths Holdings and Anglo American Platinum. Ms. Da Silva holds, inter alia, a Bachelor of Arts degree and has more than 30 years' experience in the Insurance industry and served in various executive roles at the Financial Services Board and Financial Sector Conduct Authority between August 2013 and October 2020. Ms. Chauke is a Chartered Accountant with more than 15 years' post qualifying experience in the external audit and financial services sectors. She is a former registered auditor, having served 5 years as an Audit Partner at Deloitte & Touche South Africa until February 2018. She currently serves as an independent non-executive director on the boards of Mr. Price Group, Afrocentric Investment Corporation, The Small Enterprise Foundation and Mamor Capital. Ms. Loxton is a Chartered Accountant with more than 15 years' experience in the insurance industry. She has held executive roles and non-executive board positions at various financial services companies and was previously a partner at Pricewaterhouse Coopers Inc.