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ABOUT OMNIA

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Directors

		Neville John Crosse Age: 59 Qualifications: BSc Chem Eng, MBL Date appointed to the Board: 1 January 1990 Board committee memberships: Social, ethics and risk committee and remuneration committee Title: Chairman Significant directorships: Board of Chemical & Allied Industries’ Association (CAIA). Experience: Joined Omnia as project engineer in 1977. Appointed managing director of Omnia Fertilizer in 1985 and Group managing director of Omnia Holdings in 1990. In 2001 was appointed non-executive chairman of Omnia Holdings Limited.

		Ronald Clifford Bowen Age: 60 Qualifications:Qualifications: BSc 1st Class Honours (University of East Anglia, Norwich, England) Date appointed to the Board: 28 September 2011 Board committee memberships: None Designation: Independent non-executive director Significant directorships:None Experience:Was a senior executive managing businesses on five continents for Sud-Chemie AG Group, Munich, Germany for the past 30 years prior to his retirement in 2010.

		Frank Desmond Butler Age: 59 Qualifications: BSc Chem Eng, MBA Date appointed to the Board: 27 September 2002 Board committee memberships: Social, ethics and risk committee chairman and audit committee Designation: Independent non-executive director Significant directorships: None Experience: Private consultant in risk management and business strategies, having occupied senior positions including the position of chairman of CRM International Group (now Alexander Forbes Business Risk Solutions) during the period 1980 to 2001.

		Noel Kurt Harford Fitz-Gibbon Age: 58 Qualifications: BCom (cum laude); Chartered Accountant (SA). Date appointed to the Board: 20 December 1993 Board committee memberships: None Title: Group finance director Significant directorships: None Experience: Over 36 years of experience in various financial management positions in different industries. Group finance director of Omnia Holdings Limited from 1993 until 1999. Thereafter, served as a non-executive director of Omnia Holdings Limited. Rejoined Omnia Holdings Limited in an executive role as Group commercial director in April 2006. In September 2010 he was appointed as Group finance director.

		Ralph Havenstein Age: 55 Qualifications: BCom, MSc Chem Eng Date appointed to the Board: 6 November 2007 Board committee memberships: Social, ethics and risk committee Designation: Lead independent nonexecutive director Significant directorships: Northam Platinum Limited, Metallon Corporation PLC and Hernic Ferrochrome Experience: Served as a director of Anglo Platinum, Simmer and Jack, Mintek and Sasol and has also served on the councils of both the Chamber of Mines and Chemical & Allied Industries’ Association (CAIA).

		Hester Helena Hickey Age: 58 Qualifications: BCompt Hons, Chartered Accountant (SA) Date appointed to the Board: 13 June 2008 Board committee memberships: Audit committee chairman Designation: Independent non-executive director Significant directorships: African Dawn Capital Limited, Pan African Resources PLC, Trustee of Mine Workers and Sentinel Pension Funds Experience: After a period as partner of Ironside Greenwood Chartered Accountants, joined BDO Spencer Stewart in 1990 as National Technical and Training Manager. Joined Transnet in 1994 as Acting Head of Internal Audit in order to implement and execute a transformation process and, particularly, to transform the internal audit department of Transnet from a traditionally focused unit to a more modern risk-based function. In 1998, after a period with Ernst & Young and Liberty Life, joined AngloGold Ashanti initially as Group Internal Audit Manager and thereafter as Executive Officer: Head of Risk, a position held until 2007. Currently serves on the Board and is a member of the audit committee of several listed and private companies and also performs board evaluations for the Institute of Directors. Former Chairman of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and past director of Metorex Limited and Glenrand MIB Limited.

		Roderick Bevil Humphris Age: 55 Qualifications: BSc Chem Eng, BCom Date appointed to the Board: 11 March 1999 Board committee memberships: Social, ethics and risk committee Title: Group managing director Significant directorships: None Experience: After gaining experience in gold, uranium, flotation and sulphuric acid at Anglo- American’s President Brand and Ergo mines, joined Omnia as a project engineer in 1982. After occupying various positions within the Omnia Group, he became managing director of Omnia Fertilizer in 1995 and Group managing director of Omnia Holdings Limited in 1999.

		Professor Stephanus Sebastiaan Loubser Age: 64 Qualifications: PhD Date appointed to the Board: 30 January 2003 Board committee memberships: Remuneration committee chairman Designation: Independent non-executive director Significant directorships: Rola Holdings (Pty) Limited Experience: Has significant experience in the business world having served as Head of Operational Research at Sanlam, General Manager Marketing of the National Productivity Institute and Managing Director of Nissan Marketing Company. During 1996, Professor Loubser joined the University of Stellenbosch as Senior Lecturer and later as Professor of Marketing of the Graduate School of Business. In addition, Professor Loubser does extensive private consulting to a number of organisations in the fields of strategy, marketing and business transformation.

		Dr Willem (Willie) Tobias Marais Age: 56 Qualifications: BCom, MBA, DBA (UP), Professional Valuer Date appointed to the Board: 15 February 2007 Board committee memberships: None Designation: Non-executive director Significant directorships: Institute of Estate Agents of SA – National (Art 21), International Consortium of Real Estate Associations. Experience: Involved in numerous businesses in the property and agriculture sectors. Director of the Institute of Estate Agents of SA, and is member of the executive committee of the International Consortium of Real Estate Associations.
		Alternate to Dr Marais Helgaard Petrus Marais Age: 54 Qualifications: B Admin (UP) Date appointed to the Board: 3 December 2010 Board committee memberships: None Designation: Alternate to Dr. WT Marais Significant directorships: None Experience: Serves on the boards of various unlisted companies involved in the agricultural sector in the capacity of nonexecutive director and as a member of their audit and risk committees, remuneration and nomination committees and social and ethics committees.

		Sizwe Mncwango Age: 46 Qualifications: BSc and MSc (Civil Engineering), MBA Date appointed to the Board: 29 July 2010 Board committee memberships: None Designation: Independent non-executive director Significant directorships: Masana Petroleum Solutions (Pty) Limited Experience: Managing director of Masana Petroleum Solutions since May 2005, Served on numerous boards over the past 11 years and is currently the chairman of Proactive Health Solutions (Pty) Limited.

		Dhanasagree (Daisy) Naidoo Age: 40 Qualifications: BCom, Chartered Accountant (SA), Master in Accounting (Tax) Date appointed to the Board: 1 April 2011 Board committee memberships: Audit committee and remuneration committee Designation: Independent non-executive director Significant directorships: STRATE Limited, Hudaco Industries Limited, Mr Price Limited, Mercantile Bank Holdings Limited, Marriott Unit Trust Management Company Limited Experience: Worked at Sanlam Capital Markets for more than nine years where she served, inter alia, as the Head of the Debt Structuring Unit and was appointed to the sub-credit committee of the Sanlam Investment Cluster. Currently serves on boards and is a member of audit committees of several listed and private companies. Member of SAICA and the Institute of Directors of South Africa.