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ABBREVIATED CURRICULUM VITAE
FOR NOMINATED CANDIDATE
Dr Dirk Prieur du Plessis
Date of birth
14 March 1955
Profession
Businessman
Tertiary qualifications
• Risk Management for Corporate Leaders, Harvard Business School (2016)
• Business Risk Management, University of Cape Town (2016)
• Chartered Director (South Africa), Institute of Directors (Southern
Africa) (2015)
• IDP (International Directors Programme), Insead Business School,
France (2013)
• DBA (Doctor of Business Administration – Finance), Stellenbosch University (1984)
• MBA (
Cum Laude
), Stellenbosch University (1982)
• B Hons (Business & Administration) (
Cum Laude
), Stellenbosch University (1981)
• B Sc (Quantity Surveying), University of Cape Town (1979)
Current positions
• Non-Executive Director of PPS Investments (Chairman of Audit and Risk Committee) (since 2018)
• Non-Executive Director of PPS Insurance (Chairman of Remuneration Committee and member of Risk
Committee) (since 2017)
• Member of the Investment Committee of the Legal Practitioners Insurance Indemnity Fund (since 2017)
• Institute of Directors (Southern Africa) – Chairman (Chairman of the Nominations Committee, former Member
of the Audit and Risk Committee and Investment Committee) (since 2013)
• Non-Executive Director: Distell Group (Chairman of Risk Committee, Member of Audit and Member of Social
and Ethics Committee) (since 2015)
• Trustee – PPS Holdings Trust, PPS Beneficiaries Trust, PPS Educational Trust and Non-Executive Director of
PPS Training Academy (since 2013)
• Chairman, Combined Finance Holdings (since 2012)
• Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee and Member of the Investment Committee of Stellenbosch University
(since 2012)
• Member of the Advisory Board of the University of Stellenbosch Business School (since 2012)
• President of the Alumni Association of the University of Stellenbosch Business School (since 2012)
• Chairman, Bridge Fund Managers (formerly Grindrod Asset Management/Plexus Asset Management) (Member
of the Risk Committee) (since 2012)
• Professor extraordinaire, University of Stellenbosch Business School (since 2010)
• Honorary Consul General of Slovenia (since 2009)
• Chairman – Plexus Holdings (since 2008)
Former positions
• Member of the Council and Executive Committee of Stellenbosch University (2012 – 2016)
• Chief Executive Officer, Plexus Asset Management (1995 – 2008)
• General Manager: Portfolio Management, Sanlam (1984 – 1995)
• Research Assistant, University of Stellenbosch Business School (1983)
• Quantity Surveyor, Paul Maré & Partners (1979 – 1982)