Pick n Pay Holdings Limited RF
Board of directors

  • Non-executive directors


    Raymond Ackerman

    Wendy Ackerman

    Gareth Ackerman
      BCom and various honorary doctorates
      Chairman
      Appointed 1981
      Raymond founded Pick n Pay in 1967. He was CEO of the Group until 1999, when the roles of Chairman and CEO were split. He remained Chairman until 2002 at which time Gareth Ackerman was appointed in his stead. In 2010 he was reappointed as Chairman of Pick n Pay Holdings Limited RF and retired from the Pick n Pay Stores Limited Board, when Gareth was appointed Chairman of Pick n Pay Stores Limited. He has won many accolades over the years as a leader, a businessman, a humanitarian and as the champion of the consumer.
      Appointed 1981
      Wendy is one of the founding executives of Pick n Pay. She was appointed to the Board in 1981. She retired from the Pick n Pay Stores Limited Board in 2010. She remains integral to employee liaison, employee benefits and the management of extensive bursary funds. Mrs Ackerman has been widely recognised for her contribution to education, arts and culture, and environmental conservation throughout South Africa.
      Appointed 1987
      See CV here
  • Independent non-executive directors


  • René de Wet

    Hugh Herman

    Jeff van Rooyen
      Appointed 1987
      See CV here
      Audit committee member
      Appointed
      1981
      See CV here
      Audit committee member
      Appointed
      2011
      See CV here
  • Alternate directors

  • Suzanne Ackerman-Berman
    Jonathan Ackerman
    David Robins
      Alternate to Raymond Ackerman
      Appointed
      2010
      See CV here
      Alternate to Wendy Ackerman
      Appointed
      2010
      See CV here
      Alternate to Gareth Ackerman
      Appointed
      2010
      See CV here
  • Public officer


    Bakar Jakoet
     
      Appointed 2012
      See CV here
  • Raymond Ackerman
      BCom and various honorary doctorates
      Chairman
      Appointed 1981
      Raymond founded Pick n Pay in 1967. He was CEO of the Group until 1999, when the roles of Chairman and CEO were split. He remained Chairman until 2002 at which time Gareth Ackerman was appointed in his stead. In 2010 he was reappointed as Chairman of Pick n Pay Holdings Limited RF and retired from the Pick n Pay Stores Limited Board, when Gareth was appointed Chairman of Pick n Pay Stores Limited. He has won many accolades over the years as a leader, a businessman, a humanitarian and as the champion of the consumer.
  • Wendy Ackerman
      Appointed 1981
      Wendy is one of the founding executives of Pick n Pay. She was appointed to the Board in 1981. She retired from the Pick n Pay Stores Limited Board in 2010. She remains integral to employee liaison, employee benefits and the management of extensive bursary funds. Mrs Ackerman has been widely recognised for her contribution to education, arts and culture, and environmental conservation throughout South Africa.
  • René de Wet
      CA(SA) Audit committee chairman
      Appointed
      1981
      René was an executive at Pick n Pay for 29 years, and was appointed to the Board in 1975. He was appointed joint managing director in 1993 and deputy Chairman in 1995. He retired as an executive director in 1999 but remained on the Pick n Pay Stores Limited Board as a non-executive director until 2008.
  • Gareth Ackerman
      Appointed 1987
      See CV here
  • Hugh Herman
      Audit committee member
      Appointed
      1981
      See CV here
  • Jeff van Rooyen
      Audit committee member
      Appointed
      2011
      See CV here
  • Suzanne Ackerman-Berman
      Alternate to Raymond Ackerman
      Appointed
      2010
      See CV here
  • Jonathan Ackerman
      Alternate to Wendy Ackerman
      Appointed
      2010
      See CV here
  • David Robins
      Alternate to Gareth Ackerman
      Appointed
      2010
      See CV here
  • Bakar Jakoet
      Appointed 2012
      See CV here
  • Debra Muller
      Appointed 2010
      See CV here
  • Raymond Ackerman
      BCom and various honorary doctorates
      Chairman
      Appointed 1981
      Raymond founded Pick n Pay in 1967. He was CEO of the Group until 1999, when the roles of Chairman and CEO were split. He remained Chairman until 2002 at which time Gareth Ackerman was appointed in his stead. In 2010 he was reappointed as Chairman of Pick n Pay Holdings Limited RF and retired from the Pick n Pay Stores Limited Board, when Gareth was appointed Chairman of Pick n Pay Stores Limited. He has won many accolades over the years as a leader, a businessman, a humanitarian and as the champion of the consumer.
  • Wendy Ackerman
      Appointed 1981
      Wendy is one of the founding executives of Pick n Pay. She was appointed to the Board in 1981. She retired from the Pick n Pay Stores Limited Board in 2010. She remains integral to employee liaison, employee benefits and the management of extensive bursary funds. Mrs Ackerman has been widely recognised for her contribution to education, arts and culture, and environmental conservation throughout South Africa.
  • René de Wet
      CA(SA) Audit committee chairman
      Appointed
      1981
      René was an executive at Pick n Pay for 29 years, and was appointed to the Board in 1975. He was appointed joint managing director in 1993 and deputy Chairman in 1995. He retired as an executive director in 1999 but remained on the Pick n Pay Stores Limited Board as a non-executive director until 2008.
  • Gareth Ackerman
      Appointed 1987
      See CV here
  • Hugh Herman
      Audit committee member
      Appointed
      1981
      See CV here
  • Jeff van Rooyen
      Audit committee member
      Appointed
      2011
      See CV here
  • Suzanne Ackerman-Berman
      Alternate to Raymond Ackerman
      Appointed
      2010
      See CV here
  • Jonathan Ackerman
      Alternate to Wendy Ackerman
      Appointed
      2010
      See CV here
  • David Robins
      Alternate to Gareth Ackerman
      Appointed
      2010
      See CV here
  • Bakar Jakoet
      Appointed 2012
      See CV here
  • Debra Muller
      Appointed 2010
      See CV here