Bateman Engineering N.V. Board

Eddie Du Rand
Rick Menell
Non-executive Chairman
Eddie Du Rand
Group CEO
Pieter Du Plessis
Chief Financial Officer
Peter Blauw
Non-executive Director
Earl of Balfour
Non-executive Director
Dag Cramer
Non-executive Director

Rick Menell - Non-executive Chairman

Trained as a geologist, Mr Menell worked in investment banking in New York and Melbourne until 1987 when he joined Delta Gold in Australia as an executive director. He joined Anglovaal in February 1992, being appointed managing director of Avmin Limited in 1996. He became CEO of Anglovaal Mining in 1999 and Executive Chairman in 2002. Following the merger with African Rainbow Minerals, he became Deputy Chairman in May 2004. He is also non-executive Deputy Chairman of Harmony Gold.

In 1999 he was elected president of the Chamber of Mines of South Africa. He is also chairman of the South African Tourism Board, a director of the Standard Bank Group Limited and Mutual & Federal Insurance Company Limited and a trustee of the National Business Trust.

He holds an MA from Cambridge University and an MSc from Stanford University and is a fellow of the Geology Society (London), the AIMM, the SAIMM and the Institute of Directors.

Eddie Du Rand - Chief Executive Officer

Mr Du Rand joined Bateman Engineering in September 2007, bringing with him a wealth of experience at Managing Director and Board level in the construction industry. Highlights of his career include roles as Managing Director of Grinaker - LTA Construction, a company with a turnover in excess of US$1 billion and more than 15,000 employees.  Prior to this, he was responsible as Managing Director for Grinaker – LTA M&E, the largest South African-based mechanical and electrical fabrication and construction contractor. This company resulted from the initial merger of Sydcor (Grinaker) and LTA Autecon MEIP (LTA) into Grinaker LTA MEIP, followed by the integration of DSE Structural Engineering, Churchyard and Umpleby, and Steeledale Cladding with Grinaker LTA MEIP, which then became Grinaker LTA M&E. This merger and the integration were successfully managed by Mr Du Rand. Mr Du Rand qualified in Mechanical Engineering and completed an advanced management programme with Harvard Business School, USA.

Pieter Du Plessis - Chief Financial Officer ( * Board Member) / Chief Commercial Officer

Mr Du Plessis has been with Bateman Engineering Group for over 17 years. He has occupied senior management positions in virtually every business unit and has acted as Chief Commercial Officer, a role he retained with his appointment as Chief Financial Officer in 2008. This role includes particular responsibility for the negotiation and structuring of large complex projects for the Group internationally.

Mr Du Plessis has a thorough understanding of the dynamics of the Group and the project engineering and construction industry, having successfully project managed some of the Group’s largest and most prestigious projects.

He is currently the Chairman of the management boards of the Australian and Russian business units, and has recently been appointed as the Chairman of the Group’s risk management committee.

Mr. Du Plessis holds BSc (Eng) Chem. (1982) and BSc (Eng) Chem. (Hons) (1985) degrees from the University of Pretoria. He is a registered professional engineer both in South Africa and Europe and is a member of the South African Society of Chemical Engineers and the American Association of Cost Engineers.

Peter Blauw - Non-executive Director

Mr Blauw represented the Controlling Shareholder as a director from the acquisition in 2002 and has performed (non-executive) administrative/legal/financial functions in the Dutch group companies since that date. Mr Blauw was previously CFO of an international management firm in the real estate sector in London.

His career started as an account manager at MeesPierson Private Banking in Amsterdam, specialising in financial/tax structuring (1994-1997).

Mr Blauw holds an MA in Economics from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam as well as a BA in auditing/accounting. He left the Controlling Shareholder in January 2005 but continues to hold certain directorships within the Controlling Shareholder Group, as well as several directorships in international companies in the real estate sector.

Earl of Balfour - Non-executive Director

From 1990 until recently, the Earl of Balfour was a full-time executive Director of Rothschild Trust Corporation Limited. Prior to that (from 1983) he was a Director of the Union Discount Company of London plc. This followed being a director of Jessel Toynbee & Gillett plc. From 1972 he was at Grieveson Grant, Stockbrokers, and left as a Partner in 1981.

He was educated at Eton College and attended the London Business School Senior Executive Programme in 1986. In his role at Rothschild Trust he worked principally with business families from around the world, assisting them in a wide variety of matters.

Dag Cramer - Non-executive Director

Mr Cramer is currently CEO of BSG Management Services Limited, which provides administrative and advisory services to the group of companies to which Global Minerals BV, the company controlling shareholder, belongs.

Between 1989 and 2001 Mr Cramer worked for Anglo American Corporation of South Africa. He joined as a management trainee and, after various assignments within predominately the finance division, was appointed Vice President and Head of Investment operations in 1996. In 1997 he was made the Treasurer of the group as a senior Vice President. In 2001 he was appointed Executive Vice President and transferred to Anglo American PLC with the responsibility for the group's Risk Management Operations.

Mr Cramer is a graduate of Lundsbergs skola and studied for a Masters of Administration at the Stockholm School of Economics.