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Connor is one of the fastest growing on-trend menswear brands.

Connor is one of the fastest growing on-trend menswear brands.

Business Segment

TFG Australia

Income Category

Value Market

Target Audience

Men aged 25 to 34

Number of Outlets

198

Fabiani prides itself as a luxury apparel brand that delivers an exceptional personalised customer experience by offering curated product collections, a world-class store and online environment.

Fabiani prides itself as a luxury apparel brand that delivers an exceptional personalised customer experience by offering curated product collections, a world-class store and online environment.

Business Segment

TFG Africa

Income Category

Upper Market

Target Audience

Men aged 25 to 40

Number of Outlets

68

G-Star RAW offers authentic denim wear and is renowned for its fusion of high-level craftsmanship with streetlevel edge.

G-Star RAW offers authentic denim wear and is renowned for its fusion of high-level craftsmanship with streetlevel edge.

Business Segment

TFG Africa

Income Category

Upper Market

Target Audience

Men & women aged 20 to 35

Number of Outlets

31

Johnny Bigg is an on-trend big and tall menswear brand.

Johnny Bigg is an on-trend big and tall menswear brand.

Business Segment

TFG Australia

Income Category

Mid Market

Target Audience

Men aged 25 to 34

Number of Outlets

95

On-trend smart and casual wear, including footwear, accessories and fragrances. Markham is renowned for its youthful, current, vibrant store experience.

On-trend smart and casual wear, including footwear, accessories and fragrances. Markham is renowned for its youthful, current, vibrant store experience.

Business Segment

TFG Africa

Income Category

Mid Market

Target Audience

Men aged 18 to 35

Number of Outlets

369

Relay Jeans is a South African men’s speciality denim lifestyle brand. The brand is renowned for its youthful, on-trend products and specialist denim store experience.

Relay Jeans is a South African men’s speciality denim lifestyle brand. The brand is renowned for its youthful, on-trend products and specialist denim store experience.

Business Segment

TFG Africa

Income Category

Mid Market

Target Audience

Men aged 18 to 30

Number of Outlets

133

Tarocash is a leading on-trend menswear apparel brand.

Tarocash is a leading on-trend menswear apparel brand.

Business Segment

TFG Australia

Income Category

Mid Market

Target Audience

Men aged 25 to 34

Number of Outlets

112

A leading, fashionable menswear brand for a younger market.

A leading, fashionable menswear brand for a younger market.

Business Segment

TFG Australia

Income Category

Mid Market

Target Audience

Men aged 18 to 24

Number of Outlets

127

Chief Executive Officer

A E Thunström

Executive Director

BCom (Hons Acc), CA (SA)

Anthony, our CEO, joined the Group in 2015 as CFO and assumed the position of CEO in September 2018. Prior to this, he had 21 years’ professional services experience, during which he held various local and international leadership positions.

Appointed to the Supervisory Board: 2015

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Chief Financial Officer

Ralph Buddle

Executive Director

CA (SA)

Ralph joined the Group as Head of Finance & Advisory from September 2023, and was appointed CFO, effective 1 April 2024. He is an experienced senior finance executive with extensive retail experience. Ralph previously served as the interim CFO of Oceana Group Limited, and as Director of Strategy & Business Development at Woolworths Holdings Limited.

Appointed to the Supervisory Board: 2024

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Non-Executive Director

Michael Lewis

Chairman of the Board

BA (Econ) (Hons)

Michael has more than 35 years’ experience in the investment management and retail sectors. He is the chairman of Strandbags Holdings Proprietary Limited (Australia), which includes the Antler travel products group, and Oceana Investment Corporation Limited (UK). He is also a director of UTB Partners Limited (UK). Michael served on the supervisory board of Axel Springer AG (Germany) and on the board of Cheyne Capital Management LLP (UK). He previously worked at fund managers Ivory & Sime and Lombard Odier.

Appointed to the Supervisory Board: 1989

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Lead Independent Non-Executive Director

Graham Davin

Chairman of the Nomination Committee

BCom, BAcc, CA (SA), MBA

Graham is a chartered accountant and a career banker with extensive international financial and broad business experience. Graham is currently the Deputy Chairman of United Trust Bank, a specialist UK credit provider and the Chairman of Optalitix, a London-based SaaS business supporting the insurance and finance sectors. Graham qualified with Arthur Andersen in Johannesburg and joined Investec Bank after an MBA at UCT. He was a director of Investec Bank for 16 years and of Bank Insinger de Beaufort N.V., a Dutch private bank. He was responsible for listing Investec on the JSE and Insinger on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. In 2003, after moving to London, Graham led the management buyout of United Trust Bank, a fast-growing UK specialist bank of which he was CEO for 17 years.

Appointed to the Supervisory Board: 2015

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Independent Non-Executive Director

Colin Coleman

BA (Architecture)

Colin is currently a non executive director of The Foschini Group and Kyosk, Co-Chairman of the Youth Employment Service (“YES”), a member of the Advisory Board of Mercury Public Affairs, LLC, a bipartisan public strategy firm, and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, a Washington D.C. headquartered nonpartisan think tank.

He was CEO, Sub-Saharan Africa, of Goldman Sachs up until his retirement at the end of 2019 and head of its South African business from when he joined in 2000, and head of its Investment Banking division for Sub-Saharan Africa. He was named a partner of Goldman Sachs in 2010.

Colin was an anti-apartheid activist and deeply involved in South Africa’s constitutional transition and negotiations from apartheid to democracy. He also served as a business leader on the boards of Business Leadership South Africa, the National Business Initiative and the Steering Committee of the CEO Initiative.

In 2024, he served as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Business at the Columbia Business School and previously, in 2020, served as a senior fellow and lecturer at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. He was also a Distinguished Fellow at INSEAD Business School, hosted by their Africa Initiative.

Appointed to the Supervisory Board: 2020

Independent Non-Executive Director

David Friedland

Also a director of South African listed company: Pick n Pay Stores Limited

BCom, CA (SA)

David is a chartered accountant with extensive audit experience from a broad range of listed retail companies. He served as international partner at Arthur Andersen from 1990 and was a partner at KPMG from 2002. David was head of Audit and Risk at KPMG (Cape Town) and was the lead audit partner for several listed companies. In 2013, he retired and was appointed to the boards of Investec Limited, Investec plc and Pick n Pay Stores Limited. David retired from the boards of Investec Limited and Investec plc in August 2022, having served the maximum term of nine years in terms of the Banks Act, and is scheduled to to retire from the Pick 'n Pay Stores Limited board on 5 August 2025.

Appointed to the Supervisory Board: 2013

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Independent Non-Executive Director

Boitumelo Makgabo-Fiskerstrand

Chairman of the Social & Ethics Committee

BA (International Relations)

Boitumelo is the founder and executive director of Africa Worldwide Media and director of Tumi Makgabo Enterprises, focusing on enterprise development in South Africa and across the African continent. In addition, Boitumelo served as the vice-chairperson of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Women’s Empowerment and as a member of its Council on Africa for two years. In 2008, she was nominated to the World Economic Forum’s Forum of Young Global Leaders, which is a multi-stakeholder community of exceptional leaders below the age of 40, selected from around the world. She is currently reading for her LLM in International Business Law.

Appointed to the Supervisory Board: 2012

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Non-Executive Director

Eddy Oblowitz

Also a director of a South African listed and public companies: Fortress Real Estate Investments Limited, Trencor Limited and BNP Paribas Personal Finance South Africa Limited

BCom, CA (SA), CPA (Isr)

Eddy has considerable audit, finance and business advisory experience, having spent 21 years in professional practice, most notably as a senior partner of the Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth offices of Arthur Andersen. He also served as a member of the firm’s worldwide Retail and Distribution Industry Team. In addition to serving as a non-executive director and trustee to various companies and trusts, he is the Principal at Contineo Financial Services, which provides specialist advisory and fiduciary services to high net worth South African and international families and their entities.

Appointed to the Supervisory Board: 2010

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Independent Non-Executive Director

Jan Potgieter

Chairman of the Audit Committee and a director of South African listed companies: Italtile Limited and Motus Holdings Limited.

BCompt (Hons), CTA, CA (SA), Management Development Programme (University of Michigan), Strategic Planning and Management in Retailing (Monash University, Australia), Advanced Management Programme (INSEAD France)

Jan is a Chartered Accountant (SA) and has extensive senior-level experience in the manufacturing, retail and supply chain sectors, having most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Italtile Limited and formerly CEO of Massdiscounters (a division of Massmart). He also served as a business manager at Clover SA and spent eight years in senior financial roles at SABMiller. Jan currently serves as a non-executive director on the boards of Italtile Limited and Motus Holdings Limited. He is also Chairman of Janette Media Consulting and Founder of Source and Style Lda.

Appointed to the Supervisory Board: 2023

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Non-Executive Director

Ronnie Stein

BCom, CA (SA)

Ronnie was previously the Group’s CFO. He retired from this position at the end of June 2015 after serving 19 years with the Group. Prior to joining the Group, he was an accountant and auditor in public practice. He was a partner at Kessel Feinstein for 15 years. Following his retirement, Ronnie remains on the Supervisory Board in a non-executive capacity.

Appointed to the Supervisory Board: 2015

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Independent Non-Executive Director

Nkululeko Sowazi

Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.

Also a director of South African listed companies: Chairman of Sappi Limited, Grindrod Limited and MTN Group Limited

BA, MA (Planning)

Nkululeko has over 30 years senior executive and investment management experience and has served on numerous boards of both listed and unlisted companies. He is the Executive Chairman and co-founder of Tiso Investment Holdings, a diversified Pan African investment holding company with business interests in South Africa and Ghana. He was Chairman of Kagiso Tiso Holdings (KTH) until June 2020 and currently serves as a non-executive director on the boards of Sappi Limited, Grindrod Limited and MTN Group Limited and chairs the Investment Committee of the Sanlam Private Equity business, a division of Sanlam Alternative Investments. Nkululeko also serves on a number of not-for-profit organisations and holds a Masters degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Appointed to the Supervisory Board: 2024

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Independent Non-Executive Director

Gcina Zondi

Chairman of the Risk Committee. Also a director of South African listed companies: RCL Foods Limited and Hulamin Limited

BCompt (Hons), AGA (SA)

Gcina is the founding Chief Executive and shareholder of Imbewu Capital Partners. He is a qualified General Accountant and is an associate of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants. He has more than 25 years’ experience in the private equity industry, of which six years were spent with Nedbank Capital Private Equity as a Private Equity Manager. Gcina currently serves as a non- executive director on the boards of Isegen South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Container Conversions (Pty) Ltd, Icon Construction (Pty) Ltd and NPC InterCement.

Appointed to the Supervisory Board: 2025

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Non-Executive Director

Doug Murray

Also a director of a South African listed company: Equites Property Fund Limited

BA, CA

Doug was previously our CEO. He retired from this position in September 2018 after serving 33 years with the Group, 11 of those as CEO. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the international retail sector in general and TFG in particular, where he held several senior executive roles in the Group before he was appointed as CEO. Doug was appointed to the Supervisory Board in a non-executive capacity on 1 October 2019 and also serves on the Group’s UK and Australian subsidiaries’ boards and committees.

Appointed to the Supervisory Board: 2019

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