Board of Directors

The board is primarily responsible for setting the broad direction of the company by approving strategic objectives, key policies and financial performance criteria.

Accountability to shareholders and responsibility to other stakeholders remains of paramount consideration in board decisions, being balanced against the demands of the regulatory environment in which the group operates.

Patrick Rutabanzibwa

Patrick Rutabanzibwa

Patrick Rutabanzibwa
Board Chairman (Independent Non-Executive) Msc Chemical Engineering Tanzanian
Patrick is the Country Chairman of PanAfrican Energy,

  • He is the nember of the Board of Directors for the National Housing Corporation (NHC),
  • Mr Rutabanzibwa served as Principal Secretary for ministries of Energy and Minerals, Lands, Housing and Human Settlement Development, Home Affairs and
    Ministry of Water.
Reinhardt Swart

Reinhardt Swart

Managing Director
Bsc.(Mechanical Engineering),
South African

  • Reinhardt has expert knowledge in the cement manufacturing industry,
  • Held positions of Consultant in the Group Technical Services division of Holcim (Switzerland), Process Engineer, Process Performance Engineer and Maintenance Manager, culminating in his position as General Manager of AfriSam’s Dudfield cement production facility, South Africa,
  • Mr Swart held the position of General Manager before being seconded to Tanga Cement Public Limited Company to oversee the successful completion of the expansion project.
Pieter de Jager

Pieter de Jager

Chief Financial Officer
B.Comm Accounting; B.Compt (Hons)/CTA; MBA
South African

  • Pieter has over 20 years senior management experience including major listed companies in various sectors.
  • He worked in senior financial management and executive positions in the electrical Engineering, FMCG, Supply Chain, Freight Logistics &
  • Warehousing- and the Mining sectors in various countries in Southern, Central and West Africa
  • Was the Group CFO for the Jonah Capital Group (including Jonah Mining)
  • Prior to joining Tanga Cement PLC, he has held the position of Group CFO and director of Andulela Investment Holdings Ltd (JSE listed)
  • Mr De Jager has also had significant experience working with junior mining companies listed on the TSX and ASX.
Quresh Ganijee

Quresh Ganijee

Company Secretary ICSA.
Tanzanian

Quresh is currently the Company Secretary,
He served on various positions such as Assistant Company secretary, Cost Accountant and Payroll Administrator,
He is the registered member of ICSA International and National Board of Accountancy and Auditors,
Mr Ganijee has more than 10 years’ experience in financial sector.

MR FRANCESCO BRAMBILLA (ITALIAN)

MR FRANCESCO BRAMBILLA (ITALIAN)

Mr Brambilla has been appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 27
November 2023.

  • Mr Brambilla has more than 22 years’ senior management and directorship experience in the cement
    manufacturing industry in Italy, Europe and Africa and the Eastern-Mediterranean Basin.
MR CHRISTIAN MIKLI (GERMAN)

MR CHRISTIAN MIKLI (GERMAN)

Mr Mikli has been appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 27
November 2023.

  • Mr Mikli has more than 15 years’ senior finance management and finance directorship experience in
    the cement manufacturing industry in Central Asia and Europe. He has also previously worked at
    senior management level in the logistics area of Heidelberg Material.
MR HAKAN GURDAL (TURKISH)

MR HAKAN GURDAL (TURKISH)

Mr Gürdal has been appointed as Non-executive Director of the Company and as the Chairman of the
Board with effect from 27 November 2023.

  • Mr Gürdal has more than 32 years’ senior management and directorship experience in the cement
    manufacturing industry in Europe, Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean Basin.
MR GENNARO PUPPO (ITALIAN)

MR GENNARO PUPPO (ITALIAN)

Mr Puppo has been appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 1
December 2023.

  • Mr Puppo has twenty-two years of international experience in the cement manufacturing industry, and
    he is directly responsible for manufacturing and engineering for twelve countries in Africa and the
    Eastern Mediterranean Basin Area.