ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The Advisory Committee of the Unit for Corporate Governance in Africa includes Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, chairperson of Anglo American plc and board member of the UN Global Compact Foundation, Prof Mervyn King, Senior Counsel of the High Court of South Africa and chairman of the King Committee on Corporate Governance, and Prof Ollie Williams from the Graduate School of Business, University of Notre Dame in the USA.

• Sir Mark Moody-Stuart: Sir Moody-Stuart, who holds a PhD in Geology from Cambridge University, is chairperson of Anglo American plc, a global mining and natural resources company, London, UK. From 1998 to 2001 Sir Moody-Stuart was chairman of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of companies. He was co-chair of the G8 Task Force on Renewable Energy in 2000 and 2001. At a special gathering of business leaders ahead of the historic 2006 G8 summit in Gleneagles, he led calls for an improvement in the approach of companies — and governments — in Africa. This included calls to cut debt, enhance aid in Africa, and reverse mega corruption. Sir Moody-Stuart became a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in June 2000. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society, the Royal Geographical Society and the Institute of Petroleum. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, and an Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Aberdeen.
• Prof Mervyn King Prof. King is a Senior Counsel and former Judge of the High Court of South Africa. He has chaired and has been a director of several companies listed on the Johannesburg, London and Luxembourg Stock Exchanges. He is chairman of the King Committee on Corporate Governance, chairman of the board of the Global Reporting Initiative, president of the Advertising Standards Authority, a member of the Securities Regulation Panel, past president of the Commonwealth Association of Corporate Governance, a former governor of the International Corporate Governance Network and a member of the Private Sector Advisory Group to on Corporate Governance the World Bank. He is professor extraordinaire in the College of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of South Africa.
• Prof Ollie Williams: Prof Williams, associate professor at the Department of Management at the Notre Dame University in Indiana, USA, specialises in business ethics and corporate governance.  He has written numerous articles and conference papers on, among others, corporate governance, business values, moral leadership and ethics. He is also professor extraordinaire in Business Ethics at the USB. He holds a PhD in Theology and Ethics from the Vanderbilt University.
• Lindie Engelbrecht: Lindie is the Chief Executive of the Institute of Directors in Southern Africa, appointed January 2008. She is a member of the King Committee on Corporate Governance and serves on the main editing committee as main editor and author of the King III Code on good corporate governance. She is also a member of the Institute of Directors, the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, the International Corporate Governance Network and several other committees established to provide guidance on and promote corporate governance. Lindie was previously a director in the Department of Professional Practice of KPMG, focusing on Assurance and Corporate Governance. As national coordinator of the IoD’s Audit Committee Forum, which is sponsored by KPMG, she provided technical input and research on the latest corporate governance trends and legislation. Lindie also coordinated KPMG's other audit committee initiatives (Audit Committee Training and governance programmes) and represented South Africa as a member of the international working group of KPMG leading KPMG's Audit Committee Institute activities. She has consulted, advised and spoken on legal, business and corporate governance issues.