Board of Directors

John Alexander Burbidge
Nationality: UK
Age: 58
Position: Independent Non Executive Director
Residence: George, RSA
Years as a Director: 7
Shareholding: None

Mr Burbidge qualified as a chartered accountant in the UK and was part of the African Life Group in various senior management and board positions over a 27 year period with the group.  These included the role of managing director, executive director, chief financial officer and company secretary during his career with Botswana Life and the African Life Group.  Some of the highlights of this career include the involvement in the listing of African Life on the JSE in 1990 and playing a leading role in the acquisition of a controlling stake in Botswana Insurance Holdings by African Life Group.

In 1999, Mr Burbidge was appointed to the African Life Group Board responsible for the development and management of the African expansion which included operations in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Kenya, Zambia, Ghana and Tanzania, a position he held until his retirement from African Life in 2007. Mr Burbidge is currently a director of Funeral Services Group Limited, a group that recently listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange.

Mr Burbidge has been a director of Letshego Holdings Limited since 2002 and is the current Chairman of the Group Audit and Risk Committee and the Investment Committee.

Mr Burbidge is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.