African Equity Empowerment Investments Limited announced the appointment of Willem Johannes Raubenheimer to serve as an independent non-executive director on the AEEI Board of Directors. Willem has also been appointed as the Chairperson of the AEEI Audit and Risk Committee as well as the lead independent director of the Company. All of the above appointments are effective from 9 July 2020. Willem is a qualified chartered accountant who brings a wealth of accounting expertise to AEEI having previously been a partner at Mazars Chartered Accountants as well as being financial director of several companies in the United Kingdom. He is currently the CEO of Hertz Rent A Car, Southern Africa.