The Board of Esorfranki appointed Oswald Franks as independent non-executive directors with effect from May 23, 2013. Dr. Oswald Franks has been involved in the engineering field since 1978, having held appointments as Contract Engineer and Project Engineer in his earlier career. He has also held appointments as Senior Lecturer and Head of Department for the Peninsula Technikon, Dean: Faculty of Engineering and Director: Institute of Technology for the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.

He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Engineering Council of South Africa.