The board of directors of Life Healthcare announced that Ms Cindy Hess and Ms Caroline Henry have been appointed as independent non-executive directors to the Board with effect from 1 September 2021. Cindy is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has served as Chief Financial Officer at Media24 Holdings Proprietary Limited, Pioneer Food Group Holdings Proprietary Limited and Sea Harvest Holdings Proprietary Limited (now Sea Harvest Group Limited). She started her career at KPMG in 1999 and has since held executive positions at Woolworths Limited and within the Transnet Group. She is currently a director on the boards of RCL Foods Limited and Truworths International Limited and recently concluded her term as the Deputy Chair of the Council of the University of the Western Cape. Cindy has also been appointed to the Company's Human Resources and Remuneration Committees as well as the Audit Committee with effect from 1 September 2021. Caroline is a Chartered Accountant with more than 20 years of experience in finance. After serving articles at Coopers & Lybrand (PwC) in 1993 she spent 20 years at Eskom, culminating in leading the Treasury function and gaining invaluable experience in debt capital markets, risk and treasury. Caroline has had exposure to a wide variety of market sectors, business transactions and stakeholder interaction both domestically and internationally. Caroline is currently a director on the board of Sun International Limited and Chairman of the Eskom Pension and Provident Fund (EPPF). Caroline has been appointed to the Company's Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee as well as the Audit Committee with effect from 1 September 2021. The Board welcomes the appointments of Cindy and Caroline, wishes them well in their new roles, and looks forward to their contribution.