Sappi Limited announced the following changes to the Board of directors. Mr. Bob DeKoch will retire as independent non-executive director with immediate effect due to health reasons. Mr. DeKoch was appointed to the Board in March 2013 and also served as a member of the Social, Ethics, Transformation and Sustainability Committee. The Board announced the appointment of Ms. Zola Malinga as independent non-executive director with effect from 01 October 2018. Ms. Malinga will also serve as a member of the Sappi Audit and Risk Committee with effect from 01 October 2018. Ms. Malinga, a Chartered Accountant, has over 10 years' experience in investment banking and corporate finance. She is the founder and executive director of Jade Capital Partners, a women-owned investment company which invests in the property and industrial sectors. She was previously a director in the Real Estate Finance Division of Standard Bank, where she was also a member of the Executive and Deal Approval Committees. Prior to this, she was an Investment Banker at Standard Bank and a Corporate Finance Consultant at Investec Bank Limited. Ms. Malinga serves as a non-executive director on the Boards of Hospitality Property Fund, Sasol Inzalo, Grindrod Bank and Grindrod Limited.