William Last

BCom, DipAcc CA (SA)
Appointed to the board: April 1990
Chief Executive Officer

A qualified chartered accountant, Billy Last spent just over seven years at Ernst & Young before joining LexisNexis South Africa. His strong leadership and execution skills led to him quickly progressing from Finance Manager in 1988, to being appointed to the board in 1990. In 1991, Billy headed up Sales and Marketing and in 1993; he was appointed the CEO of LexisNexis. Under his astute leadership, our business has evolved from a publisher into a knowledge based, total solutions business. Since Billy’s appointment, LexisNexis South Africa has consistently delivered annual double digit revenue and profit growth. In 1997, he was also instrumental in securing Kagiso Media as our black economic empowerment partner. Billy was honoured with the prestigious Reed Elsevier Leadership Award in 2008. LexisNexis’ common vision, under Billy’s dynamic leadership, is to continue with our focused solution expansion strategy across the research, compliance, risk and practice management solution lines and to maintain LexisNexis South Africa’s reputation for being a great place to work.

Thabo Molefe

BCom
Appointed to the board: July 2005
Sales

Thabo is responsible for new-sales strategy and the development of customer markets for LexisNexis South Africa through multiple sales channels, including direct sales teams, telesales and other. Managing customer relationships and key accounts are key to his role.

Terrance Naidoo

Appointed to the board: January 2006
Production

Terrance is responsible for publishing production to meet both internal and external demands. Quality assurance and providing products that are accurate, precise and up-to-date are key to his role. He is also responsible for delivering sustainable subscription revenue for all print, CD and online publications.

Vuyo Dwane

B.Soc. Sci (Psychology), Postgraduate Diploma (Organisation and Management),
MBA degrees from the University of Cape Town.

Vuyo is responsible for the strategic direction of the Human Resources function.  She is also accountable for developing, implementing and assessing the effectiveness of programmes, policies and practices to support the business in the implementation of its strategic objectives.

Chris Uniacke

Appointed to the board: September 1992
Risk Management and Technical (Electronic Solutions)

Chris is responsible for the strategic direction of LexisNexis South Africa’s online platforms and electronic solutions for the Core Business and Risk Management Division. Key to this role is the development of technological solutions that offer real value propositions for customers.

Paul Worsnip

B.Compt, B.Acc (Hons), CA (SA)
Appointed to the board: April 2010
Chief Financial Officer

Paul is responsible for the Finance, IT, Collection and Distribution departments.
He controls the preparation and submission of financial information to customers, shareholders and external stakeholders. As CFO, Paul plays a central role in all acquisitions and strategic initiatives of LexisNexis South Africa. He is also responsible for compliance, and implementation of group policy,  plays a key role in corporate governance and  is responsible for the company’s expansion into the rest of Africa and new markets within the Commonwealth.

Mervyn van Zyl

FCIS, FCMA
Chief Financial Officer Kagiso Media

Murphy Morobe

Chief Executive Officer
Kagiso Media
Chairman, LexisNexis

Director of City Year South Africa, Resolve Group (Pty) Limited, Remgro Limited, Cricket South Africa, Tokiso Commercial (Pty) and chairman of My Acre of Africa Trust, Johannesburg Housing Company. Past chairman of Ernst & Young and of the Financial and Fiscal Commission. Appointed 1 November 2006.

Greg Brown

B.Com honours degree (University of Natal); MBA (UCT).
Appointed to the Executive Management team in April 2009
Risk Management and Compliance

Greg is responsible for our Risk Management and Compliance solutions as well as Company Strategy and Innovation. Greg is responsible for the strategic direction of LexisNexis Risk Management and our Compliance solutions. Key to this role is strategy, new business development and tactical execution in order to ensure continued sustainable growth via the introduction of new products and services. Greg also plays a vital role in developing strategic plans for LexisNexis South Africa and driving innovation initiatives within the organisation.

Nick Bent

B Business Science (UCT), LLB (UCT), MBA(UCT).  Admitted Attorney (South Africa), Admitted Solicitor (England & Wales)
Appointed to the executive management team: June 2010
New Business Development

Nick is responsible for a wide range of business development activities for the core LexisNexis business. His duties range from strategic planning in our core markets to tactical execution in order to ensure continued sustainable growth via the introduction of new products and services. Nick also has executive responsibility for  Professional Seminars, Labour Training, Practice Management and Online Research solutions.