Company structure

Golden Arrow Bus services is wholly owned by Frontier Transport Holdings Limited (formerly Hosken Passenger Logistics and Rail Limited) an investment entity, which is tailored to consolidate and expand opportunities in the mobility and logistics sectors.

The Group’s current portfolio is rooted in the commuter bus and luxury coach segment.

Hosken Consolidated Investments Limited (HCI) is the Group’s majority shareholder. HCI is a black empowerment investment holding company which is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. HCI's major shareholder is SACTWU Investment Group, the investment vehicle for the South African Clothing and Textile Workers union.

The HCI Group is a diverse combination of investments including hotel and leisure, interactive gaming; media and broadcasting; transport; mining; clothing and property sectors.

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Frontier Transport Holdings Group Structure

Hosken Consolidated

Investments Limited

(JSE Listed)

Frontier Transport

Holdings Limited

(JSE Listed) 82.21%

HPL&R Investments

(Pty) Ltd 100%

Eljosa Travel & Tours

(Pty) Ltd 76%

Shuttle Up

(Pty) Ltd 90%

Alpine Truck And Bus

(Pty) Ltd 51%

Golden Arrow

Bus Services

(Pty) Ltd 100%

Sibanye Bus Services

(Pty) Ltd 100%

Table Bay Area Rapid

Transit

(Pty) Ltd 100%

The N2 Express Joint

Venture

(Pty) Ltd 33.33%

Hollyberry Props 12

(Pty) Ltd 100%

Frontier Transport Holdings Group Structure

Hosken Consolidated

Investments Limited

(JSE Listed)

82.21%

Frontier Transport

Holdings Limited

(JSE Listed)

100%

HPL&R

Investments

(Pty) Ltd

76%

100%

90%

51%

Eljosa Travel &

Tours

(Pty) Ltd

Golden Arrow

Bus Services

(Pty) Ltd

Shuttle Up

(Pty) Ltd

Alpine Truck

And Bus

(Pty) Ltd

100%

33.33%

100%

Sibanye Bus

Services

(Pty) Ltd

Table Bay Area

Rapid Transit

(Pty) Ltd

The N2

Express Joint

Venture

(Pty) Ltd

Hollyberry

Props 12

(Pty) Ltd

Board of Directors

Chairman

Yunis Shaik

B.Proc

Prior to his appointment at Hosken Consolidated Investments Limited (“HCI”), Yunis was an attorney of the High Court and served as an acting judge in the Labour Court. He is a former Deputy General Secretary of the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union (“SACTWU”) and a director of Workers’ College. He has served as Senior Commissioner of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (“CCMA”) in KwaZulu-Natal. Yunis is a non-executive director of Tsogo Sun Gaming Limited, Deneb Investments Limited and eMedia Holdings Limited. He has also served on the board of Golden Arrow Bus Services Proprietary Limited since 2014.

Deputy Chairman

Kevin Govender

B.Comm (Hons), B.Compt (Hons)

Kevin joined the HCI Group in 1997 where he has held the position of company secretary until his promotion to chief financial officer in 2001 which he held until 2018. Kevin is a non-executive director of Deneb Investments Limited, eMedia Holdings and Montauk Holdings Limited. He has also served on the board of Golden Arrow Bus Services Proprietary Limited since 2006.

Chief Executive Officer

Francois Meyer

B.Comm, MBA

Francois has been working in the scheduled bus operations industry for the past 30 years and started his career in transport at United Transport’s Western Bus Lines, in the North West, in 1985. He joined Golden Arrow Bus Services Proprietary Limited in 1991 as project manager overseeing the Company’s Mossgas contract. He was appointed operations manager in 1993, assumed the position of general manager in 2004 and became Chief Executive Officer in 2015. He was appointed to the Board of HPLR as Chief Executive Officer on 6 March 2018. He is a director of the South African Bus Operators Association (SABOA).

Financial Director

Mark Wilkin

CA (S.A.)

Mark worked for Deloitte Haskins and Sells in London, United Kingdom, from 1980 to 1982. He joined City Tramways in 1983 and was appointed Financial Director in 1988. In 1992 he was part of the consortium formed by the management team to buy the business of City Tramways from TGH Limited and formed Golden Arrow Bus Services Proprietary Limited, where he has been Financial Director since 1992. He was appointed to the Board of HPLR as Chief Financial Officer on 6 March 2018.

Non-executive Director

Rob Nicolella

CA(SA)

Rob is a chartered accountant and has attended a leadership and development programme (”PLD”) at Harvard University. During his 18 year tenure at Investec Bank, Rob headed the Structured Finance Division (Western Cape) and thereafter, Private Bank Western Cape. He joined the HCI Group in 2011 to develop the HCI Properties portfolio. He is a director on the boards of Impact Oil and Gas, Tsogo Sun Hotels and the Hospital Property Fund (“HPF”). He was appointed to the HCI board in May 2019 as an executive director and as financial director from 1 August 2019. He was appointed to Golden Arrow Bus Services Proprietary Limited’s board as a non-executive director on 3 May 2022.

Non-executive Director

Naziema Begum Jappie

B.SocSc (Hons), M.SocSc, PHDip (HE)

Naziema brings with her a varied background in fields including education, labour law, conflict resolution and performance and project management. She has served as SACTWU’s National Education Officer, Executive Director at the Durban University of Technology and Dean of Students at the University of the Witwatersrand. She is currently employed as director for the Centre for Educational Testing for Access & Placement at University of Cape Town. Naziema is an independent non-executive director of Deneb Investments Limited and Montauk Holdings Limited. She has also served on the board of Golden Arrow Bus Services Proprietary Limited since 2013.

Executive Management

Chief Executive Officer

Francois Meyer

B.Comm, MBA

Financial Director

Mark Wilkin

CA (S.A.)

General Manager

Derick Meyer

Road Transport Management (Dip) and MDP

Derick joined the Company in 1981 and has since occupied positions including Schedules Manager and Manager for Golden Arrow's MyCiTi Subsidiary TBRT. He was appointed as General Manager in 2016.

Company Engineer

Gideon Neethling

MBA

Gideon joined the company as Divisional engineer in 2008 after an extensive consultion career in industrial Engineering in the mining, fishing, manufacturing and transport industries. He holds a degree in industrial Engineering and an MBA, both from Stellenbosch University.

HR & Corporate Affairs Executive

John Dammert

B. Soc Sci., MBA, Mphil (Futures Studies)

John joined the company in 2006 as Corporate Development Manager. He has previously overseen the corporate affairs function at executive level at TOTAL Namibia and Namibia Breweries Limited and prior to this served as the Chief Executive of the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

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