Previously Professor and Head of the Department of Accountancy at the University of Durban-Westville. He is a member of the King Committee on Corporate Governance, the Securities Regulation Panel and the Institute of Directors. Companies of which he is a non-executive Director include Old Mutual South Africa, the South African Reserve Bank, Kumba Resources Limited, Illovo Sugar, JD Group and Steinhoff International Holdings. Dr Konar joined the board of directors of Sappi Limited in March 2002 where he ia a member of the Audit Committee, the Human Resources Committee and is also the Chairman of the Audit Committee in the southern Africa region. He was appointed as an External Audit Committee member of the International Monetary Fund in Washington in December 2004. |