Louis du Preez

Louis was appointed as a non-executive director on 24 January 2018. He qualified as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 1997. Louis joined Jan S de Villiers and was appointed a partner of the firm in 1998. With the merger of Werksmans Attorneys in 2009, he became a member of the national executive committee of the combined firm and served as such until early 2017. While practising as an attorney, he advised clients on a variety of corporate and commercial matters. Louis joined the Steinhoff group as general counsel in mid-2017 and was appointed as the commercial director and managing director of Steinhoff International Holdings N.V. on 19 December 2017. He became CEO of Steinhoff International Holdings N.V. with effect from 1 January 2019.