Bidvest Group Explained

Bidvest Group Limited
Type:	Public company
Founder:	Brian Joffe
Area Served:	Africa
Key People:	Bonang Francis Mohale (Independent non-executive Chairman) Nompumelelo (Mpumi) Thembekile Madisa (Group CEO)
Industry:	Conglomerate
Services:	Services, Trading, Distribution^[1]
Num Employees:	+/-132,870
Subsid:	Bidvest Bank
Location City:	Johannesburg
Location Country:	South Africa

The Bidvest Group Limited also known as Bidvest Group or Bidvest is a South African services, trading, and distribution company.

History

Bidvest was founded in 1988 by Brian Joffe and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 1990.^[2] The Bidvest Group Limited has a corporate office in Johannesburg, South Africa, and employs approximately 132,870 people.^[3]

The Bidvest Group Limited board comprises eleven members. In March 2019 Bidvest named current Executive Director Mpumi Madisa as CEO-designate.^[4] After the retirement of Lindsay Ralphs on 30 September 2020, Mpumi Madisa assumed the role of Bidvest CEO.^[5]

See also

• Bidvest Insurance
• Bidvest Bank
• Steinhoff International
• Woolworths Holdings Limited

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20140407091009/http://in.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=BVTJ.J Reuters –
2. Bidvest corporate website – http://www.bidvest.co.za/index.php
3. Web site: Boost for Bidvest as Bid Corp lists on JSE . . 2017-05-30 . 2017-09-20.
4. Web site: Mpumi Madisa officially appointed as Bidvest's first female CEO. 2019-03-08. The South African. en-US. 2019-03-18.
5. Web site: Africa . 14 September 2020 CFO South . 2020-09-14 . Mpumi Madisa to become Bidvest CEO from 1 October 2020 . 2022-04-21 . CFO South Africa . en-US.