Bidvest Group

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Bidvest Group Limited
Type Public company
JSE: BVT
Industry Conglomerate
FounderBrian Joffe
Headquarters,
Area served
Africa
Key people
Bonang Francis Mohale
(Independent non-executive Chairman)
Nompumelelo (Mpumi) Thembekile Madisa
(Group CEO)
ServicesServices, Trading, Distribution [1]
Number of employees
+/-132,870
Subsidiaries Bidvest Bank
Website www.bidvest.com

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

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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]

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References

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  2. Bidvest corporate website – http://www.bidvest.co.za/index.php
  3. "Boost for Bidvest as Bid Corp lists on JSE". Fin24. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  4. "Mpumi Madisa officially appointed as Bidvest's first female CEO". The South African. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  5. Africa, 14 September 2020 CFO South (14 September 2020). "Mpumi Madisa to become Bidvest CEO from 1 October 2020". CFO South Africa. Retrieved 21 April 2022.