IN BRIEF
DIRECTOR CV'S
Peter Montagu Surgey (55)
(Non-executive director) BA, LLB
Peter was appointed to the Freeworld Coatings Limited board in October 2007. He
joined Barloworld in 1983 and was appointed to the Barloworld board in 1995. He
was managing director of Plascon Packaging Coatings from 1990 to 1992 and
managing director of Plascon from 1992 to 1998, after which he was appointed as
chief executive officer of Barloworld Coatings from 1998 until 2003. He thereafter
held multiple portfolios as a Barloworld director and retired from Barloworld in
September 2008, having been appointed human resources director in 2003. He is
a past founding and board member of the Business Against Crime initiative in South
Africa and a past president of the Nova Paint Club. Peter is currently a director of the
National Business Initiative and a trustee of the President’s Trust and the Duke of
Edinburgh Trust.