African & Overseas Enterprises Ltd. announced that Mr. Humphrey John Borkum has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the company with effect from 12 January 2015 and has further been appointed as a member of the audit committee of the company and a member of the risk committee of the company with effect from 15 January 2015. Humphrey is the immediate past Chairman of the JSE Limited, of which he was the Chairman and a non-executive director for over twelve years, and the past Executive Chairman of Merrill Lynch South Africa Proprietary Limited. Humphrey is also a director of a number of small, unlisted, family companies.