Dis-Chem Pharmacies Limited announced that Rui Morais (38), who is currently the Group's Chief Financial Officer, and in August 2021 was announced as the successor to CEO Saltzman, will assume the role of CEO effective from the 1st of July 2023. Julia Pope (42), current executive head of finance, will succeed Morais as CFO. The Group's commitment to inclusion, diversity, and transformation, ensured that Pope's period of six years with the Group prepared her for this leadership and management role.

Pope, who has 19 years of retail experience, and has been working side-by-side with, and under the supervision of Morais since her appointment in 2017, will assume her new role as CFO and an executive director on the Board effective from the 1st of July 2023.