Peter Mageza to Join Sappi Limited Board

JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Sappi Limited, the global pulp and paper
group, today announced that Mr Peter Mageza will join the Sappi Limited board
with effect from 01 January 2010 as an independent non-executive director,
following the retirements of Mr David Brink and Dr Franklin Sonn from the
Sappi Limited board on 31 December 2009.

Mr Mageza (54), joins the Sappi board after having held senior executive
positions across a wide range of industries. He is a former Group Chief
Operating Officer of ABSA Group Limited; Assistant General Manager for Process
Management at Nedcor Limited and Chief Executive Officer of Autonet, the road
passenger and freight logistics division of Transnet Limited. He serves as a
non-executive director on the boards of Bidvest Group Limited and Rainbow
Chickens Limited. He is a Chartered Certified Accountant and a fellow of the
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in the UK.

Additional information on Mr Peter Nkateko Mageza:
Career:
1988-1992 Audit Senior and Audit Manager at Coopers & Lybrand Chartered
Accountants (SA)
1993-1998 Various senior positions rising to Chief Executive Officer of
Autonet, the road passenger and freight logistics division of
Transnet Limited
1998-1999 Assistant General Manager for Process Management at Nedcor
Limited
2000-2009 Various senior positions rising to Group Chief Operating
Officer for ABSA Group Limited
2000-2004 Managing Executive / CEO - Bankfin (now ABSA Vehicle and Asset
Finance)
2003-2004 Executive Director - Wealth Management
2004-2006 Executive Director - Africa, Vehicle and Asset Finance
2006-2009 Group Chief Operating Officer

Mr Mageza's responsibilities as Executive Director for Africa at ABSA included
companies in Tanzania, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Angola.

SOURCE Sappi Limited

Andre F Oberholzer, Group Head Corporate Affairs of Sappi Limited (Reg No
1936/008963/06), +27-0-11-407-8044, Fax, +27-0-11-403-8236, Mobile,
+27-0-83-235-2973, Andre.Oberholzer@sappi.com