RHIDWAAN GASANT (63)

(Chairman) Non-Executive

B Compt (Hons); CA(SA); ACIMA; CGMA… →

Rhidwaan started his career at KPMG before joining Mobil Oil Southern Africa in 1986 as a Project Accountant. He served as Financial Director at Engen Limited before  moving on to become the Chief Executive Officer of Energy Africa Limited, the only listed independent pan African upstream oil company. He is Lead Independent Director at AngloGold Ashanti Limited and chairs the Audit Committee of MTN Nigeria Communications plc. 

ESTIENNE DE KLERK (55)

Chief Executive Officer (South Africa)

Bcom(Industrial Psychology)BCom(Hons)(Marketing)Bcom(Hons)(Accountinh),CA(SA)

Joined Exco: 2008 Skills and Expertise: Financial, general management, property, and capital markets Professional Membership: SAICA, PPRA (Master Practitioner in Real Estate) Industry Body Representation: Chairman of SA REIT Association

GERALD VÖLKEL (62)

Group Financial Director

(B.ACC)… →

Ended 15 years in the auditing profession as an audit partner with the former Ernst & Young before joining the JD Group Limited in November 1995, where he was appointed to its Board in April 2001 as the Chief Financial Officer having fulfilled that role for 12 years. Director of major Group subsidiaries.

FRANK BERKELEY (66)

Independent Non-executive

Former Managing Executive… →

of Nedbank Corporate Property Finance. Previously non-executive director of Sycom Property Fund, Acucap Properties and Hospitality Property Fund. Over 30 years’ experience in many aspects of the property industry, including greenfields development, redevelopment of properties, student accommodation, property banking and property equity investment.

PRUDENCE LEBINA CA(SA) (41)

Independent Non-Executive Director

Bachelor of Commerce (BCOM)… →

Higher Diploma in Accounting (HDip (Acc)) Certificate in Business Excellence, Columbia Business School. A chartered accountant with over 16 years’ working experience in corporate finance, business development, financial reporting and stakeholder management in the financial services and mining sectors. Currently, Chief Executive Officer of TriAlpha Investment Management, a fixed income investment house with more than R20bn assets under management.

JOHN VAN WYK (58)

Independent Non-executive

CA(SA)… →

An experienced private equity investor with a career spanning 29 years. Based in London, he is well known in the South African market. John was a partner at Actis, where he was responsible for managing Actis’ private equity business in Africa. He was a founding partner of Ethos Private Equity, a leading South African investor. He chairs the board of Comcorp Holdings (Pty) Ltd and is an independent Investment Committee member of Nedbank’s CIB and of private equity funds managed by Ninety One Asset Management.

CLIFFORD RAPHIRI (61)

Independent Non-executive

BScEng (Hons) (Mechanical Engineering), GDE (Mechanical Engineering), MBA… →

Joined the Board in March 2022 Joined the Board in March 2022 Skills and expertise: Operations management, finance and risk management, board governance and leadership development. Professional memberships: Engineering Council of South Africa, IoDSA Major directorships: Murray and Roberts Holdings Limited, Energy Partners Holdings, University of Johannesburg – Advancement Advisory Council

EILEEN WILTON (64)

Independent Non-executive

BCom (Economics and Industrial Psychology), PGDip (Digital Business), Chartered Director (CD(SA))… →

Joined the Board in 2022 Skills and expertise: Financial reporting, risk, IT, human resources and remuneration, sustainability, ESG and leadership development Major directorships: Shoprite Holdings Ltd, Sasfin Holdings Ltd, Institute of Directors South Africa (IoDSA), The International Women’s Forum South Africa, Edufution npc

ANDILE SANGQU (58)

Lead Independent Non-executive Director

BCom (Acc), BCompt (Hons) CTA, HDip Tax Law, EDP, AMP (INSEAD), Higher Certificate in Christian Ministry… →

Joined the Board in 2020 Skills and expertise: Business financial restructuring, financial systems development, implementation, strategic planning and organisational transformation. Major directorships: PSG Konsult Limited, Transnet SOC Limited

MELT HAMMAN (51)

Independent Non-executive

BCom (Hons) Investment Management… →

Melt is an independent adviser to FNB Commercial on credit-related matters for their real estate portfolio and distressed clients and serves as a Non-executive Director at privately owned agriculture businesses. He served as CEO at Attacq Limited (Attacq) for three years and occupied the position of CFO at Attacq for five years. He was instrumental in the listing of Attacq on the JSE in 2013 and the company’s conversion to a REIT in 2018. Before joining Attacq he was the Chief Risk Officer at WesBank serving on the Executive Management team. Melt had several credit-related roles at FirstRand Limited and Nedbank Group Limited.