SAREIT - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Investor Committee / Burstone Group Chief Executive Officer
Having joined the Investec Property Fund's (now Burstone) executive management team in August 2012, Andrew has been instrumental in growing the Fund from R2bn of local assets into an integrated international real estate business with currently c.R35bn GAV under management and c.R5bn third-party capital under management across South Africa, Europe and Australia.
Andrew successfully led the process of internalising the Fund's asset management functions in South Africa and Europe, culminating in rebranding the Investec Property Fund to the Burstone Group in October 2023. Andrew fulfilled the role of Chief Financial Officer from August 2015 until 1 December 2018, when he became Chief Executive Officer of the Fund. This position is a culmination of Andrew's commercial, corporate finance and property industry experience, leveraging his skill as a chartered accountant for the benefit of the Fund through all aspects of M&A opportunities, corporate activity, financial structuring and asset positioning to ensure consistent business growth, efficient capital recycling and industry-leading returns.
Before this, Andrew spent eight years in London, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant, worked in corporate finance, and later headed up the Caesars Entertainment UK team responsible for driving profitability and rolling out new business opportunities across the EMEA region.
Brenda started her career as a music teacher (BMUS HED, UP) and taught at Waterkloof Primary School, Pretoria. In 2004 she decided to change her career and joined Colenbrander Inc, Pietermaritzburg as an article clerk. Brenda has been the Financial Manager for PrivateProperty.co.za, Atterbury Property Holdings and Attacq Limited, before being appointed in the role of Head of Investor Relations in 2017. Brenda is a qualified CA (SA) and holds an MBA from the Graduate School of Business, UCT.
Brett Till is a chartered accountant with extensive experience in corporate finance, due diligence work, financial management and reporting, corporate governance, company and commercial law and taxation and exchange control compliance.
He started his career at Fisher Hoffman Stride in Johannesburg, before joining Rebhold Limited in 1998 as a Financial Executive. He was then appointed as the Group Chief Financial Officer in 1999, a position he held until 2007. Brett joined Mentor Africa Limited, a private investment company, in 2007, as the Chief Financial Officer, where he had various financial and corporate finance responsibilities.
Cheryl Leicher is the Head of Marketing for the Investec Property Fund.
Conor McFadden advises both domestic and international clients on direct and indirect taxation matters relating to corporate and business law, including the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, securities, corporate restructurings, cross border transactions, transfer pricing, thin capitalisation, employee share option schemes and State royalties on mineral resource transfers.He is regularly involved in making representations to the National Treasury on draft revenue legislation and applying for Advance Tax Rulings on behalf of clients from the Advance Tax Ruling Unit.Conor also has extensive experience in tax litigation and alternative dispute resolution and deals with the South African Revenue Service on a regular basis. He represents clients with regard to the South African Exchange Control Regulations and assists clients in obtaining exchange control approval from the Financial Surveillance Department on both inward and outward investments.
Conor has also been involved in setting up a number of public benefit organisations (charities) and obtaining tax exempt status for such organizations from the Tax Exemption Unit.
Conor currently serves as Chairperson of the Tax Board in South Africa, Gauteng division, a five year appointment.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Transformation Committee
- Vice - Chairperson: Transformation Committee
Danny Vermeulen is an experienced transformation practitioner who commenced his career in transformation as a legal advisor 12 years ago.
He is an admitted attorney with degrees in business management and law and a postgraduate diploma in property development and management. Danny is the Human Capital and Transformation manager for the Attacq Group, where he has been employed for a decade.
He is passionate about purpose-driven transformation and promotes diversity and inclusion in the workplace and the real estate industry.
Job Titles:
- CEO at Fairvest Property Holdings Limited
- Chief Executive Officer - Fairvest Limited
Darren Wilder is currently the CEO at Fairvest Property Holdings Limited and has over 30 years' experience in all aspects of the property industry. His various portfolios include Asset Management, Property Management, Leasing, Property Development and Management. He worked for Seeff Properties in various positions from 1991 until 1997. In 1997 he was appointed to the board of the then JSE-listed company, Capital Alliance Properties, and was a participant in its management buy-out. Wilder was part of the team that listed Spearhead Property group on the JSE and was appointed COO in 1999. Darren's work experience also includes National Leasing Director for Madison Properties, Business Development Director of the V&A Waterfront and a Consultant to the Chief Executive Officer of the V&A Waterfront.
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant
- Head of Group Finance at Growthpoint Properties Limited
Dawie Swarts serves as the Head of Group Finance at Growthpoint Properties Limited and holds the position of Chief Financial Officer for Growthpoint Investment Partners, the funds management arm of Growthpoint. He has been instrumental in enhancing the capabilities of the group finance team to handle more intricate structures and played a crucial role in steering Growthpoint Investment Partners to its current assets under management of R17.9 billion, focusing on deal structuring, finance, and tax aspects.
Dawie, a qualified chartered accountant, holds a MCom (International Tax), MBA, and MSc with a focus on Artificial Intelligence Strategy. His professional background includes significant experience at PwC in both South Africa and the United States, where he worked across Capital markets, Accounting advisory, Assurance, and Deals divisions. He has an interest in artificial intelligence and its implications on the commercial real estate sector.
Debbie Theron has a Law Degree from the University of Johannesburg. Debbie joined Attacq in 2014 and has extensive experience in all aspects of property including deal making, asset, investment, and property management. Her career includes time spent at Investec and Growthpoint, gaining invaluable experience in the development and management of several mixed use, retail and commercial precincts including successful deal making at all levels.
BCom in Marketing, Advertising and Business Administration (University of KwaZulu-Natal)In his current role, Doug leads a world-class team, responsible for marketing the Redefine Properties brand, mall brands, and all other sub-brands. His role includes managing alternative income and driving stakeholder engagement across the company's key stakeholders.
Doug joined Redefine in 2016 as a National Non-GLA Sales Manager, where he was responsible for the company's income across retail, commercial, and industrial property sectors. In 2021, the role of Retail marketing manager was added to his responsibilities, where he focused on digital, community, and tenant support. One year later, Doug was appointed as head of the marketing department.
Doug is also highly skilled in new business development, brand management, people development, project management, budgeting, innovation and new idea execution, negotiation, commercialisation, sales revenue, and stakeholder relations.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Research Committee
- Construction Management, MSc Real Estate, PhD Real Estate, Business Leadership Certificate, Project Management Professional Certification
Douw is employed by Growthpoint Properties as a Property Market Analyst and has close on 30 years of experience in the property and construction sectors.
He started his career in project management with Barrow Projects and Property Finance with Rand Merchant Bank. Also, he spent about 10 years in academia with the University of Pretoria. During that time, he supervised 20 research students at the master's and doctoral levels and published more than 50 papers in academic journals, conference proceedings and other trade publications.
He is a Professional Valuer (SACPVP) and Chartered Valuation Surveyor (RICS).
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chief Executive Officer - Growthpoint Properties SA
Estienne de Klerk is a qualified Chartered Accountant with 25 years' experience in the listed property sector. During the 25 years, he has been involved in various corporate action such as take-overs, mergers and acquisitions, transformation deals and capital raises. De Klerk started his career at Eskom Durban Distribution in a marketing role. In 2002, he joined the Investec Property Group's property fund management business where he was appointed Fund Manager and Executive Director of Metboard. Later on, he became Executive Director and Group Managing Director of Growthpoint before being appointed Chief Executive Officer (SA). Estienne is Chairman of the SA REIT Association and a longstanding member where he served as Chairman of the Taxation and Regulatory Committee since SAREIT's inception. He is a former President of the South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) and represented the industry in the Property Sector Charter negotiations.
Job Titles:
- Head of Legal at Liberty Two Degrees
Farhana Haffejee is the Head of Legal at Liberty Two Degrees.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Conference Committee
- Chairman of the Conference Committee / Emira Property Fund / Chief Executive Officer
Geoff Jennett qualified as a Chartered Accountant and had over 20 years of experience in the financial markets before joining the property industry full-time. His career spans a progression of senior and leadership roles with performance-driven companies. Geoff joined Emira in November 2014 becoming Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director in September 2015.
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant
- Chairman of the Regulation & Taxation Committee
Gerald Völkel is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years' experience. Prior to being appointed Financial Director and Executive Director of Growthpoint Properties in 2013, he spent 12 years at JD Group Limited where he worked as Group Financial Director and later as Chief Financial Officer.
Gerald began his career in the auditing industry, where he was an Audit Partner of Ernst & Young for four years.
Henry Kuhn is a qualified chartered accountant who after being involved in a number of property company audits during his articles pursued his passion for property in joining the Atterbury Property Group. Since then, he joined the Attacq Limited group assisting the company with the listing in 2013 as well as conversion to a REIT in 2018. He is currently performing the role of Group Financial Manager for the Attacq Group.
Ian Vorster completed articles at PKF Johannesburg Inc and qualified as a chartered accountant in 2006. In 2007 he joined the PKF Corporate Division, where he was appointed a partner in 2009. Following the PKF and Grant Thornton Johannesburg merger in 2015 Ian was appointed the Head of the Grant Thornton Corporate Finance Division.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Research Committee
- Managing Director for the Southern African Division of Vukile Property Fund
Itumeleng Mothibeli is the Managing Director for the Southern African division of Vukile Property Fund, a real estate investment trust (REIT) listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange. He oversees a substantial property portfolio valued at around R16 billion. His role includes setting the strategic direction, leading a team of 13 senior managers, and handling operations that generate over R1 billion in net property income annually. His operational focus includes property redevelopment, reducing vacant space, and aggressive financial management.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Research Committee
- Advisory Member / Fasken
- Senior Associate at Fasken
Jacques Marais is a Senior Associate at Fasken and works in the Real Estate team in Johannesburg, advising clients on commercial property transactions, renewable energy project developments (infrastructure and development) and all related real estate law matters.
He has a proven track record of being a part of legal teams advising some of the largest commercial and residential property developers and REITs in South Africa over the last few years.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Research Committee
- Advisory Member / Fasken
Janke Strydom is a Corporate and Commercial Real Estate Partner at Fasken with eight years post qualification experience.Her practice comprises commercial real estate agreements and conveyancing transactions, including bond registrations, transfers, subdivisions, consolidations, township establishment and the opening of sectional title schemes for a range of clients, including REITs, financial institutions and property developers.
Janke's experience includes advising on complex commercial real estate transactions and corporate and commercial advice concerning sectional title developments, large intra-group restructures, the sale of commercial letting enterprises and real security transactions. These include, amongst other things, the registration of mortgage bonds, notarial bonds, ship and aircraft mortgages and the cancellation and cession of these bonds.
She has broad experience in commercial real estate transactions and corporate law, including drafting sale agreements, co-ownership agreements, shareholder agreements, bespoke MOIs and commercial lease agreements.
Jenna Sprenger joined the Investec Property Fund in 2014 and subsequently formed part of the Fund's executive management team and later the Board of Directors as CFO. In December 2020 she made a decision to change roles to focus on and manage the Fund's balance sheet and treasury function across South Africa and Europe. She is also responsible for the roll out of ESG strategy and direction. She has played an integral role in the growth of the business to an asset base of R25bn across multiple geographies including South Africa, Australia, the UK and most significantly the investment into the 1bn Pan-European Logistics platform. Prior to joining the Fund, Jenna was the Financial Manager at Annuity Properties Limited, which she joined shortly after it listed until its sale to Redefine Properties. Post-graduation, Jenna completed her accounting articles and gained experience at KPMG Johannesburg and KPMG New York.
Joanne Solomon holds a BCom in Economics and is a seasoned marketer with 22 years' experience. She has an established history in the financial services industry, working in one of the largest financial institutions in South Africa. The financial services industry allowed her to diversify her skills at an executive level in commercial property finance and in corporate investment banking. Joanne started her career as the Regional Marketing Manager in the Nedbank property finance division in 1998. She then grew from strength to strength until she served her final position, as Head of Brand and Client Insights at the Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking division in 2019.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Transformation Committee
- Head of CSI and Transformation - Fortress REIT
Jodie Ellinor-Dreyer is the Head: CSI & Transformation at Fortress Real Estate Investments Ltd.
Job Titles:
- Advisory Member / Fasken
- Head of the Real Estate Team
Johan Coetzee is Head of the Real Estate Team and a leading Commercial Attorney in Fasken's Johannesburg office, with recognised expertise in competition law. He also specialises in commercial property transactions and all related real estate law matters.
Johan advises the REIT sector, and his experience includes advising some of the largest commercial property developments and mergers in the REIT sector in South Africa over the last few years.
With more than 30 years of extensive experience as a commercial attorney in the real estate sector, he acts for numerous clients in South Africa. His work in this area consists of all aspects of real estate work, including conveyancing and notarial work, commercial property developments, sectional title schemes, registration of leases, servitudes and mortgage and notarial bonds for lenders in renewable energy projects, property legal, due diligence investigations and clients in the mining and manufacturing industries.
Within competition law, Johan works with clients from a broad range of sectors. He prepares merger notifications to the South African competition authorities, including in the steel, manufacturing, property management services and REIT sectors; provides compliance advice and training to clients; and provides opinions on competition law considerations in the consumer goods, agricultural services and aviation sectors.
Jose Snyders is the Chief Commercial Officer at Liberty Two Degrees.
Professor Kola Akinsomi has over 15 years' experience in the property sector and holds a PhD in Real Estate Finance and MSc in Real Estate from the National University of Singapore as well as a BSc in Real Estate Management with Honours from Oxford Brookes University, England. He has been a visiting researcher at the National University of Singapore, University of Tokyo, Japan and the University of Western Sydney, Australia. Kola is the Vice-President and board member of the African Real Estate Society and on the board of directors of the International Real Estate Society. He is on the Advisory Forum of the South African Council for Property Valuer and Profession (SACPVP). In addition, Kola is the Chair of the future leaders of the American Real Estate Society (FLARES). He has served on the program committees for the African Real Estate Society, American Real Estate Society and European Real Estate Society conferences.
Laila Razack has a Bsc (Finance and Accounting), PGDA and a qualified chartered accountant. She joined Equites in 2015 and has played an integral role in improving internal processes within the group as well as growing the scale and sophistication of the overall finance function.
Prior to joining Equites, she worked in PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.'s Advisory division with a focus on mergers & acquisitions. She has a keen interest for environmental, social and sustainable initiatives and serves as a director of The Michel Lanfranchi Foundation (NPC).
With over two decades of experience in the financial sector, Lauren has an exceptional understanding of local and international financial markets, products and participants.
Starting her career in the financial services division at Deloitte and Touche, she went on to structure and sell interest rate products for institutional investors at the Fixed-Income Desk of Standard Bank. Coming from a third-generation stockbroking family and driven by her passion for the equity markets, Lauren then made strategic moves to the JSE and, gaining valuable insight into the offshore investment community, to BNY Mellon as Vice President of their American Depositary Receipt Business for Sub-Saharan Africa.
Today, as Head of ESG, Strategy & Investor Relations at Growthpoint, she applies her strong relationships and expertise to fostering a culture of excellence in the various aspects of her high-performance role. Lauren is a CA(SA), a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and sits on the Group Executive Committee of Growthpoint.
Laurence obtained his bachelor's degree in Business from the University of Witwatersrand in 1993 and his bachelor's in Accounting in 1995 from UNISA. He has more than sixteen years' experience in listed property asset management in South Africa, having previously served as CFO of retail-focused REIT Hyprop Investments from 2003 to 2018. Cohen joined Vukile in March 2019 and was appointed to the board as CFO in July 2019.
Laurence has extensive experience in various aspects of property asset management, including REIT regulation, IFRS and JSE reporting, deal structuring, debt and treasury management and investor relations. He was instrumental in the publication of the first BPR and previously chaired the Accounting and JSE Committee and served on its Executive Committee.
He is a well-respected thought leader with over 12 years of experience in the property industry. As a forward-thinking and results-driven leader, he has successfully navigated the complexities of the corporate landscape and made significant contributions to the real estate sector. With a keen focus on general management, corporate finance, capital markets and real estate, Laurence has garnered a reputation as a dynamic and strategic visionary.
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant
- Chairman of the Accounting & JSE Committee
Leon was appointed as financial director and to the board in October 2014 and elected as chief operating officer in February 2021. He is responsible for all aspects of the asset and property management of the business, which includes the general administration of the property portfolio.
Leon Kok is a Chartered Accountant (SA) with an excellent blend of operational experience, sound business acumen and technical accounting knowledge. He joined Redefine in 2014 after a 13-year career at Peermont Global Limited. Prior to this, Leon completed his articles. He remained with KPMG until 2000, after which he moved to Brait SA as Group Financial Manager and then to Emperors Palace as Chief Financial Officer until 2006.
Monica Muller completed her articles at Deloitte where after she qualified as a chartered accountant. While working at Deloitte, she was then appointed Manager in the audit division in 2010 and was later promoted to Senior Manager in 2012.
She joined Resilient in October 2013 as a Financial Manager and was appointed as the CFO in March 2020.
Naeem holds a qualification as a Chartered Accountant (CA SA) and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder. With 11 years of experience in the listed property sector, he embarked on his professional journey after earning a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the University of Witwatersrand. Naeem's career took off at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Before joining Sesfikile Capital, Naeem was executive director and senior listed property analyst at Avior Capital Markets. His outstanding expertise was acknowledged by the Financial Mail, where he received the top-rated analyst award for three consecutive years, as recognised by industry peers.
Job Titles:
- Deputy Chairman - Oasis Crescent Property Fund
Nazeem Ebrahim has a B.Soc.Sci. and a B. Proc and in 1996 was admitted as an Attorney to the High Court of South Africa. He has been involved with the Board of Oasis Group Holdings in an advisory capacity since its inception in 1997.
Nazeem's professional experience includes over twenty years of business and professional legal practice. He is an official member of the Industry Supervision Standing Committee of the Association of Collective Investments of South Africa. He has served on the Board of the Institute of Retirement Funds, the Association of Collective Investment Schemes, and the Investment Managers Association of South Africa. Ebrahim completed formal qualifications from the Graduate School of Business Administration of the University of Witwatersrand which qualifies him to serve as a Director on the ALT X Board of the JSE.
Ndivhuho Netshitenzhe obtained her undergraduate degree in Economics and Politics from Rhodes University and has two Masters' degrees: one in Economics from University of Pretoria and a second in Finance from Cambridge University. Ndivhuho has 7 years' experience in the property sector and began her career at the South African Reserve Bank, where she joined as a graduate in 2013 in the Financial Stability department. Since then she has worked on macroeconomic policy, helping develop South Africa's macroprudential policy and financial stability monitoring framework.
In her current role at STANLIB which was effective in 2019, Ndivhuho is responsible for conducting macroeconomic research and forecasts with a focus on South Africa and China. As a research economist, she has authored a number of research papers which have been presented at The Economic Society of South Africa conferences.
Nick Hanekom is a qualified chartered accountant and completed his articles with PwC in Johannesburg where after he joined PwC London. On his return to South Africa in August 2005 he was employed by Resilient, initially as company secretary and in May 2011 he became Financial Director of Resilient. Prior to joining Resilient, Nick was Financial Director of Fortress.
Job Titles:
- Founder and Managing Partner of REdimension Capital
Peter is the Founder and Managing Partner of REdimension Capital, an investment manager focused on technology and innovation companies solving challenges for the built environment. He also serves on the Africa Proptech Forum advisory board and the SAPOA Proptech committee.
Previously, Peter was Head of Property Investments for Ninety One, where he managed a range of portfolios in South Africa and globally valued more than $1bn. Peter is a CFA charter holder with an honours degree from the University of Cape Town and a master's degree from the University of Cambridge.
A thought leader and independent consultant on real estate investment and ESG strategies, Phil Barttram has over 27 years of experience in the financial sector, having worked in the UK, South Africa and the Middle East.
He spent nearly a decade as an Executive Director at MSCI and is currently in the start-up stage of building a collaborative data business.
Phil's interest lies in investment strategy and portfolio optimisation, and on utilising the value of data virtualisation to improve strategic investment decisions. Since going out on his own, Phil has taken an interest in the impact of ESG risk and opportunity factors on portfolio buy-sell-hold strategies.
As an established authority on South African real estate and ESG, Phil is a regularly invited conference speaker and frequent contributor to trade and mainstream media publications.
He holds an MBA from UCT's Graduate School of Business and currently serves as Deputy Chair of the Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA), is a past Non-Executive Director of the SA Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC), and is a member of the SA REIT Association's Research Committee.
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant
- Member of the Research Committee
Pierre Le Roux is a Chartered Accountant with over 15 years of expertise in the financial services sector, with Commercial Property Finance and Treasury specialisation. He joined Attacq in 2018 as the Funding Officer, with overall responsibility for Attacq's debt funding and interest rate risk management.
Before joining Attacq, Pierre spent seven years with First National Bank as a Dealmaker in New Business Acquisitions and Commercial Property Finance in South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. In addition to originating new commercial property finance business, he assisted the FNB African subsidiaries in designing solutions for clients, obtaining approval from the relevant credit committees, and drafting and implementing their commercial property finance risk management policies.
With a BComm (in Economics) degree and a master's in corporate law, Pierre Swart specialises in the complete spectrum of debt and equity finance activities, including capital markets, DCM products, structured finance, regulatory work and market infrastructure-related work (such as the JSE and other exchanges).
Raj Nana completed his bachelor's degree in Accounting at the University of Witwatersrand and served his articles with the FirstRand group.
During his career in investment banking, Raj was employed at RMB and Barclays Africa Group Limited where he worked in the sectors of property finance, corporate debt and acquisition and leveraged finance.
Prior to joining Attacq in April 2014, Raj was a leveraged finance transactor. Raj joined Attacq's Executive Committee on the 1st April 2016 and was appointed as the Attacq Group, Chief Financial Officer, in June 2018.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer - Equites Property Fund
Riaan Gous has an LLB and was previously a director of one of the predecessor firms of Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc. where he gained extensive exposure to real estate transactions. He then spent some 10 years as an executive director of the Arabella Group and was actively involved in the development of their property portfolio.
His legal knowledge in the property sector has proven invaluable in the listing process and the many significant transaction Equites has concluded to date.
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant
- Incoming Treasurer
- Treasurer / Dipula Property Fund / Finance Executive
Romy Maree is a Chartered Accountant with 10 years of experience in the finance field and currently holds the post of Finance Executive at Dipula Property Fund, a real estate investment trust (REIT) listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE).
Her role includes Group financial statements and integrated report preparation, Group budget planning, Management of the operational finance team, function Internal control evaluation AND Regulatory compliance.
Romy's journey began as an Audit Senior and Training Accountant with Mazars Cape Town in 2013, moving on to Audit senior specialising in the Real Estate Managing audit process at Mazars USA LLP - NYC in|2019 and progressed to Senior Audit Manager at Mazars Gauteng by 2019. Romy gained analytic and meticulous chartered accounting experience in the audit field of the property sector and the listed REIT environment and is a highly focused individual who displays sound technical ability and up-to-date tax knowledge. Romy skill as a team leader with exceptional communication and interpersonal skills has driven her forward to the point of being elected as the SA REIT treasurer from 2024.
Romy holds a Bachelor of Accounting Science from the University of South Africa. She came in the top 10 with her postgraduate diploma in Accounting from the University of the Western Cape. Romy is a registered Chartered Accountant and is awaiting her Registered Auditor accreditation from The Independent Regulating Board of Auditors.
Samantha Jardine joined Growthpoint in 2014. She was a practising attorney and conveyancer in her earlier career and has been involved in the property industry for over 20 years. She has become a specialist in all aspects of property law, including leasing, landlord and tenant law, conveyancing, developments, and competition law.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Transformation Committee
- Founder of Property Point
Shawn has extensive governance experience within both the corporate sector as well as the non-profit sector. In his current capacity as Head of Transformation and Corporate Social Responsibility at Growthpoint Properties he oversees corporate social responsibility, transformation and leads the organisation's CSR strategy.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Transformation Committee
Talana Smith is the Investor Relations at Safari Investments.She began her career as the Finance Director and then Mergers and Acquisitions Director of Atterbury. She then joined Attacq as the Company Secretary and Merger and Acquisitions Manager. In 2017, she joined Safari Investments as an Asset Manager, and in 2021 she was appointed as the Transformation, HR and IR Manager.Talana joined the board of Telemasters Limited, a listed company on ALTEX in November 2021. She is an independent director and chairs the Audit and Risk Committee. Talana is also the chairperson of the Eleos Charity Organisation.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Legal & Competition / Commission Committee
Werner De Waal is a Partner at Fasken in the Corporate & Commercial, and Real Estate practice areas.
He advises on M&A transactions, general corporate law, infrastructure projects, joint ventures, partnerships, private equity, corporate restructuring, due diligence, commercial law and real estate transactions. In addition, he acts for sponsors, funders and investors in the energy and infrastructure space.
Job Titles:
- Portfolio Manager - M & G Investments
Yusuf Mowlana holds a Bachelor of Business Science and is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst. He is currently responsible for all property funds at Prudential Investment Managers. Additionally, Yusuf co-manages the Prudential Equity Fund and the institutional general equity funds for South African and Namibian clients.
Mowlana spent the first five and half years of his investment career at Allan Gray, covering companies across various sectors, before joining Prudential in October 2018. Prior to that, he worked at Deloitte, where he completed his articles.