Business overview
Board of directors

Pierre Tredoux (61)
Independent non-executive chairperson

Pierre Tredoux (61)
Independent non-executive chairperson
Appointed: February 2005
Qualifications: CA(SA)
Committees: Investment, remuneration and nominations
Founder and executive director of Barnstone group. Former partner and managing director of Deloitte Consulting South Africa.

Melt Hamman (47)
Chief executive officer (CEO)

Melt Hamman (47)
Chief executive officer (CEO)
Appointed: July 2013 (CFO), June 2018 (CEO)
Qualifications: CA(SA)
Committee: Investment
Previously chief risk officer and member of executive committee (exco) at WesBank, a division of FirstRand, Credit Risk Manager at BoE Bank Limited, Nedbank Limited and FirstRand Group, financial director of Eagle Ink Systems Proprietary Limited.

Raj Nana (35)
Chief financial officer (CFO)

Raj Nana (35)
Chief financial officer (CFO)
Appointed: April 2014, June 2018 (CFO)
Qualifications: CA(SA)
Committees: Investment, transformation, social and ethics
Previously in property finance, corporate debt and acquisition and leveraged finance sectors at RMB and Barclays Africa group.

Jackie van Niekerk (35)
Chief operating officer (COO)

Jackie van Niekerk (35)
Chief operating officer (COO)
Appointed: April 2017 (COO), June 2018 (board member)
Qualifications: BCom
Committees: Investment, transformation, social and ethics
Previously CEO of Pivotal Fund Limited. Grew Pivotal Fund Limited to a R12.0 billion listed development fund, established its offshore strategy by merging with Mara Delta Property Holdings Limited’s Africa fund, successfully concluded merger between Pivotal Fund Limited and Redefine Properties Limited.

Thys du Toit (59)
Independent non-executive director

Thys du Toit (59)
Independent non-executive director
Appointed: August 2013
Qualifications: BSc (Agric), MBA
Committee: Remuneration and nominations
Non-executive director of JSE-listed companies, founder and director of Rootstock Investment Management, founding member and former CEO of Coronation Fund Managers Limited.

Hellen El Haimer (44)
Lead independent non-executive director

Hellen El Haimer (44)
Lead independent non-executive director
Appointed: August 2013
Qualifications: BSocSci, LLB (Hons) Strategic Management, HDip Property Investment
Committees: Audit and risk, transformation, social and ethics
Managing director of FM Institute Proprietary Limited. Previous executive positions in the Department of Public Works, South African Revenue Service and Absa Bank, legal adviser at Standard Bank Properties.

Ipeleng Mkhari (44)
Independent non-executive director

Ipeleng Mkhari (44)
Independent non-executive director
Appointed: March 2018
Qualifications: BSc
Founder and CEO of Motseng Investment Holdings, president of South African Property Owners Association, non-executive director of KAP Industrial Holdings Limited and Nampak Limited.

Keneilwe Moloko (50)
Independent non-executive director

Keneilwe Moloko (50)
Independent non-executive director
Appointed: February 2015
Qualifications: CA(SA), BSc (QS)
Committees: Audit and risk (until September 2018), transformation, social and ethics (from October 2018)
Non-executive director of JSE-listed companies, former development executive at Spearhead Property Holdings Limited.

Brett Nagle (41)
Independent non-executive director

Brett Nagle (41)
Independent non-executive director
Appointed: July 2015
Qualifications: CA(SA)
Committees: Investment, audit and risk
Director of Safe Mode Investments Proprietary Limited t/a Panacea Capital, focused on investment management. Previous head of investments for Royal Bafokeng Holdings Proprietary Limited.

Stewart Shaw-Taylor (66)
Independent non-executive director

Stewart Shaw-Taylor (66)
Independent non-executive director
Appointed: November 2012
Qualifications: CA(SA)
Committees: Investment, audit and risk
Non-executive director of JSE-listed companies. Previously head of real estate investments, corporate and investment banking for Standard Bank.

Johan van der Merwe (53)
Independent non-executive director

Johan van der Merwe (53)
Independent non-executive director
Appointed: May 2008
Qualifications: CA(SA), MCom (Tax), MPhil (Finance)
Committee: Remuneration and nominations
Co-CEO of African Rainbow Capital, former CEO of Sanlam Investment Management, director and exco member of Investec Asset Management.
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