Francois Marais (66)

Chairman, Non-executive

BCom, LLB, H Dip (Company Law)

Joined the Board in 2003

Career: A founding member and partner of Glyn Marais Inc., although no longer responsible for directing the firm, a Chambers and Global 500 rated corporate lawyer, Director of Growthpoint Properties Australia Limited and V&A Waterfront Holdings (Pty) Ltd

Skills and expertise: Legal as applies to corporate finance in general and dispute resolution, particularly alternative dispute resolution, specialising in mergers and acquisitions and transaction funding

Professional membership: Law Society

Norbert Sasse (56)

Group Chief Executive Officer

BCom (Hons) (Accounting), CA(SA)

Joined the Board in 2003

Career: More than 25 years’ experience in corporate finance dealing with listings, delistings, mergers, acquisitions and capital raising in the debt and equity capital markets focusing on the Real Estate sector. One of the founding members of the SA REIT Association. Director of major Group subsidiaries Growthpoint Properties Australia Limited, V&A Waterfront Holdings (Pty) Ltd and Capital & Regional PLC as well as one of the Group’s major investments, Globalworth Real Estate Investments Limited. Inaugural recipient of the SAPOA Lifetime Achievement Awards

Skills and expertise: Experience in corporate finance, capital markets, property and general management

Professional membership: SAICA, EAAB (Master Practitioner in Real Estate)

Gerald Völkel (61)

Group Financial Director

BAcc, CA(SA)

Joined the Board in 2013

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

Skills and expertise: Financial, tax and general management

Professional membership: SAICA

Estienne de Klerk (52)

CEO: RSA

BCom (Industrial Psychology), BCom (Hons) (Marketing), BCom (Hons) (Accounting), CA(SA)

Joined the Board in 2008

Career: Extensive experience in listed property, involved in BEE transactions, takeovers, mergers and acquisitions. Represented the SA REIT Association as lead negotiator and signatory to the Property Sector Transformation Charter and chaired its REIT Committee, which negotiated and finalised the South African REIT tax and regulatory legislation with the SA National Treasury, SA Revenue Service, Financial Services Board and the JSE. Director of major Group subsidiaries, Growthpoint Properties Australia Limited and V&A Waterfront Holdings (Pty) Ltd and subsidiaries. Past President of SAPOA and Chairman of SA REIT Association

Skills and expertise: Financial, general management and property

Professional membership: SAICA, EAAB (Master Practitioner in Real Estate)

Olive Chauke (50)

Director of Human Resources

Bachelor of Social Science, Advanced Programme in Strategic Management from Henley Business School

Joined the Board in 2018

Career: More than 20 years’ HR experience gained in both private and public companies in retail, petroleum, financial services, healthcare and hospitality

Skills and expertise: Strategic and operational, regional Africa and international human resource experience, including practical experience in transformational human resources

Professional membership: South African Board of People Practices

Frank Berkeley (65)

Independent Non-executive

BCom, BAcc, CA(SA)

Joined the Board in 2019

Career: Former Managing Executive of Nedbank Corporate Property Finance. Previously Non-executive Director of Sycom Property Fund, Acucap Properties and Hospitality Property Fund. Over 35 years’ experience in many aspects of the property industry, including greenfields development, redevelopment of properties, student accommodation, property banking and property equity investment

Skills and expertise: Extensive experience and expertise in strategy development and implementation, successful implementation of mergers, and leadership and management of large complex organisations. Frank’s particular passion for many years has been the professional and personal development of people

Professional membership: SAICA

John Hayward (70)

Lead Independent Director

BSc (Hons)

Joined the Board in 2001

Career: Actuary and consultant, mainly in the investment and retirement fund fields

Skills and expertise: Finance, analytical and risk

Mpume Nkabinde (61)

Independent Non-executive

MBA, Honours in HRD, Bachelor of Social Science, Diploma in Adult Education, Postgraduate Diploma in Property Development and Management

Joined the Board in 2009

Career: Co-founder and Managing Director of Sigma Lifts and Escalators (Pty) Ltd and founder of the Engineering Partners’ Group. Held senior management positions in the field of business development, human resources, communication, as well as training and development with reputable organisations including PG Bison and Otis (Pty) Ltd

Skills and expertise: Expertise in human resources, business development and general management, which have been acquired over a 20-year period in local and international companies

Professional membership: SAIBPP

Patrick Mngconkola (59)

Independent Non-executive

BTech (Business Admin), BA (HR Management), National Diploma Police Admin, Certificate: Forensic Investigative Auditing (Unisa), Certificate: Property Development and Investment (UCT), Certificate: Advanced Risk Business Management (UCT), Certificate: Investment Management (UCT)

Joined the Board in 2012

Career: Former Non-executive Director of the PIC and former Trustee of the Government Employees’ Pension Fund, Director of V&A Waterfront Holdings (Pty) Ltd and its subsidiaries

Skills and expertise: Broad experience with numerous years of studies in business oversight and as a public servant, particularly in finance, supply chain management and people management skills

Professional membership: The Institute of Directors South Africa

Rhidwaan Gasant (61)

Independent Non-executive

BCompt (Hons), CA(SA), ACMA, CGMA, Executive Development Programme

Joined the Board in 2020

Career: Rhidwaan was previously the Chief Executive Officer of Energy Africa Limited and Financial Director of Engen Limited. He serves as an Independent Non-executive Director and chairs the Audit and Risk Committees of international companies in the MTN Group. He is Lead Independent Director of AngloGold Ashanti Limited

Skills and expertise: Corporate leadership, strategy development and execution, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and risk management

Professional membership: SAICA and CIMA

John van Wyk (57)

Independent Non-executive

BCom, BAcc CA(SA)

Joined the Board in 2019

Career: John is 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, a prominent emerging market investor where he was responsible for managing Actis’ private equity business in Africa and prior to that was a founding partner of Ethos Private Equity, a leading South African investor. John chairs the Board of Comcorp Holdings (Pty) Ltd and is an independent Investment Committee member of Nedbank’s CIB. He also represents Nedbank on the Boards of certain of their investments

Skills and expertise: Experience in private equity and investments

Professional membership: SAICA

Andile Sangqu (54)

Independent Non-executive

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

Joined the Board in 2020

Career: Executive in Residence at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, served as Executive Head and Executive Director at Anglo American South Africa

Skills and expertise: A well-known businessman and thought leader, with expertise including business financial restructuring, financial systems development, implementation, strategic planning and organisational transformation in many businesses including Anglo American Platinum, Kumba Iron Ore, Pioneer Foods and Iliad Africa

Prudence Lebina (40)

Independent Non-executive

BCom, HDip (Acc), CA(SA)

Joined the Board in 2020

Career: A chartered accountant with over 19 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 R25bn assets under management

Skills and expertise: Business development, corporate finance, accounting and financial reporting, board and committee experience

Professional membership: SAICA and the Institute of Directors of South Africa

New Non-executive Director appointed by the Board

Melt Hamman (50)

Independent Non-executive

BCom(Hons) Investment Management, BCompt (Hons), CA(SA)

Joined the Board in 2021

Career: Melt served as CEO at Attacq Limited (Attacq) for three years and had 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. 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. He is currently an Independent Non-executive Director on the Board of MAS Real Estate Inc and privately owned agriculture businesses. Melt is an independent adviser to FNB Commercial on credit-related matters for their real estate portfolio and distressed clients

Skills and expertise: Experience in financial reporting, risk, banking, real estate and leadership development

Professional membership: SAICA