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| Kevin Ellerine |
| Non-executive director |
| Born: 1969, National diploma in Company Administration |
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| Kevin joined the family business, Ellerine Holdings, in January 1991 as merchandise manager. In 1993 he became property manager of Ellerine Bros. Proprietary Limited, and was appointed managing director of the property division in 2000, a position he still holds today. He sits on the boards of the property and private equity companies in which Ellerine Bros. is invested. Kevin’s all-round business skill and acumen contribute to board and committee deliberations of the group. |
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| SJ (Jerry) Vilakazi |
| Non-executive director |
| Born: 1962,BA (Unisa), MA (Thames Valley), MA (London) and MBA (California Coast University) |
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| Jerry is the executive Chairman of the Palama Group of companies which he co-founded. He is also the Chairman of Netcare Limited, Mpumalanga Gambling Board, Trubok Proprietary Limited and ExecuPrime Training. He holds directorships in Pretoria Portland Cement Company Limited, Goliath Gold Limited, General Health Group (UK), Tower Group, Kazzi Retail and the Black Management Forum Investments Company. He was recently appointed by President Zuma to the National Planning Commission and the B-BBEE Advisory Council. |
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| Gary Harlow |
| Independent non-executive director |
| Born: 1957, BBusSci (Hons) (UCT), FCMA, CA(SA) |
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| Gary graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1979, later qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in 1982, an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) in 1983 and as a Fellow Chartered Management Accountant (UK) in 1996. He forged his early career in merchant banking and was also an adviser to the finance department of the African National Congress in the early 1990s regarding developing a BEE policy. In 1992, he played an instrumental role in the creation of Thebe Investment Corporation and also served as Joint Chief Executive Officer of Msele Corporate and Merchant Bank, South Africa’s first black-controlled merchant bank.
Gary was appointed group chief executive officer of Unihold Limited in 1996, where he led its transformation from an engineering conglomerate to an international IT and telecommunications group, prior to its delisting through a management buy-out.
He remains executive chairman today. Gary has served on numerous private and public company boards. He is presently an independent non-executive director of Mvelaserve Limited, chairman of their audit and risk committee and member of their remuneration, investment and transformation committees. |
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| Neil Lazarus SC |
| Non-executive director |
| Born: 1958, BA LLB (Wits) |
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| Neil graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1981 with a BA LLB degree. After completing articles, he was admitted as an attorney in 1983. He was admitted as an advocate in 1984 and practised at the Johannesburg bar. He was appointed as senior counsel by President Mandela in 1998. He also served as an acting judge. As an advocate, Neil specialised in corporate restructures, mergers and acquisitions and was involved in some major corporate reorganisations both locally and internationally. Upon leaving the profession in 2000 he became a director of Corpcapital Limited, establishing its corporate finance business. Neil currently discharges both corporate finance and legal mandates for a number of local and international companies but spends most of his time doing advisory work for Blue Label. |
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| Joe Mthimunye |
| Independent non-executive director |
| Born: 1965, BCom (Zululand), BCompt Hons/CTA (UNISA), CA(SA) |
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| Joe qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1993. In 1996, he co-founded Gobodo Incorporated, an accounting practice with eight other partners which in time became the biggest black accounting firm in South Africa. In 1999, he led a management buy-out of Gobodo Corporate Finance from the accounting firm and re-branded it as AloeCap Proprietary Limited. He is currently executive chairman of AloeCap. He also serves on the board of directors of Invicta Limited and all the non-listed companies in which AloeCap Private Equity is invested. |
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