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| Laurence Nestadt (Larry) |
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| Independent non-executive chairman |
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| Born: 1950 |
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| Larry has a long and successful corporate career, both in South Africa and internationally. Larry is a
co-founder and former executive director of Investec Bank Limited. He assisted in the creation and
strategic development of a number of listed companies such as Capital Alliance Holdings Limited,
Super Group Limited, Hosken Consolidated Investments Limited, SIB Holdings Limited and Global
Capital Limited.
In addition to serving as past chairman on the boards of these companies, he is currently the executive
chairman of Global Capital (Proprietary) Limited. Larry has also served on the board of directors of
Softline Limited, JCI Limited and Abacus Technologies Holdings Limited. Larry was a former director of
a number of non-listed companies, internationally and locally; viz, Stenham Limited (UK) and Prefsure
Life Limited (AUS). Currently he is chairman of the following non-listed South African companies:
the Pro Shop Group, Melrose Nissan, SellDirect Marketing (Proprietary) Limited, BCE Foodservice
Equipment (Proprietary) Limited and Placo Holdings (Proprietary) Limited.
Larry is a respected member of the South African business community and his strategic vision and
experience contributes significantly to the board. |
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| Kevin Ellerine |
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| Non-executive director |
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| 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 all
the property and private equity companies in which Ellerine Bros. is invested. |
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| Gary Harlow |
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| Independent non-executive director |
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| 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. After forging a career in merchant
banking, Gary was appointed adviser to the finance department of the African National Congress
in the early 1990s regarding developing Black Economic Empowerment 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 the
transformation from an engineering conglomerate holding company to an international IT and
telecommunications focused group. Subsequent to leading a management buy-out, Unihold de-listed
from the JSE in 2001. Gary has served on numerous private and public company boards, including
three listed banking groups.
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| Joe Mthimunye |
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| Independent non-executive director |
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| Born: 1965, BCom (Zululand), BCompt Hons/CTA (UNISA), CA(SA) |
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Joe Mthimunye qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1993. After working for KPMG, he joined
Nampak Limited in the capacity of divisional accountant. 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 buyout of Gobodo Corporate Finance from
the accounting firm and re-branded it as AloeCap (Proprietary) Limited. He currently serves as the
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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| Neil Lazarus SC |
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| Non-executive director |
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| 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 his 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 has been involved in significant 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 has discharged both corporate finance and
legal mandates for a number of local and international transactions. |
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SJ (Jerry) Vilakazi |
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| Born: 1962, BA (Unisa), MA (Thames Valley), MA (London) and MBA (California Coast University) |
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Mr. Vilakazi is the executive Chairman of the Palama Group of companies which he co-founded. He is also the Chairman of Netcare Ltd, Mpumalanga Gambling Board, Trubok (Pty) Ltd and ExecuPrime Training. He holds directorships in Pretoria Portland Cement Company Ltd, Goliath Gold Ltd, 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 & the B-BBEE Advisory Council. |
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