Board of directors
Larry Nestadt |
Independent non-executive chairman Born: 1950
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| Larry has over 40 years’ experience in
his 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. He is the past chairman on
each of the boards of these companies.
Larry has also served on the board of
directors of Softline Limited, JCI Limited and
Abacus Technologies Holdings Limited. He
was a former director of a number of
non-listed companies, internationally and
locally; viz, Stenham Limited (UK) and
Prefsure Life Limited (Aus). Currently, Larry
is the executive chairman of Global Capital
Proprietary Limited as well as chairman of
the Pro Shop – World of Golf Group, Melrose
Nissan-Renault-Infiniti, SellDirect Marketing
Proprietary Limited and Placo Holdings
Proprietary Limited.
Larry is a respected senior member of the
South African business community and his
strategic vision, guidance and experience
contribute significantly to the board and its
deliberations. |
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Brett
Levy |
Joint chief executive officer
Born: 1975
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| Brett has an impressive entrepreneurial
history having founded and operated a number
of small businesses from the early 1990s.
Brett has been involved in a wide range of
industries, including the distribution of
fast-moving consumer goods and insurance
replacements for electronic goods. His
business achievements have secured a
number of prestigious nominations and
awards, including the ABSA Bank Jewish
Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2003) and
the ABSA Jewish Business Achiever Non-listed
Company Award (2007), which he won jointly
with his brother Mark. Brett was nominated
as an Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur SA
Finalist for 2007. In 2010 Brett received the
Liberty Life Award for a Remarkable Success
Story in the David Awards and was a finalist in
the Top Young Entrepreneur category of the
African Access National Business Awards. In
2011 he shared with his brother Mark the
Top Entrepreneur accolade in the African
Access National Business Awards. |
Board committee membership:
Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee: Attendee
Executive Committee: Member
Investment Committee: Member
Remuneration and Nomination Committee: Attendee
Transformation, Social and Ethics Committee: Member |
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Mark
Levy |
Joint chief executive officer
BCompt (Unisa)
Born: 1971 |
| Mark graduated with a BCompt degree
from UNISA in 1993. After a period as a
commodity trader, Mark decided to pursue
his goal of becoming an entrepreneur and has
spent the past several years spearheading
Blue Label’s impressive growth and
international expansion. Together with his
brother Brett, Mark won the ABSA Jewish
Business Achiever Non-listed Company Award
(2007). Mark was nominated as an Ernst &
Young World Entrepreneur SA Finalist for
2007. In 2010 Mark was voted Top IT
Personality of the year by ITWeb and was
a finalist in the Top Young Entrepreneur
category of the African Access National
Business Awards. In 2011 he shared with
his brother Brett the Top Entrepreneur
accolade in the African Access National
Business Awards. |
Board committee membership:
Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee: Attendee
Executive Committee: Member
Investment Committee: Member
Remuneration and Nomination
Committee: Attendee |
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Mark
Pamensky |
Chief operating officer
BCom (Wits), BCompt (Hons) (Unisa),
CA(SA)
Born: 1972 |
| Mark completed his articles with
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. before moving
to the corporate finance department of
Mercantile Bank. In 1999 he joined the boutique corporate advisory firm, Nucleus
Corporate Finance, before joining Blue Label
in 2001. Mark has played an integral role in
the strategic and operational management
of the group and much of its expanding
telecommunications footprint can be
attributed to his leadership. Mark is a
member of the South African Institute of
Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and the
Young Presidents Organisation (YPO). |
Board committee membership:
Executive Committee: Member
Investment Committee: Member |
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David Rivkind |
Financial directorBAcc (Unisa), CA(SA)
Born: 1972
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| David completed articles at Papilsky Hurwitz
and in 1999 joined Merrill Lynch International
(UK) as financial controller. David was
employed by Credit Suisse for a brief period
before returning to South Africa in 2001 and
in 2002 took up the role of financial director
at Integr8IT Proprietary Limited. Previouslyial officer and now financial
director of Blue Label he contributes
significantly to the governance and reporting
systems supporting the group’s growth.
David is a member of SAICA. |
Board committee membership:
Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee: Attendee
Executive Committee: Member
Investment Committee: Member
Remuneration and Nomination
Committee: Attendee
Transformation, Social and Ethics
Committee: Alternate member to B Levy |
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Kevin Ellerine |
Non-executive director
National diploma in Company
Administration
Born: 1968
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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. |
Board committee membership:
Remuneration and Nomination
Remuneration and Nomination Committee: Member
Transformation, Social and Ethics
Committee: Member |
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Jerry Vilakazi |
Independent non-executive director
BA (Unisa), MA (Thames Valley), MA (London) and MBA (California
Coast University)
Born: 1962, |
| 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. |
Board committee membership:
Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee: Member
Transformation, Social and Ethics
Committee: Chairman |
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Gary Harlow |
Independent non-executive director
BBusSci (Hons) (UCT), FCMA, CGMA,
CA(SA)
Born: 1957
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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. |
Board committee membership:
Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee:
Member
Investment Committee: Chairman
Remuneration and Nomination
Committee: Member
Transformation, Social and Ethics
Committee: Member |
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Neil Lazarus SC |
Non-executive director
BA LLB (Wits)
Born: 1958
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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. |
Board committee membership:
Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee:
Member
Investment Committee: Member
Remuneration and Nomination
Committee: Chairman
Transformation, Social and Ethics
Committee: Member |
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Joe Mthimunye |
Independent non-executive director
BCompt (Hons) CTA (Unisa), CA(SA)
Born: 1965
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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. |
Board committee membership:
Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee:
Chairman
Investment Committee: Member |
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