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Board of Directors
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JERRY VILAKAZI
Independent
Non-Executive Director
BA (Unisa), MA (Thames Valley),
MA (London), MBA (California Coast
University)
Born: 1961
Jerry is executive chairman of Palama, which
he co-founded to facilitate investments in
strategic private and listed companies. He is
a past CEO of Business Unity South Africa,
during which period he served as business
representative at Nedlac and on various
international business councils. Prior to this,
he held various executive positions in
government and in the private sector
including that of Managing Director of the
Black Management Forum where he also
served on the board of the BMF Investment
Company. In 2009 Jerry was appointed to
the Presidential Broad-based Black Economic
Empowerment Advisory Council and was
appointed as a Commissioner of the
National Planning Commission in 2010. He
was appointed Public Service Commissioner
in 1999 and played a role in shaping public
service policies in post-1994 South Africa.
Jerry was Chairman of the Mpumalanga
Gambling Board from 2006 to 2015 and the
State information Technology Agency (SOC)
Proprietary Limited until the end of his term
in 2015. He previously held the position of
Chairman of Netcare Limited and advisor to
Citi Bank. He is non-executive director of
Sibanye Gold Limited where he also chairs
the Social and Ethics Committee. He led a
consortium that acquired equity and
subsequently served on the board of PPC
Limited in 2008.
Chairman of
Executive Committee
Investment Committee
Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee
Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee
Nomination Committee
Remuneration Committee
JOE MTHIMUNYE
Independent
Non-Executive Director
BCompt Hons/CTA (Unisa), CA(SA)
Born: 1965
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 largest black accounting firm in South
Africa. In 1999, he led a management
buyout of Gobodo Corporate Finance from
the accounting firm and rebranded it
AloeCap Proprietary Limited, of which he is
currently executive chairman. He also serves
on the board of directors of various
non-listed companies in which AloeCap
Private Equity is invested.
Joe joined the Board on its establishment in
2007 and is Chairman of the Audit, Risk and
Compliance Committee.
KEVIN ELLERINE
Non-Executive Director
National Diploma in Company
Administration
Born: 1968
Kevin joined the family business, Ellerine
Holdings, in 1991. After serving in various
roles, in 1993 he was appointed as property
manager of Ellerine Bros. Proprietary
Limited, rising to 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 Ellerines is invested. He is also a
director of Hyprop Investments Limited and
Newpark REIT Limited. Kevin’s all-round
business skill and acumen contribute to
Board and Committee deliberations of the
Group.
Kevin is a director of various other
companies, including some Group
subsidiaries.