Resilient Directors

 

Mfundiso Johnson Ntabankulu (JJ) Njeke

Independent non-executive chairman
BCompt (Hons), HDip Tax, CA(SA)
JJ was an audit partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and is the past chairman of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants. In addition to serving on the board of Resilient Property Income Fund Limited ("Resilient), he serves on the boards of ArcelorMittal SA, MMI Holdings Limited, MTN Group Limited, Sasol Limited and Adcorp.
     
 

Desmond (Des) de Beer

Managing director and chief executive officer
BProc, MAP
Des de Beer spent the first part of his career in the banking industry first with Barclays Bank in South Africa and later with Syfrets which was merged into Nedcor Investment Bank (NIB). He was appointed General Manager Corporate Equity and served on the banks executive committee. He has served on the boards of a number of listed property companies and he is currently a director of New Europe Property Investments Plc and chairs its investment committee.
     
 

Thembakazi Iris (Thembi) Chagonda

Non-independent non-executive director
BSoc Sci (Rhodes University), Diploma in Labour Law
Thembi’s career has been in human capital management for the last 16 years. She is currently managing director of Global Business Solutions, a labour law, BEE consultancy and training and development company.
     
 

Andries de Lange

Executive director and chief operating officer
CA(SA), CFA
After completing his articles, Andries joined the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (“IDC”) and then Nedbank Limited where he gained experience in debt finance, debt and equity restructurings and private equity. He joined the Resilient group in 2004 and is a director of PFM.
     
 

Marthin Petrus Greyling

Independent non-executive director
BCom (Acc) (Hons), CA(SA)
Marthin started his career in financial services in 1993 when he joined the IDC. During his tenure he was, inter alia, involved in debt and project finance and business turnarounds. He joined Nedcor Investment Bank in 2001 and is currently a member of the Nedbank Capital Private Equity team.
     
 

Nicolaas (Nick) Willem Hanekom

Financial director
BAcc (Hons), CA (SA)
Nick completed his articles with PwC in Johannesburg whereafter he joined PwC London. On his return to South Africa in August 2005 he was employed by Resilient as company secretary.
     
 

Bryan Douglas Hopkins

Independent non-executive director
BCom (Hons) Accounting and Tax, CA(SA)
Bryan is a non-executive director of Holdsport Limited, Makalani Holdings Limited and Kagiso Asset Management Proprietary Limited. He was previously an executive director and chief investment officer of Abvest Associates and Old Mutual Asset Managers. Prior to that, he was professor of Accounting at the University of Cape Town. He served on the Accounting Standards Committee of the SAICA and co-authored with professor GK Everingham “Generally Accepted Accounting Practice – A South African Viewpoint”.
     
 

Jacobus Johann Kriek

Executive director
Stanford Executive Program
Johann has been involved in retail property management, development and letting for 27 years with a strong emphasis on development and redeveloping underperforming shopping centres.
     
 

Spiro Noussis

Independent non-executive director
BCom, BAcc, CA (SA)
Spiro has experience in private equity and investment management. He was previously managing director of an information technology company providing business solutions for the financial services industry. Since 2005 he has been involved in property, focusing on commercial, industrial and retail opportunities and is currently an executive director of Lodestone Properties Limited.
     
 

Umsha Reddy

Independent non-executive director
BSc Eng (Electrical)
Umsha’s 19 years of work experience spans both the Engineering and IT environments across energy, telecommunications, manufacturing, retail, government and financial industries. Her longest tenures were with HP and Microsoft, 5 years and 8 years respectively. She is currently employed at SABMiller as executive head of programme management for the Business Information Systems division.
     
 

Barry Daniel van Wyk

Independent non-executive director
BCom, BAcc, CA(SA)
Barry heads up Renlia Developments Proprietary Limited, a property investment and development company primarily focused on office, industrial and residential opportunities. He was previously an executive director of Group Five Limited and managing director of Group Five Developments.

 

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