Board of directors

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

   
         
MICHAEL (MS) AITKEN (56)
BA LLB

(OUTGOING) CHAIRMAN
  ETHAN (EG) DUBE (53)
MSc (Statistics) Executive MBA
(Sweden)
  LINDIE (L) ENGELBRECHT (38)
CA(SA)
         
Michael has over 20 years’ experience in property-related activity, with specific expertise in asset management and investment relating to both directly held and listed property vehicles. He is currently the managing director of Corovest Property Group Holdings Proprietary Limited and a non-executive director of Strategic Real Estate Managers, the asset managers for Emira Property Fund Limited.   Ethan has significant corporate finance and asset management experience. He worked for Southern Life Asset Managers for three years as a senior analyst and for Standard Bank for two years in the corporate finance division. In 1996 Ethan founded Infinity Asset Management with three other partners and in 1998 founded Vunani Limited, a financial services company, where he is currently CEO.   Lindie chairs Hyprop’s risk committee. She is a former technical director at KPMG and director of Governance and Sustainability Services at Ernst & Young. Lindie previously served as the CEO of the Institute of Directors. She is a member of the King Committee on Corporate Governance and has advised, consulted and presented to boards and audit committees in the public and private sectors on corporate, legal and governance matters.
         
   
         
JABULANE (JA) MABUZA (55)   GAVIN (GR) TIPPER (47)
BCOM BACC CA(SA) MBA
  LES (LI) WEIL (68)
BCOM CA(SA) MBA
         
Jabu joined the Hyprop board in June 2012. He is the chairman of Telkom Limited and the deputy chairman of Tsogo Sun Holdings Limited. Until recently he held the position of group chief executive of Tsogo Sun Holdings Limited and has held directorships of various companies including Amalgamated Retail Limited, Hosken Consolidated Investments Limited and ABSA Group Limited. In addition, Jabu has served as chairman of Mpumalanga Development Corporation and the Marketing Federation of Southern Africa, and was chief executive of the Foundation for African Business and Consumer Services.   Gavin chairs Hyprop’s remuneration and nomination committee. He has been involved in the financial services industry for more than 20 years, and was formerly an executive director of Coronation Investments and Trading Limited and a technical partner at KPMG, South Africa. He is a director of a number of listed companies.   Les chairs Hyprop’s audit committee. He has more than 40 years’ experience in real estate, prior to which he spent several years in merchant banking and commerce. He was chairman of JHI Properties for 28 years until September 2010. He holds board appointments in a number of corporate and non-governmental organisations and is a member of the King Committee on Corporate Governance.

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

     
           
KEVIN (KM) ELLERINE (45)
NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN COMPANY ADMINISTRATION

 

MIKE (MJ) LEWIN (58)
BCOM BAGRIC MANAGEMENT
  LOUIS (L) NORVAL (57)
BSC (QS
)
 
           
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.   Mike has over 20 years’ experience in the property industry and heads the retail division of Redefine. He was previously with Edgars Consolidated Stores Limited for 18 years as their property development executive.   Louis co-founded Attfund Limited and was executive chairman and chief executive of Attfund Retail Limited, on acquisition of Attfund Retail by Hyprop. He is managing director of the Parkdev Group of companies. Louis was a founding member and senior partner of Norval Wentzel Steinberg Quantity Surveyors and an executive director of Baker Street Associates Holdings Proprietary Limited. He currently serves as a non-executive director of Capital & Regional Plc.  
           
     
           
STEWART (S) SHAW-TAYLOR (60)
CA(SA) HARVARD PMD
  LOUIS (LLS) VAN DER WATT (45)
CA(SA) CIMA
  MARC (M) WAINER (64)  
           
Stewart has almost 30 years’ experience in investment banking and real estate. He is currently the head of Real Estate and Group Real Estate Services, Standard Bank Group. He is responsible for the real estate debt, equity and asset management related activities undertaken by Standard Bank corporate and investment banking, in South Africa and internationally.   Louis co-founded Atterbury Property, one of the biggest property developers in South Africa, in 1994, after completing his articles at Deloitte Consulting (the management consulting arm of Deloitte & Touche).   Marc has been involved in all aspects of the real estate industry for over 36 years. He is chief executive of Redefine and serves on the boards of Redefine International (Plc) and The Cromwell Group (Aus).  

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

 
     
PIETER (PG) PRINSLOO (47)
BSC (QS)

CEO

 

LAURENCE (LR) COHEN (40)
BCOM CA(SA)

FINANCIAL DIRECTOR
     
Pieter previously held the position of CEO of Hyprop for seven years from 2002 to 2009. He was
re-appointed to the position of CEO with effect from
1 May 2011. A quantity surveyor, he has been engaged in every aspect of property development, management and finance for over 21 years, having worked previously at Sanlam Properties, Standard Bank Properties and ABSA Commercial Property Finance.
  Laurence joined Hyprop in 2003 as Financial Director of Hyprop Manco, after spending three years at Grant Thornton in the corporate finance division. He was appointed to the board in 2006 as Financial Director and has been involved extensively in various aspects of the business.