Directorate
Board of Directors
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Mike obtained a BCom(Hons) from Rhodes University. As a qualified Chartered Accountant, Mike has held various executive and CEO positions on JSE-listed companies. These include Barlowrand Limited, Hunt Leuchars & Hepburn Limited, Imperial Holdings Limited and IOTA Financial Services. Mike was also a non-executive director of other listed companies, including Porter Motor Holdings Limited and DNA Supply Chain Logistics Limited. He served as chairman of their Audit Committee andr Remuneration Committee, as he does currently for IFCA Technologies Limited. Mike is the chairman of Imuniti Holdings Limited and the CEO of Arcay Private Financial Services (Pty) Limited. |
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| Michael Roderick Gahagan BCom (Hons), CA (SA) |
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| Independent Non-Executive Director | ||
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Malcolm has executive experience within a number of listed companies on the JSE. The most relevant experience was his seven-year period at Murray and Roberts (M&R) where, as a member of the M&R Group Exco, his responsibilities included the Group’s portfolio of material supply and services businesses, the property development business and construction and related businesses in Zimbabwe. He has held executive roles at Nedbank, PSG Investment Bank, Alacrity Financial Services and the Imperial Group, joining Sanyati in May 2009. |
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| Malcolm Hugh Lobban BCom (Hons), CA (SA) |
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| Chief Executive Officer | ||
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Graduating from the University of Natal with a BSc Building Management degree, Rowan for a number of Murray & Roberts’ subsidiaries before moving into project management Rowan started Crowie Projects in 2000, a project management company, responsible for clients such as ACSA, the IDT and Anglo Platinum. He established Enza Construction and restructured Crowie Projects. Rowan is currently the Group CEO of Crowie Holdings. |
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| Rowan Crowie BSc B Sc Building Management (University of Natal Durban) |
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| Non-Executive Director | ||
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Lesibana qualified as a Chartered Accountant from PriceWaterhouseCoopers. In March 2009, she started started Shikamoo Consulting Projects in March 2009 - a financial and process re-engineering business. She was previously the Group FD of Phambili Dismed Group and the CFO of Sulzer Pumps (South Africa), a subsidiary of Sulzer Pumps AG (Switzerland). She also worked as a senior finance manager in the Department of Minerals and Energy. She now serves as a member of both the Audit and Risk committees of the National Treasury. In addition, she is the Chairman of the Administration and Governance Cluster Audit Committee of the Limpopo Provincial Government. |
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| Lesibana Japhtalina Fosu BCom, CA (SA) |
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| Independent Non-Executive Director | ||
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Zohra holds a BA and Higher Diploma in Education from UCT. Zohra serves on a number of boards, from corporates like EDCON and Fifth Quadrant Holdings to NGOs such as DAG and the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation. In September 2010, Zohra was appointed by the Minister of Human settlements as the inqugural Chairperson of the Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA). She serves on both the Human Resource and the Regulations Committee. |
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| Zohra Begum Ebrahim BA, HDE |
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| Independent Non-Executive Chairman | ||
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Aléta qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1994 after completing her articles at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. She gained invaluable experience in the construction industry during an 11 year period at Murray & Roberts where she reached the position of Financial Director. Aléta joins the Sanyati Group as Chief Financial Officer and Group Financial Director as of 1 June 2011. |
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Aléta Jovner |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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