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5. GARY HARLOW
Independent Non-Executive Director
BBusSci (Hons) (UCT), FCMA, CGMA, CA(SA)
Born:
1957
Gary graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1979,
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. His career was
forged in merchant and investment banking. In the early
1990s he became an adviser to the African National
Congress in developing black economic empowerment
strategies and in 1992 was instrumental in the creation of
Thebe Investment Corporation, South Africa’s first broad-
based black-owned company. Gary served as joint chief
executive officer of Msele Corporate and Merchant Bank,
South Africa’s first black-controlled merchant bank.
In 1996, Gary was appointed group chief executive officer
of Unihold Limited, where he remains executive chairman.
He led its transition from an engineering conglomerate to
an international IT and telecommunications group,
followed by a delisting through a management buyout in
2002. Gary continues to serve on numerous private and
public company boards and is chairman of Newpark Reit
Limited.
Gary joined the Board on 5 October 2007 and is also
chairman and/or director of various Group subsidiaries
.
He
chairs
the
Investment
Committee
and
Remuneration Committee. Gary is also a member of
the Nomination Committee as well as the Social,
Ethics and Transformation Committee.
6. 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 adviser to Citi
Bank. He is non-executive director of Sibanye-Stillwater
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.
Jerry joined the Board on 19 October 2011. He also chairs
the Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee.
7. 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 is a director of Dis-
Chem Pharmacies Limited and Cell C Proprietary Limited.
He is also chairman of Cell C’s audit committee.
Joe joined the Board on 5 October 2007. He chairs the
Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee and is a member
of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee as well
as the Investment Committee
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8. 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 joined the Board on 8 December 2009 and is a
director of various other companies, including some Group
subsidiaries.
He is a member of the Investment Committee as well as
the Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee.
9. PHUTI MAHANYELE
Independent Non-Executive Director
BA Economics (Rutgers, USA),
MBA (De Montfort, UK),
Executive Education Programme (Harvard,
USA)
Born:
1971
Phuti is Executive Chairperson of Sigma Capital, an
investment holding company. She is the former CEO of
Shanduka Group. Previously, she held senior positions at the
Development Bank of Southern Africa, and in the North
American and South African offices of Fieldstone, an
international firm specialising in financing infrastructure
assets. Currently, she sits on the board of Comair Limited.
Phuti chairs the Bain Academy, which supports
professionals in corporate Africa. She also participates in
the Young Global Leaders initiative of the World Economic
Forum. Phuti is an honorary member of the Golden Key
International Honour Society and sits on the advisory
board of the University of Stellenbosch.
Phuti joined the Board on 1 September 2016. She is a
member of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee,
Investment Committee as well as the Social, Ethics and
Transformation Committee.