South Africa

Loucas Pouroulis is the Executive Chairman of the Group, with responsibility for the development of strategy and the identification of new opportunities for the Group. He began his career in Cyprus in 1962, and his initial post graduate training took place in Germany, Sweden and Cyprus. Loucas is trained as a mining and metallurgical engineer… read more »

Charles Kantor has been the Executive Legal Counsel of the Group since November 2010 and is responsible for overseeing all legal matters and all matters relating to transactions and risk management for the Group. Charles has a total of 12 years’ experience in the mining industry and has worked on various IPOs, mergers and acquisitions… read more »

Michelle Taylor joined Tharisa in 2008 and has been integrally involved in the group’s development. As the Chief Operating Officer of the Tharisa Group and Managing Director of Tharisa Minerals, Michelle is responsible for all of the group’s operations including the mining, processing, marketing and logistics aspects of the business. Tharisa is a stable co-producer… read more »

Lorato Phalatse is an independent non-executive director of Pick n Pay Stores, Peermont Global and Mobile Telephone Network (MTN). Lorato has held various positions over the years including deputy director general in the office of the President and a number of other positions in the FMCG and retail banking sectors. Lorato Phalatse was CEO and… read more »

Dane van Heerde, a second-year student majoring in English and Psychology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, is making quite a name for himself in the INEX Legends racing series, which is one of the fastest growing motorsport series in the world. With races taking place in the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Scotland, Ireland,… read more »

Marcel Golding has over 25 years of experience working in various industries in South Africa. Marcel Golding served as a member of parliament from 1994 to 1997 and thereafter left to co-found Hosken Consolidated Investments Limited (“HCI”) serving as the Executive Chairman of HCI between 1997 and 2014. Marcel has served on numerous boards, including… read more »

Marius’ career in the property industry has spanned 25 years and he is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Venator Capital which is a real estate advisory and consultancy practice. Prior to establishing Venator Capital he held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Pareto Limited, an unlisted property company, for 6 years. Marius has… read more »

Trurman Michael Zakhe Zuma has held directorships on several listed property entity boards for more than 10 years and holds a stake in one of South Africa’s largest accounts receivable management companies, where he has assumed the role of strategic director. He joined Sanlam Personal Finance in August 2016 as Head of Recurring Savings. Trurman… read more »

Thys has been involved in the property industry for over 24 years serving in different capacities. He commenced his career at Barprop Ltd, a listed fund, moved to PPS as Senior Property Manager, and then went back to RMP/Barprop as Marketing Manager. He moved to Old Mutual when Barprop was delisted and acquired by Old… read more »

Inge is a CA(SA) who completed her articles with Deloitte. On completion of her articles she was seconded to the Deloitte New York office for two years and was promoted to senior manager on her return from New York. Inge joined the Resilient group in 2009 as the company secretary and financial manager of Pangbourne… read more »

Patrick has 19 years of investment experience. After spending almost two years at Sasol Technologies, he started his investments career in 1996 as a research analyst for UAL/Syfrets Managed Assets before advancing to become a portfolio manager. In 2000 he joined Old Mutual Asset Managers as an analyst and portfolio manager for industrial sector funds… read more »

Dempsey is the founder and Executive Chairman of PD Naidoo & Associates; a diversified consulting engineering group based in Johannesburg, which focuses mainly on infrastructure, mining and regeneration projects. Dempsey combines his engineering qualifications and experience with business and leadership acumen to develop and drive consistently successful major commercial undertakings, both in large corporate and… read more »

Shaheeda Mia has several years of experience in the financial services industry and possesses an extensive understanding of how the industry fits together. Shaheeda started her career with EY in Cape Town and New York City, with audit clients in the retail, energy and the financial services sectors. She then moved to Sanlam Limited, where… read more »

John Macey studied at the University of Cape Town (UCT). John Macey completed articles with Deloitte and Touche, after which he was a financial director of a manufacturing company for five years. He was a tenured member of the academic staff in the Department of Accounting, UCT, for nine years. Since 2009, he has been… read more »

John Alastair (Chick) Legh has been operating in the South African property market since 1981, primarily as an owner/developer of commercial, industrial and retail properties. He is currently the Chairman of the Kuper Legh Property Group, which he started together with David Kuper in 1997.  Prior to Kuper Legh, John was joint Managing Director and… read more »