South Africa

Nevenka Pergar is the owner and director of NP Consulting, an independent advisory company that offers legal and business consultancy mainly to foreign investors in Slovenia. She acts also as a local partner of PwC from Czech Republic. Ms. Pergar has acquired a wide experience in public services serving in Slovenia’s Ministry of Economy and… read more »

Mirela Covasa joined NEPI in February 2012 as Finance Manager and was responsible for financial reporting. Ms Covasa graduated with a finance degree from Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies and is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Chamber of Financial Auditors of Romania (CAFR). She has worked in accounting and… read more »

Michael Mills is an experienced public company chairman and managing director with significant operating and financial experience. A chartered accountant, he has worked across a range of sectors, including technology engineering, service and distribution, paper and packaging, food and textiles. Notable recent positions include Chairman of Advance Value Realisation, Managing Director of Atlas Medical Recruitment,… read more »

Jeffrey Zidel is a successful property developer and investor, and has been involved in all aspects of the property industry for over 40 years. He is currently Chairman of Fortress Income Fund, listed on the JSE, and was one of the co-founders of Resilient Property Income Fund. Mr Zidel is director and Vice President of… read more »

Desmond de Beer has significant experience in property investment and management. Desmond de Beer spent several years in the banking industry, first at Barclays Bank, South Africa, where he was Bond Manager at the Barclays Trust. Subsequently, he was appointed General Manager, Corporate Equity and became a member of the Executive Committee at Nedcor Investment… read more »

Mr. Dijkstra started his career at Credit Agricole in Rotterdam, Paris and Frankfurt. He had various managing rolls within NIBC (Netherlands), Harcourt Investment Management (Zurich), JPMorgan/ Bear Stearns and Gulf International Bank (Bahrain). He is founder and partner of Implexus Capital (Netherlands). Mr Dijkstra has extensive experience in investment management, with a focus on public… read more »

Alex Morar graduated with a dual degree in finance and information systems from Stern School of Business, New York University, and began his career as an analyst at Julius Baer Investment Bank. He later joined the financial advisory practice of Deloitte Romania where he spent two years working on an energy related project as well… read more »

Dan Pascariu is one of the most renowned figures in Romanian banking. His career started at the Romanian Bank for Foreign Trade in 1973, attaining the position of Chairman and CEO. Mr Pascariu is a non-executive Board member of the leasing, investment banking and building society subsidiaries of the UniCredit Group, Romania. The founder and… read more »

Sandile is a non-executive director of, among others, Grindrod Limited, EOH and Innovation Group. He serves on the Presidential BEE Advisory Council and represented South Africa on the BRICS Business Council. Sandile was a member of the World Economic Forum in his capacity as Young Global Leader. A few of the notable positions he has… read more »

Bernard is a chartered accountant. He was an assurance partner at the Johannesburg office of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), for more than 29 years. He also fulfilled numerous roles in the management, regulatory affairs and governance of PwC. Bernard was on the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors’ inspection committee, and was PwC South Africa’s registered liaison partner… read more »

Specialising in competition law, Lulama is a director at Lulama Mtanga Legal Consultancy and a former director at Bowman Gilfillan Inc. She has extensive experience in advising on notification of local and international transactions under the Competition Act in South Africa in various sectors. She was the first lawyer at Bowman Gilfillan Inc. and one… read more »

Noluvuyo is a seasoned investment banking and corporate finance professional, with extensive experience in Merger and Acquisition execution, investment evaluation and strategic long term financial planning. She has a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from Wits University, and an MBA from London Business School. She also serves as an executive director of Value Capital Partners.

Christoffel Botha has a background in corporate finance, strategic investment management and private equity investment. In 2000, he co-founded Treacle Private Equity, a private equity firm. Christoffel Botha has served on a number of boards spanning a number of industries. These include Datacentrix Limited, IST Holdings Limited, Comair Limited, KreditInform (Pty) Limited, Malbak Motor Holdings… read more »

Jan is a chartered accountant, chief executive officer of Italtile and non-executive director of Fortress Income-Fund. He has extensive senior-level experience in the retail and supply chain sectors through his role as financial director and chief executive officer of Massdiscounters (a division of Massmart Holdings). He has also served as a business manager at Clover… read more »

Neil Birch holds a BSc(Hons) degree in Mechanical/Industrial Engineering from the University of Witwatersrand and entered the printing and packaging industry in 1986. Neil Birch was also appointed as the group managing director of Lithotech in 1989 and went on to become the chief executive officer at Bidvest Paperplus from 2006 until 2016.