South Africa

Keith has over 25 years of contracting experience as a Quantity Surveyor and was the Commercial Director at Group Five. He joined Investec Property at the beginning of 2011 and has successfully delivered two Retail Developments as the Development Manager. The Dihlabeng Mall, a 27,500 m2 centre and The Mayfield Square Mall, a 23,500 m2… read more »

Darryl has an MBA and a BSC Building.  He has 25 years experience in the property industry – his skills range from sales through to property development and trading, and has hands on expertise in residential estate development and retail. He also spent 4 years in the International Private Banking team at Investec where he… read more »

Brendan Baiocchi has a BSc Building and has been involved in construction 1972 and industrial property development from 1990.  Brendan joined Investec in January 2008 after years in development and project management.

John Deeb has a BSc Building degree. He has 12 years experience in the construction industry and 25 years experience in project management and property development. John Deeb joined Investec Property two years ago. He has diverse experience in construction management and professional client side project management specializing in large, complex commercial, retail and exclusive… read more »

Greg M’Crystal has 10 years Commercial Banking experience and 19 years property related experience. Greg’s exposure to property includes property credit, property finance, sales and acquisitions, leasing, asset management and development.  Greg M’Crystal joined Investec Property in 2001 and has since been involved in unlisted fund management, retail and office asset management, retail property development and… read more »

Mike Ohse studied Architecture in Hamburg, Germany where he completed his diploma in 1985.  In 1997 he returned to South Africa and joined one of the leading Architectural companies, specializing amongst other in the design and running of shopping centre developments.  After 21 years of architecture Mike Ohse joined Investec Property in 2006 where he… read more »

Gavin has had 20 years experience in Property Management and Property Development. He started at SIP Project Management in 1992 and then worked at Devland Holdings in 1999.  Gavin joined Investec property in early 2006 and heads up our Office Development team. He has been involved in a number of developments including Constantia Office Park,… read more »

Robin Magid has been with Investec since 1995, initially managing the Property Finance Team and in 2002, he joined Investec Property Limited where he ran the development and trading business. In 2008, he relocated to London where he was involved in establishing an international property investment division whilst still managing the South African operations. Robin… read more »

Sam Hackner has over 30 years of experience in the property industry and is currently the Chairman of IP, having previously been the CEO of IP until 31 March 2014. Sam Hackner is currently Non-Executive Chairman of the Investec Property Fund, which was listed on the JSE in April 2011. He is also a member… read more »

Zonke is a South African R&B and Afro-soul singer who has dominated music charts and won numerous awards and sold platinum certified albums. Zonke has carved out a distinctive position in the musical landscape. She’s one of the country’s biggest stars but also the only female hitmaker in the game. Unlike almost every other female singer… read more »

Sam has over 40 years’ experience across all sectors of the property industry with 26 years at Investec Property Proprietary Limited, firstly as a director, then managing director and currently as deputy chairman. He was a founder of the transformation of Growthpoint into South Africa’s largest listed property REIT and was a director until Investec… read more »

Andrew is a chartered surveyor with over 23 years’ experience in commercial property investment, valuation and management. Following a successful nine-year period at CB Richard Ellis Limited, one of the world’s largest property advisers, he established Andrew Branch Property Consultants Limited specialising in advising, representing and overseeing clients’ property interests. The range of work undertaken… read more »

DB FABIAN is the principal and founding partner of Fabian Architects (est. 1975) who have been responsible for many significant property developments in Cape Town. DB FABIAN was a non-executive director of the JSE listed Spearhead Property Group Limited. He is also a director of numerous private property development and investment companies.

Ray is a chartered accountant and has served in executive positions with some of South Africa’s leading retail groups including the JD Group and Woolworths Holdings Limited. He served on the Woolworths Holdings’ audit committee until June 2005 and was the chairman of Paramount Property Fund’s audit committee until February 2007. He was the financial… read more »

Leon is the managing director and co-founder of the Rabie Property Group, one of South Africa’s most successful independent property development companies. The Rabie Property Group has pioneered many new concepts for South Africa including plot and plan housing and public-private sector partnerships. It has won both national and international recognition for many of its… read more »