South Africa

Keith Rankin joined Barloworld in 2004 when Avis Southern Africa was bought by Barloworld. He started his career at Avis in 1998 and was appointed as chief executive for Avis Car Rental Southern Africa in 2004. In 2007 he was appointed as chief executive for Barloworld Automotive – Car Rental that included the Southern Africa… read more »

Roy brings 25 years of local and international senior management experience to the group. Holding a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, and an MBA, Roy has held senior executive roles in various industries that have honed his skills in strategy, marketing, business development and general management. His track record includes leadership positions in Nampak Limited, Deloitte… read more »

Chris is a commercial, corporate finance, tax and trust attorney. His experience as a non-executive director of listed companies spans more than a decade. He currently serves as a director of companies listed on the JSE and is also trustee of various trusts, including the ADvTECH Limited Share Incentive Trust. He was appointed as a… read more »

Hilary Wilton: Hilary Wilton joined Barloworld in 2003 as Head of Insurance. Her portfolio has grown over the past thirteen years to include global responsibility for legal, risk, internal audit, ethics and compliance, the group’s ethics tip off line, the Barloworld Medical Scheme and the Barloworld Retirement fund, part of the Old Mutual SuperFund. SA

Following his studies at Rand Afrikaans University, Alastair completed his articles at Livingstone Crichton in 2004. He was admitted as an attorney of the High Court (Transvaal Provincial Division) in 2005. Having practiced as an attorney (post articles) for ten years he started his own practice in December 2009 named Adams Attorney, which practice has… read more »

Emmy Leeka has held the position of CEO for Barloworld Equipment South Africa since 1 October 2012 which equates to 60% of the southern African business. His career stretches over various commodities and disciplines in the industry. Emmy Leeka was previously the CEO of Hernic Ferrochrome having previously held senior executive roles at other organisations… read more »

National Teacher’s Qualification, Botshabelo Training Institution, Management Advanced Programme (MAP) Certificate, University of the Witwatersrand Business School, Effective Directorship. Certificate, Kagiso Leadership School and Gordon Institute of Business. He joined the mining industry from 1977 to 1996 as a multi-skilled worker at East Rand Gold & Uranium. At the time of leaving ERGO he was… read more »

Nick started working in 1969 as a Marketing Trainee with Colgate-Palmolive and in 1976 was transferred to Colgate-Palmolive, United Kingdom. He later moved to Germany, where he held the position of Assistant Managing Director ColgatePalmolive, Germany. He returned to South Africa and joined Barlow Rand Limited in July 1982 and became a Director of Barlow… read more »

Kajal Bissessor is a CA(SA) having served articles with KPMG subsequent to completing a B Acc, HDip Acc and the SAICA Board exams. During Kajal’s articles, she gained international experience at KPMG Ireland (Dublin office) where she worked as audit senior for a period of four months. Post articles, Kajal worked as audit manager at… read more »

Omair is a CA (SA) having served articles with KPMG. At KPMG Omair was part of the Financial Services division and the Financial Engineering Group where he gained experience in the global and local financial markets auditing financial institutions. Omair joined Anchor prior to its listing in September 2014 as group financial manager in charge… read more »

Mike Teke was born in 1964 in Kwa Thema, Springs, South Africa and has the following qualifications: BA (Ed), B.Ed (University of the North) 1985-1989; BA (Hons) (RAU) 1995-1996 and MBA (Unisa) 1999-2002. He started work as a school teacher and subsequently served in various HR roles at Unilever, Bayer, BHP Billiton and Impala Platinum… read more »

Mr Armitage is a CA(SA), having served articles with Deloitte & Touche. Mr Armitage has 23 years’ experience in global financial markets, having worked as an analyst, Head of Research and Chief Investment Officer. Peter also ran an internet media business in 2000 and 2001. Mr Armitage has achieved a record number of No. 1… read more »

Astrino Nicoloudakis joined Acsion in 2015. He has been tasked with new deal origination across Europe and Africa, revenue enhancement innovations, photovoltaic rooftop solar installations and Acsiopolis concept design. Astrino Nicoloudakis qualified as a CA(SA) in 2005 and has strong exposure to exponential growth ventures and deal origination.

Jeanette Nel joined the group in 2013 from Old Mutual Properties and is a seasoned property professional with 28 years’ experience in the industry, including financial management, property management, development deal origination and leasing. Jeanette Nel manages a leasing support team consisting of 8 people.

Dimitris has been with Acsion since 2004, and heads up the leasing and development function at the group, where he is responsible for driving key negotiations with all tenants, conceptualising tenant mix and layout design, planning and implementing strategies to maximize investment performance of the existing portfolio, as well as growth of the portfolio. He… read more »