South Africa

Dominic Malentsha Sewela was appointed to the Barloworld board on 19 March 2014. He joined Barloworld in 2007 as chief executive officer of the Barloworld Equipment South Africa division and was promoted to chief operating officer of Barloworld Equipment southern Africa. On 1 October 2013 Dominic was appointed chief executive officer of Equipment southern Africa…. read more »

Phuti is executive chair 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. She sits on the boards… read more »

Kevin Ellerine joined Ellerine Holdings in 1991, and in 1993 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 is a member of the boards of the property and private equity companies in which Ellerines is invested…. read more »

Jerry Vilakazi is executive chair of the Palama group of companies, which he co-founded with the view to investing in private and listed companies. He previously served as CEO of Business Unity South Africa (BUSA). He is also the chair of the State Information Technology Agency (SITA), Mpumalanga Gambling Board and Trubok Proprietary Limited. Jerry… read more »

Joe Mthimunye 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, Joe Mthimunye led a management buyout of Gobodo Corporate Finance from the accounting firm and rebranded it AloeCap Proprietary… read more »

Gary Harlow 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… read more »

Larry Nestadt is the chairperson of Blue Label Telecoms. He  joined the Blue Label Telecoms board upon its foundation in 2007. Larry is a respected senior member of the South African business community,  He is an astute strategist, and has over 40 years’ corporate experience both in South Africa and abroad. Larry is a co-founder and… read more »

Dean Suntup completed articles at Price Waterhouse Coopers, where he continued to work after he qualified as a chartered accountant. In 2003 he joined BSC Technologies, a business established by Mark and Brett Levy, and later became its financial director. In 2005 he transferred to The Prepaid Company in the role of financial director. Dean… read more »

Mark Levy joined the Blue Label Telecoms board on its establishment in 2007, and is a director of various local and global companies in the Blue Label Telecoms Group. An astute entrepreneur, he received a BCompt degree from UNISA in 1993, and then began his career by working as a commodities trader. Over the past… read more »

Brett Levy joined the board of the Blue Label Telecoms Group upon its establishment in 2007. He is a director of various local and global group companies. Brett brings a bold entrepreneurial flair to Blue Label Telecoms. Starting in the early 1990s, he has founded and operated many South African businesses, and he has been… read more »

A non-executive director, Helen has extensive international business experience across a range of sectors including manufacturing, distribution, mining, energy and financial services. Helen has chaired regional audit committees of the Bidvest International Foodservice business since 2011 and has held various board and audit committee roles, including her current role as audit and risk committee chairman… read more »

Nigel George Payn is a professional non-executive director, with no executive responsibilities. Nigel George Payn is a director of the Mr Price Group Limited (chairman), The Bidvest Group Limited, JSE Limited and Vukile Property Fund Limited. SA

Dolly, is a qualified attorney with a BProc (University of Limpopo), LLB (Wits), HDip Tax Law (Wits). Co-founder and executive director of Peotona Group Holdings. Chairperson of Total SA, Unisa School of Business Leadership. Non-executive director of Kumba Iron Ore, IQ Business, Lafarge Industries SA, Lafarge Mining Industries SA. Founding chairperson of Palesa Ya Sechaba… read more »

Brian Joffe is the CEO of Bidvest Group since 2004. Brian founded the Bidvest Group in 1988, where he served as Executive Chair until his appointment as Chief Executive in 2004. Brian Joffe has over 33 years of South African and international commercial experience. Brian was one of the Sunday Times’ top five businessmen in… read more »

Doug has extensive experience in both commerce and industry and has previously served in the capacity of independent director in a number of JSE top 40 companies.