South Africa

Trevor Ziman joined the Group as a founder director of Aspen Australia in May 2001 to manage the businesses financial and commercial affairs. He has since assisted in the completion and integration of strategic acquisitions as well as establishing operations in the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, Japan and Hong Kong. In 2014 Trevor Ziman was promoted… read more »

Ms McIlraith is a Mauritian citizen and holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa and has been a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants since 1992. She served her Articles at Ernst & Young in Johannesburg. She then joined the Investment Banking industry and… read more »

Carnie joined Aspen as Head of Pharma South Africa. In June 2017 he was promoted to Group Commercial Head and his associated responsibilities include our businesses in Europe CIS, Canada, Spanish Latin America, Brazil, Middle East North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa as well as Global Marketing and Nutritionals.

Samer joined the Group to set up the global business in Mauritius. He has since assisted in the negotiation, completion and integration of strategic acquisitions as well as establishing commercial operations in countries in Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa in addition to the United States. Samer is also responsible for the Intellectual… read more »

Tiffany Purves is a qualified Chartered Accountant. She spent 7 years in the investment banking sector in London, working for ING Barings, Bankers Trust and ABN AMRO from 1993 to 2000. She worked on interbank marketing for the fixed income derivatives team of ABN AMRO and is registered with the Financial Services Authority in the… read more »

Lorraine Hill : Lorraine Hill is responsible for multiple operational areas of the business including regulatory affairs, quality, pharmacovigilence, new product development, manufacturing and supply chain, procurement and third party supply, negotiation and implementation of new business initiatives including global transactions, IT and Group project management.

Dennis Dencher joined Aspen in October 2015. Dennis Dencher is responsible for the commercial operations in 45 countries in Europe CIS, which encompasses a net sales turnover of approximately EUR 700 million and a team of some 600 employees. (SA)

Mr Kaplan has worked in the fields of law, corporate finance and investments. Mr Kaplan lived in Australia from 1989 to 1991 and worked as a lawyer at Mallesons Stephen Jaques in Sydney where he requalified and was admitted as a solicitor. From 1991 to 1999 Mr Kaplan lived in South Africa where he worked… read more »

Sean Capazorio takes responsibility for the Group’s finance portfolio across Aspen’s 60 businesses and Sean Capazorio is also intricately involved in strategic global transactions. (SA)

Gus is a founding shareholder of the Aspen Group and is responsible for the strategic and financial well-being of the Group while also identifying and pursuing appropriate corporate opportunities and global transactions that will further benefit the Group and its stakeholders in its pursuance of global pharmaceutical leadership status

Stephen Saad is a founding shareholder of the Aspen Group and Stephen Saad has responsibilities which extend to include the strategic positioning and global transactions, geographic expansion and product diversification of Aspen in developed and emerging markets as a leading multinational pharmaceutical company. (SA)

After 15 years in the FMCG industry Cornélle moved into the direct selling industry in 2001 as the group CFO and then managing director of Avroy Shlain Cosmetics. She is the vice chair of the Direct Selling Association in South Africa and an advisory committee member of the World Federation of Direct Selling Associations.

Julliette has over 25 years experience in the South African FMCG industry. She has worked across many diverse categories and held senior management positions in marketing at AVI for 10 years, which included marketing director of Snackworx, and was marketing director of Foodcorp for seven years before joining Ascendis Health.

Director and shareholder of Business Sculptors (Pty) Limited Previous experience Associate professor of Physiology at the University of Stellenbosch Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians Group executive at the South African Medical Research Council

CEO of The Bidvest Group Limited since May 2016. Director of numerous Bidvest subsidiaries, Chairman of Bidvest South Africa divisions and Chairman of Bidvest Namibia. Previously served on the board of Adcock Ingram Holdings Limited. Previous experience CEO of Bidvest South Africa Formed the Bidvest Services division Managing Director of Bidvest Steiner