South Africa

Thandeka N Mgoduso is a clinical psychologist and obtained her qualifications at the universities of Fort Hare and the Witwatersrand. While in commerce, she held various leadership positions in operations as well as in human resources and currently consults in strategy and human resources. Thandeka N Mgoduso chairs her company, Jojose Investments and holds non-executive… read more »

Sydney Mhlarh qualified as a chartered accountant in 1998 following the completion of his articles at Ernst & Young in 1997. He co-founded Tamela Holdings Proprietary Limited (Tamela) in 2008, which holds investments in various industries. Sydney Mhlarh has held various senior positions in the investment banking sector, including those of divisional director at Standard… read more »

Delight Aitken holds a Business Administration Diploma from the University of Wales and an Associate Certificate in Management from the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business. Delight Aitken possesses more than 20 years’ experience in the energy sector, most recently with Chevron Corporation where she was the Policy Government and Public Affairs Manager,… read more »

Ed was admitted as an attorney, notary and conveyancer in 1967 and practiced as a partner of Webber Wentzel until his retirement as senior partner of that firm in 2006. He remains an executive consultant to the firm. He is a former president of the Law Society of the Northern province and of the Law… read more »

Bastiaan H van Aswegen obtained a BEng (Metallurgy) from the University of Pretoria (South Africa) in 1982 and later obtained BCom (Unisa) and MEng (UP) degrees. After working for Iscor and Samancor in production and on projects, he was appointed by Samancor as General Manager of the Palmiet Ferrochrome Operation (Mogale) in 1999. He joined… read more »

Patrick E Sacco joined the Assore group in 2003 after completing a master’s degree at the University of Colorado (USA). Patrick E Sacco was appointed a director of Ore & Metal, the selling and marketing agent for all the group’s products, in 2007, and as from 1 March 2016, has been appointed as its Managing… read more »

Charles qualified with a B.Sc. (Mech) Eng in 1989 from the University of Cape Town. He obtained a B.Com in 1992 from the University of South Africa and completed the Programme for Management Development at Harvard Business School in 2001. Charles began his career with Anglo American in 1991 as a Graduate Engineer and following… read more »

Desmond Sacco qualified as a geologist and joined the Assore group in 1968. He was appointed to the Assore board in 1974 and, on the retirement of his father, Guido, in 1992, was appointed Chairman and Managing Director. In that year he was also appointed Deputy Chairman of Assmang Limited and in 1999 he became… read more »

After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in South Africa in the mid 1980’s, Rudolf spent twelve years with Rand Merchant Bank and the FirstRand banking group, before founding Treacle Private Equity (Pty) Ltd in 2000. Treacle raised and managed two successful general South African focused private equity funds between 2000 and 2015. Rudolf is currently resident… read more »

Laurence is currently the CEO of Vukile Property Fund Limited, one of South Africa’s largest listed REITs, and former Chairman of the SA REIT Association. He has significant property experience and has led Vukile through various corporate activities, including the acquisition of Synergy Income Fund. In addition to his wealth of property experience Laurence has… read more »

Cape Town born Nick Winearls started his professional career in 1975 at The Board of Executors (later rebranded as BoE) in Cape Town, with responsibility for the structuring of the affairs of high net worth clients both domestically and internationally. In 1987, he emigrated with his family to the Isle of Man to join accountants Touche… read more »

Kesaven is an Executive Director of Perigeum Capital. He was, until June 2016, a Senior Manager in the Capital Market Advisory team of a leading management company in Mauritius. For the past 12 years, in the Mauritius financial services industry, he has acquired experience ranging from fund formation and administration, fund accounting, Mauritius regulatory matters,… read more »

After graduating in 2005 with a distinction in Veterinary Medicine, Cleo spent 3 years in private small animal practice as a Veterinary Surgeon with an active role in the business management. Since joining Folkes Holdings Ltd in 2009 Cleo has quickly risen up the ranks from Business Development to Director of Operations to her current… read more »

Warren qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1997. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with Honours in Accountancy from the University of South Africa. Warren also completed a Master of Commerce degree in Taxation from the University of the Witwatersrand in 2007. Warren completed his Articles in 1993. He has 23 years of working… read more »

Paul has over 28 years of property and financial services experience. He established Leaf Capital in 2004, together with Jacqui Hathorn. Paul completed his articles and qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Deloitte and Touche in 1986. He subsequently held various roles in NBS Bank and BoE (subsequently Nedbank Ltd) which included financial and strategy… read more »