Gerhard van Zyl (50)
Chief executive
B Eng (Hons) Hons B (B & A), MBA

Gerhard has 19 years’ experience in the property industry and was the president of SAPOA during 2003/2004. He worked at the Department of Water Affairs of Namibia from 1984 to 1985 whereafter he studied full time towards an MBA degree at the University of Stellenbosch. Following this, he was appointed as senior engineer at MBB Consulting Engineers. Between 1988 and 2003, he held various positions in the Sanlam Group and
was managing director of Gensec Property Services prior to joining Vukile.

Michael John Potts (55)
Financial director
CA(SA), HDip Tax Law (Wits)

Michael was previously an independent advisor to the Bridge Capital Group on property transactions, property portfolio assembly, financial structuring and capital raising. Prior to that, he was managing and financial director of the South African company that forms part of the UK-based Hanover Acceptances Group and was involved in the restructuring of the South African group and the introduction of effective management reporting systems
and strategic planning methodologies. Michael was also a non-executive director of Hanover Acceptances Limited (United Kingdom) and Outspan International Limited for six and seven years respectively.

Hermina Christina (Ina) Lopion (50)
Executive director
BSc, University of Stellenbosch
Sanlam Executive Development Programme, Manchester Business School

Ina has 19 years’ property experience and six years’ life insurance experience within the Sanlam Group. Ina is a member of the Vukile board and management committee responsible mainly for asset management of the Sanlam non-listed property portfolio with a market value of approximately R9 billion and the Vukile property portfolio with a market value of approximately R4.9 billion.

Anton Dirk Botha (56)
Chairman
BCom, BProc, BCom (Hons), Stanford Executive Programme

Anton is a director and co-owner of Imalivest, an investment group that manages proprietary capital provided by its owners, the Imalivest Flexible Funds and
a private hedge fund. He also serves as a non-executive director on the boards of the JSE Limited, The University of Pretoria, Sanlam Limited, Sanlam subsidiaries and African Rainbow Minerals. He is a past president of the Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut and is actively involved in organised business. Anton spent most of his career building Gensec into a leading South African investment banking group. Before becoming a wholly owned
subsidiary of Sanlam Limited in December 2000, Gensec had a market capitalisation of R10 billion and was one of the 40 largest listed companies in South Africa.

Hendrik Schalk Conradie Bester (59)
BCom (Hons), FIA, AMP

Hendrik was a senior general manager and later an executive director of Sanlam between 1997 and 2000. Before 1997, he held various positions in the Sanlam Group. Other previous directorships include Gensec, Sankorp, Sanlam Unit Trusts, Sanlam Properties, SA Retail and SAGDB. He is a past president of SAPOA, a former director of the Board of Quantity Surveyors and served on the Van Huysteen Commission on government
properties. Hendrik also serves on the board of Barnard Jacobs Mellet Holdings.

Peter John Cook (63)
BSc Eng, MBA

Peter retired as an executive director of Sanlam Capital Markets (previously named Gensec Bank) and of its parent, Genbel Securities, in 2005. He continues to serve as a non-executive director of both companies. He was the deputy chief executive of Gensec Bank from 2001 to 2004, and the Genbel Securities executive director responsible for finance, risk management and all other support functions from 1997 to 2000. From
1993 to 1997, Peter was the finance and administration director at Engen. Prior to that, he held various managerial positions in the Gencor Group.

Jonathan Mlungisi Hlongwane (46)

Mlungisi is a director and shareholder of Isolenu Group Holdings, which owns a commercial property portfolio across the country, both in the unlisted and listed property
sectors. Over the last fifteen years, he has been instrumental in securing investments in previously disadvantaged areas. He has been involved in civic and community movements since 1979 and has served at various levels within the South African National Civic
Organisation (SANCO). He recently stepped down as national president of SANCO, a position he has held since 1997 when he was elected at the SANCO National
Conference and re-elected at the 2001 National Conference. Mlungisi was also CEO of I-Burst South Africa and Mayor of Sedibeng District Municipality.

Peter Sipho Moyanga (45)

Peter is a well-recognised expert in the field of franchising, property and business development. He was employed by McDonalds Corporation in 1995 where his initial
functions were as a senior property network developer responsible for strategic physical brand positioning. In 1999, Peter was appointed franchising manager for McDonalds (South Africa) (Proprietary) Limited and later in 2001 he was promoted to multi department head, responsible for field service, information and technology department, operations development and franchising.

Mervyn Hymie Serebro (63)

Mervyn is the chief executive officer of Vusani Property Investments, a fully empowered privately held consortium embracing retail and commercial properties. Mervyn spent 32 years with the OK Bazaars Group within which he held a number of key positions and directorships, including that of group managing director. Mervyn was integrally involved in the establishment of a South African Bone Marrow Registry after the untimely death of his son Darren of leukemia. He is also the vice chairman of Reach For A Dream.

Urbanus (Barnus) J van der Walt (60)
B Econ Hon, Advanced Executive Programme - UNISA

Banus is the managing director of Sanlam Properties and was previously the managing director of Gensec Property services for seven years. Banus has 39 years’ property experience with the Sanlam Group. He is an executive committee member of Sanlam Investment Management, the holding company of Sanlam Properties. He has travelled extensively to study the property industry, both locally and internationally. Banus is a past president of the South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA). Banus has been a non-executive director of Martprop, Acucap, SA Retail and iFour.