1. Marius Lodewucus Heyns (50)
Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director
BSc Civ Eng, PR Eng, MSAICE

Marius has 30 years’ experience in the construction industry across the full spectrum of activities. He has held various executive management positions for leading public and private companies in the sector and was reappointed at Basil Read on 19 October 2004 in his current position.

2. Manuel Donnell Grota Gouveia (34)
Financial director
BCompt (Hons), CA(SA)

Donny has worked in the finance field for 15 years, seven of which were in the auditing profession. He joined Basil Read in 2001 and is responsible for group financial reporting, taxation planning, group treasury and finance. Donny was appointed to his current position in 2004.

3. Nigel Townshend (54)
Executive director
PrEng, BSc (Hons), MSAICE, FSAIMM, CEng, AMI, StructE, PCPM

Nigel emigrated to South Africa from the United Kingdom in 1978 with a degree in civil engineering from Loughborough University. In 1982, he founded TWP as a civil and structural firm, which is currently the biggest EPCM (engineering, procurement and construction management) organisation in Africa. Nigel holds the position of group Chief Executive Officer of TWP Holdings and following the acquisition of TWP by Basil Read in December 2009, was appointed to Basil Read’s board on 1 January 2010.

4. Marthinus Johannes Lombard (62)
Deputy Chief Executive Officer*
ND Civil Eng, Pr Tech (Eng), PrCM

Martin has a wealth of experience in the construction industry which he has been involved in since 1971. He was Chief Executive Officer of Roadcrete Africa (Pty) Limited, which celebrated 20 years of being one of South Africa’s most respected firms of civil engineering contractors in 2008. Following Basil Read’s acquisition of Roadcrete Africa during 2008, Martin was appointed as Chairman of the roads division. He was appointed in his current role as Deputy Chief Executive Officer in December 2009.

5. Frans van Wyk (58)
Executive director: mining*
BSc Civ Eng, ECSA registered professional engineer

Frans has worked in the civil engineering industry for over 30 years and has been the Managing Director of the Blasting and Excavating group since 1999. He joined Basil Read in 2007 following the acquisition of the Blasting and Excavating group by Basil Read. Frans was appointed to his current role during the year under review.

6. Kgomotso Bontle Sekgobela (29)
Executive director: business development*

Kgomotso has extensive experience in marketing and communication implementation and has over six years’ experience in relationship management, business development and client service. He has held various leadership roles throughout his career and was appointed to the position of Executive director: Business development during the 2009 financial year.

7. Tshiwo Sibane Yenana (33)
Executive director: business development*
BSoc Sci, MCRP (UCT), PGDPDM (Wits), GEDP 2009 (GIBS)

Tshiwo has 10 years’ experience in property development. He has worked in various public and private sector roles for the City of Cape Town, Gauteng Department of Housing, City of Johannesburg, Old Mutual Properties and the National Treasury. He joined the Basil Read developments division in February 2009 and was appointed as executive director: business development in July 2009.

8. Webster Mfebe (50)
Executive director: stakeholder relations*
Diploma International Trade, IPM Diploma

Webster has a number of years’ experience in stakeholder relations, having developed and implemented a stakeholder relations strategy during his tenure at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). Prior to his appointment at the SABC, Webster was the Free State Government’s provincial minister responsible for Sport, Arts, Culture, Science and Technology. Webster was also a member of parliament serving on various committees including portfolio committees on minerals and energy and trade and industry. He was appointed by Basil Read in his current position in October 2009.

9. Vinayagam Kumarasamy Moodley (40)
Group Cost Control Director*

Logan joined Basil Read in 1988 in the accounts department. In 1996, he was appointed as area cost controller overseeing KwaZulu-Natal. In 2003, he was appointed divisional cost control manager for the roads and civil engineering division. In 2007, he was appointed as Group Cost Control Director.

10. Bernard Melvin Johnson (42)
Director: Human Resources*
Diploma: HR Management and IR/Labour Law

Bernard joined the group in 1988 as payroll administrator and assumed the role of remuneration manager during 2004. He is currently responsible for managing employee relations and good governance in terms of all employee matters. He is also actively involved in managing the group’s employee benefits and all other aspects relating to human resources. He was appointed as a director in 2006.

*Appointments at subsidiary level