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1. Sindile Lester Leslie Peteni (66)
Independent non-executive director, chairman
BSc (Building Science) (University of Cape Town)
Lester has numerous years’ experience in various roles at construction and property development companies. He is a founding member of Thebe Investment Corporation. He was appointed to the board in July 2006 and as chairman in May 2009. |
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2. Marius Lodewucus Heyns (51)
Chief executive officer, managing director
BSc Civ Eng, PrEng, MSAICE
Marius has 32 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. |
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3. Manuel Donnell Grota Gouveia (35)
Financial director, deputy chief executive officer
BCompt (Hons), CA(SA)
Donny has worked in finance for 17 years, seven of which were in the auditing profession. He joined Basil Read in 2001 and is responsible for group financial reporting, taxation planning, and group treasury and finance. He was appointed chief financial officer in 2004 and as financial director on the board of Basil Read in May 2009. In October 2010, Donny was appointed as deputy chief executive officer. |
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4. Nigel Townshend (55)
Executive director
PrEng, BSc (Hons), MSAICE, FSAIMM, CEng, AMI, StructE, PCPM
Nigel immigrated 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, now the biggest EPCM (engineering, procurement and construction management) organisation in Africa. Nigel is chairman 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. |
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5. Charles Peter Davies (64)
Independent non-executive director
Charles began his career in the insurance industry, culminating in his appointment as chief executive officer of Norwich Holdings, a post he held from its incorporation in 1995 until his retirement in 1999. He currently serves on various boards in a non-executive capacity. He was appointed to the board of Basil Read in 2006. |
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6. Given Refilwe Sibiya (43)
Independent non-executive director
BCom, BAcc (Wits), CA(SA)
Given has 20 years’ experience in the finance and consulting fields. After completing audit articles with KPMG, she joined Anglo American as an internal auditor. She entered the consulting arena in 1996 with Ebony Financial Services and continued in this field with SizweNtsaluba VSP until 2007. Given is currently a director of Xabiso Chartered Accountants, a medium-sized audit firm and serves on the external audit, consulting and forensics and serves on the audit committee of the Media Development and Diversity Agency. She was appointed to the board of Basil Read on 1 July 2009. |
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7. Sango Siviwe Ntsaluba (50)
Non-executive director
BCom, BCompt (Hons) (Unisa), CA(SA), HDip Tax Law (University of Johannesburg)
Sango is a founding member of Amabubesi Investments (Pty) Limited. He also serves on other boards of listed companies and public sector entities. He was a founding member of SizweNtsaluba VSP and Neotel. He was appointed to the board of Basil Read in July 2006. |
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8. Thabiso Alexander Tlelai (47)
Non-executive director
BCom (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)
Thabiso is a founding member and director of Amabubesi Investments (Pty) Limited. He has been chief executive officer of The Don Group since acquiring a significant shareholding in 2000, and has been involved in the hotel industry for more than 15 years. He is also a founder member and chairman of the Tourism Business Council of South Africa. He was appointed to Basil Read’s board in July 2006. |
