Directors

Having been employed by Grindrod Limited Group (“Grindrod”) in 1986, prior to its listing on the JSE, Alan has over 30 years of experience in the shipping industry. He was appointed as  an executive director of Grindrod in 1999 and remained in this position until 2017. Grindrod has twice been voted the top listed shipping company in the world by Marine Money. Positions held within Grindrod include treasury, financial director, shipping chief executive and group chief executive of the listed entity. Alan has served on a number of boards in both executive and non-executive capacities including being chairman of Grindrod Bank and the Maputo Port Development Company. He joined the board of directors of the UK P&I Club, one of the world’s largest public indemnity shipping insurance mutuals, in 2000 and was appointed chairman in 2013. With the chairman being appointed for a tenure of five years, he retired as chairman of the UK P&I Club board in 2018.

Stuart held various auditing and accounting-focused positions in his early career and was appointed as the financial director of Hub Trading Company, previously a division of Mr Price Group Limited, in 1993, whereafter he was promoted to managing director in 1999. In 2001, he joined Mr Price Apparel (a division of Mr Price Group Limited) as the deputy managing director and took over as managing director in 2002. He was appointed as deputy chief executive officer of Mr Price Group Limited in 2010 and was promoted to chief executive officer in 2011, in which position he remained until his retirement in 2018.

Des spent the first part of his career in the banking industry, first with Barclays Bank in South Africa and later with Syfrets which was merged into Nedcor Investment Bank. He was appointed General Manager Corporate Equity and served on the bank’s executive committee. Des has served on the boards of several listed property companies including the board of directors of NEPI Rockcastle from which he retired in May 2020 and Hammerson from which he retired in October 2022. He is a non-executive director of Lighthouse, serving on its remuneration and investment committees. Des served as the Chief Executive Officer of Resilient REIT Limited since its listing in 2002 until his retirement in December 2023. Des is a non-executive director of Resilient serving on its Investment Committee.

Des currently consults in a business development role and acts for companies in developed economies with African growth ambitions. He served as group financial manager of Group Five Limited between January 1991 and August 1996. Des spent the greater part of his career at Enviroserv Waste Management, first as chief financial officer for four years and then as chief executive officer for 16 years. In 2008, the company was bought out by Absa Private Equity and delisted from the JSE.

For the past 37 years, Johann has been involved in retail property management, letting, retail  acquisitions and development with an emphasis on the development and redevelopment of underperforming shopping centres. Johann has served as an executive director of Resilient REIT Limited since June 2005 performing the role of Head of Retail. Johann was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Resilient from January 2024.

Dawn’s career has predominantly been in the financial services sector. She presently serves on the boards of listed and unlisted companies such as Santam Limited, Shoprite Holdings Limited and Richards Bay Minerals Proprietary Limited. In addition, Dawn formed part of the Presidential Review Committee for State-owned Enterprises and is currently the executive chairperson of Executive Magic.

Monica completed her articles at Deloitte in 2009 whereafter she qualified as a chartered accountant. She was appointed as a manager of Deloitte in the audit division in 2010 and was promoted to senior manager in 2012. She joined Resilient as financial manager in October 2013 and was appointed as company secretary in August 2014. She was appointed chief financial officer with effect from 1 March 2020.

Protas is currently the managing director of Khwezela Investment Group Proprietary Limited, a non-executive director of Rand Water and the National Nuclear Regulator, a trustee of Rand Water Medical Scheme and a member of the audit and risk committee of the Financial Intelligence Centre. Protas was previously the chief financial officer of Sentech Limited, deputy director general and chief financial officer in the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, non-executive director of Rand Merchant Bank, WesBank, Capital Property Fund Limited and National Housing Finance Corporation Limited. Protas was also previously a member of the national taxation committee of SAICA and a member of the South African Reserve Bank Governor’s Economic Roundtable Forum. Protas was appointed as a non-executive director of the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors in June 2021.

Thando is the head of Sanlam Direct Property (SA). He previously served as the managing director of Ubunono Properties from September 2006 to May 2008 and again from September 2015 to October 2019. Thando was also previously the head of Imperial Properties and Shanduka Properties Proprietary Limited.

Thando is currently a director and member of the audit and risk committee of Newpark REIT Limited and is a director of SAPOA. He has previously served on the boards of Texton Property Fund Limited, Pivotal Property Fund Limited, Catalyst Fund Managers South Africa Proprietary Limited, Kia Motors Proprietary Limited, Pangbourne Properties Limited and Capital Property Fund Limited.

Barry heads up Renlia Developments Proprietary Limited, a property investment and development company primarily focused on office, industrial and residential opportunities. He is a director of Newpark REIT Limited and was previously an executive director of Group Five Limited and managing director of Group Five Developments.