Board of directors led by Company’s founding Executive Chairman provides strategic leadership and a multidisciplinary executive team takes responsibility for the day-to-day running of the company.
Full details of the directors are given in the relevant section hereunder but they are:
Mzolisi Diliza - Group Chief Executive Officer
Mzolisi Diliza is the Founder and current Group CEO of Strategic Partners Group (Pty) Ltd ("SPG") – a broadbased black economic empowerment partner in the Bombela Concession Company ("BCC"). BCC is responsible for the design, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance of the Gautrain Rapid Rail Link Project.
He is the former Chief Executive of the Chamber of Mines of South Africa, a position he has occupied since 1998 when he became the first black person to occupy such a position after more than 100 years until his retirement in December 2010. As a pre-eminent member of the South African business community, he is a member of the Institute of Directors, former Vice Chairman of Business South Africa ("BSA"). BSA is a business formation that together with the Black Business Council formed the current Business Unit South Africa ("BUSA").
He was a Commissioner of the BEE Commission which was established to develop a clear and coherent vision and strategy for Black Economic Empowerment in South Africa. In addition, he is the immediate past Chairman of the International Chambers of Commerce South Africa (ICCSA), a former Director of Uthingo Lotteries and Gold Reef Casino Resorts Limited and former Executive Member of the Mining Industries Association of Southern Africa ("MIASA") and the London based International Council on Mining and Metals ("ICMM").
Mzolisi is accredited for setting up the Black Management Forum Investment Company Limited (BMFI) and being its founding Chairman, a position he held for more than 10 years. He is currently engaged in a range of activities that place him at the front-end of major industrial and commercial initiatives and has participated in and led numerous Black Economic Empowerment initiatives such as the Gold Reef Casino Resorts, Growthpoint Properties and Aurecon transactions.
He is also a director of Bombela Operating Company, Bombela Maintenance Company and the Chairman of Mega Express. Mzolisi matriculated from Jongilizwe College for the Sons of Chiefs in Tsolo and obtained Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Administration (Honours) degrees from the Universities of Rhodes and Stellenbosch respectively
David Moshapalo - Group Chief Operations Officer
David Moshapalo is the Group Chief Operations Officer of Strategic Partners Group (Pty) Ltd, the BEE Partner of the Bombela Consortium for the Gautrain Project, and the past Chairman of Isithimela Rail Services (Pty) Ltd (Gautrain).
In 1988 he was one of the founding members of Fabcos (Foundation for African Business and Consumer Service It was during his tenure at Fabcos when his role as a Black Economic Empowerment activist became visible. As the leader of the Southern African Taverners Association (SATA), he helped to formulate the special liquor licence for taverners and shebeens in South Africa.
His previous positions include serving as advisor to various government departments on behalf of Black business and participated in the various Government Task Teams that resulted in the Small Business Enabling Act which brought about Government agencies NSBC (National Small Business Council) Ntsika and Khula. As a member of the Executive Committee of Business South Africa (BSA), he facilitated the Black Management Forum’s (BMF) participation in Nedlac for the Employment Equity Act debates. He founded the first Black Business Council (BCC) and under his leadership the BBBEE Commission did its work, chaired by Cyril Ramaphosa, the current President of South Africa.
Among his former directorships are the former Chief Executive Officer of Kumnandi Leisure and Liquor Holdings (Pty) Ltd; former director of Withmore Investments (PTY) Ltd (formerly Phetogo), a BEE Shareholder of KWV (Pty) Ltd; former director of Gauteng Tourism Authority; former alternate Director of Aurecon; and former director of Mvelaphanda, amongst others.
David Moshapalo is currently a director of Strategic Partners Group (Pty) Ltd; Bombela Concession Company (Pty) Ltd; Bombela Turnkey Contractor Joint Venture (Pty) Ltd; Business Partners Limited; and Optinet Systems
He has attended executive leadership programmes in various countries. The Modern Management Caltex Oil (SA) (Pty) Ltd in South Africa; New Leadership Program (Sweden); Arthur D Little Management at the Education Institute (Cambridge, USA); Industrial Relations Human Resources Development and Personnel Management (Japan); ILO Strategic Management of Employer’s Organisation in English speaking Africa (Italy)
Nadine Goldblatt – Group Finance Director
Nadine qualified as a CA (SA) in 2003 and is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants. She obtained her Bachelor of Accounting Science Degree, Honours Bachelor of Accounting Science Degree and Post Graduate Certificate in Advanced Taxation from UNISA. She has in addition a variety of other financial, audit and tax related certificates.
After completing her degrees, Nadine completed academic articles through lecturing at Boston City Campus as well as part-time lecturing which she still continues to do. She completed her Trainee Accounting Articles at PWC. She was then taken on by PWC full time from January 2003 as an Assistant Audit Manager for a year and thereafter was head hunted as Audit Manager to PFK from 2004 to 2006 to assist with Capital Gains Tax Valuations and in their Audit department.
In February 2006, with her strong audit background and CA(SA) qualification, she obtained an opportunity at MediKredit Integrated Healthcare Solutions (Pty) Ltd as their Commercial Manager where she managed their Financial Control Department, Account Management Department, Quality Control Department and Value Audit Department, investigating fraud claims and ensuring the quality of healthcare claims being processed and paid. She then got promoted to the role of Financial Manager, running the Finance Department until January 2015.
In February 2015 she joined the SPG Group as the Finance Director and is also a member of SPG Executive Committee.
Fezile Williams – Group Human Resources Director
Fezile is SPG’s Group Human Resources Director. He has extensive experience in the Human Resources field in such diverse industries as, manufacturing, mining and non Governmental sector at senior level in blue chip South African companies, such as Everite, De Beers Consolidated Mines, Mercedes Benz of South Africa and the Independent Development Trust. He served as director of Black Management Forum in 1994 and 1995. He is the founder member and non-executive Chairman of Hugro Consulting, a management consultancy firm.
He sits in the board and Human Resources and Remco sub-committee of Bombela Maintenance Company, Bombela Concession Company and in the board Human Resources and Remco sub-committee of Bombela Operating Company. He has an IPM National Diploma in Human Resources Management and Industrial Relations Development Program certificate from the University of Stellenbosch – business school.
Patrick Joseph Banda – Non-Executive Chairman
Education
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University of London
Degree NameMaster of Science (MSc) in Public Policy & Management
Field Of Study: Public Policy
Dates attended or expected graduation: 2011 – 2016
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University of the Witwatersrand
Degree Name: Post Graduate Diploma in Management & Security
Field Of Study: Management and Security
Dates attended or expected graduation: 2009 – 2010
Experience
- Appointed as Non-Executive Chairman at Strategic Partners Group (PTY) LTD, a group that was formed primarily to partner with the Bombela Consortium which has a responsibility for the design, construction, commissioning, operation, maintaining and partially financing of South Africa’s biggest ever legacy construction project, the Gautrain Project.
- Managing Director
Company Name: Matlotlo Business Trust
- Executive Chairman
Company Name: LTK Group of Companies Full-time
Dates Employed Mar 2015 – Present
Employment Duration 5 yrs 9 mos
Location Bryanston: Wholesalers in all types of diesel, petrol, jet fuel & paraffin
- Headon Government Relations
Company Name: Coca Cola Southern Africa
Dates Employed: Apr 1998 – Apr 1999
Employment Duration: 1 year 1 month
Mashilo David Mogale - Non-Executive Director
David is currently the Executive Board Chairman of Leboneng North Investment Holdings. A result-oriented individual with excellent communication and time-management skills, David has dealt extensively with local and international clients over a period of many years. He is conscientiously committed to research to ensure that the very best organisational interests are consistently achieved. In addition, David is always willing to learn and use new technology so that corporate objectives are realised by doing things in the most modern ways.
Among other qualifications, David holds a Masters Degree in Economics, Bachelors Degrees in Business Science and Business Administration as well as a Higher Diploma in Accounting. He is currently registered as a PhD student at the Monarch Business School based in Switzerland.
Selebaleng Boitumelo Mothelesi - Non-Executive Director
Non-executive director of the SPG Board of Directors, Chairperson of Audit and Risk Committee.
Qualifications and memberships
- Masters in Business Leadership (MBL) (UNISA), BCom Honours (UNISA), Certificate in Accountancy (University of Natal). BCom (UNIBO).
- Member of IOD and EAAB.
Skills and experience
Since serving her articles at Coopers & Lybrand (now PWC) Boitumelo has gained more than 20 years of Fund Management and Treasury experience. Her competence lies in financial growth & strategy, decision making, staff management and high-performance culture. She has 12 years experience of serving on boards both public and private sector.
She is currently self employed as a real estate agent.
Current external appointments
Member of the GGDA Board of Directors. Member of the GGDA Group Audit and Risk Committee and member of the Group Nominations, Human Resource, and Remunerations Committee.
Luyanda Joxo, CFA – SPG Non-Executive Director
Education
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) – CFA Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia (USA)
- B Com Honors Financial Management – University of Cape Town
- B Com Accounting – University of the Western Cape
- B Tech Cost & Management Acc – Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT)
Luyanda is the Managing Director of Black Management Forum Investments, an investment holding company with equity investments in listed and unlisted companies.
He is an investment professional with over 20 years of financial services experience in Banking and Investment Management industries where he held senior and executive roles. Luyanda is a co-founder of Argon Asset Management (Argon), an independent black-owned asset management firm that has been in existence for 18 years. In his executive role at the firm, he was responsible for and executed the company strategy that grew the firm from a zero-client base to now more than R25 billion of client assets under management, with a staff complement of 36 people. Before joining the investment management industry, he was an accountant with one of the leading commercial lending banks in the country.