Martin Lombard
Chairman of the Board (Independent non-executive)
Pr Tech (Eng)
National Diploma in Civil Engineering
Member of the Remuneration and Nominations Committee and the Audit and
Risk Committee

Martin’s entire professional career, spanning in excess of 40 years, has been in the construction industry, culminating in his appointment as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Basil Read (Pty) Limited. More than a half of his career was spent in successfully founding and leading his own road construction company. He graduated from the Wits Technicon in 1970 with a National Diploma in Civil Engineering, and he also carries a Pr Tech (Eng) qualification.

Ralph Bruce Patmore
Independent non-executive director
BCom (Wits) MBL (SBL)
Stanford Executive Programme (Stanford University - USA)
Accredited Associate of the Institute for Independent Business International

Ralph Patmore holds a BCom degree from the University of the Witwatersrand and an MBL from Unisa’s School of Business Leadership. He co-founded Iliad Africa Ltd and was CEO from inception in 1998 to retirement in 2008. Prior to this he was an executive director of Group Five Ltd. Ralph holds a number of non- executive director appointments including Sentula Miming Ltd, Mustek Ltd, Calgro M3 Holdings Ltd and ARB Ltd.

Zeyn Rashid Angamia
BCom, BCom (Honours), CA (SA), CFA

Zeyn is a principal of Medu Capital and is responsible for investment execution and management. He has 11 years’ experience in auditing, corporate finance and private equity investing. After qualifying with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Zeyn joined the corporate finance division of PricewaterhouseCoopers where he gained valuable experience in valuation and strategy.

Nhlanganiso Phares Mkwanazi
BCompt, BCompt (Honours), CA (SA), CFA

Nhlanganiso is a co-founder and director of Medu Capital. He has 17 years’ experience in auditing, management consulting and private equity investing. After qualifying with Deloitte, Nhlanganiso joined Gemini Consulting as a consultant in strategy development and business transformation projects. He later joined Brait Private Equity and was appointed as a director.

Neill Oscar Davies
Independent non-executive director
CA (SA)

Neill Davies currently serves on the board of Supergroup Limited as a non-executive director. He held senior financial positions at various companies before he joined the Allied Electronics Corporation Limited, initially as Group Financial Director. After 17 years with the group he retired while holding the position of Executive Deputy Chairman. Since then he served as chairman of several public companies including Concor Limited and as a non-executive director on several listed companies including JD Group Limited.

Andrew Langham
Group Financial Director
BCom (Hons) CA (SA)

Andrew is a Chartered Accountant (SA) with 25 years of senior financial and operational leadership within listed companies, of which 15 years has been with major South African contractors. Andrew’s experience includes financial management and strategy, governance and reporting, capital raising, acquisitions, commercial negotiations and operational performance.

Coenie Vermaak
NDIP Civil Engineering (Cum Laude)

Coenie is a civil engineer with 15 years’ experience in the construction industry. He led the joint venture responsible for the Medupi Power Station main civil work contract, and was the Project Director responsible for the implementation of the Medupi contract at a value of around R8 billion and employing some 4 800 construction workers. Coenie is the Managing Director of Civcon.