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THE DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors
 
 
P J de Jongh (66) *(c),+
(MComm)
Non-Executive Chairman

 

Piet's career started in the late 1960's when he started as a banker at Saambou. He enjoyed a successful career in banking at Volkskas until 1991, when he joined Eskom Pension Fund as CEO. Since then he built a successful portfolio management business, Noble Capital. Appointed to the Board in 2001.

 
 
D B Harington (49)
Chief Executive Officer

 

David was the founder of StratCorp in 2000 and the Group CEO since 2001. Appointed to the Board in 2001.

 
 
JHP Engelbrecht (47)
(CA (SA))
Group Financial Director

 

Henk qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1988 and did his articles at KPMG, for whom he worked from 1983 to 1990, the latter years as group audit manager. He then joined the investment banking and corporate finance team of ABSA Merchant Bank until 1999, before accepting an opportunity at Grindrod Bank to start a corporate finance team. In 2008 he was approached by Vunani Corporate Finance to join their team, where he remained until March 2011 when he was appointed as Financial Director of StratCorp. Appointed to the Board in 2011.

 
 
I M Wright (38)
Chief Information Officer

 

Ian has more than 16 years experience in computer hardware, software development and network services. Appointed to the Board in 2007.

 
 
M M Patel (36) = (c),*,+(c)
(CA (SA))
Non-Executive Independent director

 

Mitesh is an audit partner of Nkonki Inc. Mitesh qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2002. He has been in the audit and advisory profession for the past 12 years. Mitesh is the chairperson for African Cellular Towers and the chairperson of the audit committees of PSV Holdings Limited, Wearne Limited and StratCorp Limited. Appointed to the Board in 2007.

 
 
S R Firer (53) =
(CA (SA), FRICS)
Non-Executive Independent director

 

Steven is a qualified Chartered Accountant (CA(SA)), registered with the JSE as an IFRS advisor and technical partner of Nkonki Inc. He also serves as financial accounting professor at Monash University. Appointed to the Board in 2009.

 
= Member of the Risk, Audit and Compliance Committee
* Member of the Remuneration Committee
+ Member of the Nominations Committee
(c) Chairman of relevant sub-committee