Directorate
Jeffrey (Jeff) Nathan Zidel
Independent non-executive chairman
Jeff has been a successful property developer and investor and has been involved in all aspects of the property industry for the last 40 years. He was three times past president of the Roodepoort Chamber of Commerce. He was the winner of the 2010 Absa Jewish Achiever Award for Listed Companies. He was a co-founder of Resilient Property Income Fund and is the chairman of Property Index Tracker Managers (“Proptrax”), an ETF listed on the JSE. He is also a non-executive director of New Europe Property Investments plc (“Nepi”).
Mark Walter StevensManaging director and chief executive officer
Mark has been involved in the commercial and industrial property industry for over 25 years, working as an independent and corporate broker, private investor and developer. His career has included 10 years with Old Mutual Properties and another three years with the Imperial Group. Since 2004, he has concentrated on building a private portfolio.
Nontando Thelma KuneneIndependent non-executive director
B.Sc Quantity Surveying
Director and co-founder of Mahlati Quantity Surveyors, Nontando’s work covers all aspects of quantity surveying and cost engineering. Experience has been gleaned in her area of expertise at Farrow Laing, du Toit Lombard & Malan and the Department of Works and Energy in Transkei. Nontando also ran the quantity surveying section focusing specifically on Soweto while at du Toit Lombard. She is a chairperson of Imbumba Aganang Proprietary Limited.
Kurauwone (Kura) Ndakashaya Francis Chihota
Independent non-executive director
BCom, Post Graduate Diploma: Business Administration, Real Estate Management Programme (Harvard)
Kura started his career with Bradford McCormack as a commercial broker and later joined Marriott Property Services and then Kagiso Property Holdings. He is a past chairman of SAPOA in Gauteng and remains an active member. Kura is managing director of Leapfrog Property Group (Commercial), a trustee of the Property Association and deputy chairman of the Johannesburg Housing Company.
Djurk Peter Claudius Venter
Independent non-executive director
BCompt (Hons), CA(SA)
Djurk started his career with the Department of Inland Revenue in the insurance and financial institution assessing division. In 1996 he started an audit practice, Treisman Venter and Associates. In 2004 he joined Glass, Tucker and Venter (Chartered Accountants and Auditors) as partner. Djurk was a non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Diversified Property Fund Limited. He is currently a director of Proptrax.
Christopher (Chris) Mark Lister-James
Independent non-executive director
BCom, H.Dip Tax, CA(SA)
Chris is a director and co-founder of Vantage Capital Group, one of the first black-owned, and one of the only remaining independent, private equity and investment companies in South Africa. He has been involved in investment banking and private equity for 19 years, having started his career at Real Africa Durolink, prior to co-founding Vantage Capital. Chris was also in commerce for five years, where he was the financial director of McCarthy Motor Holdings.
Willem Jakob (Wiko) Serfontein
Financial director
BCompt (Hons), CA(SA)
Wiko completed his articles with PwC in 1999, after which he joined the transaction services division for a period of six years focusing on due diligence work. Wiko joined Ernst & Young Corporate Finance thereafter for two years. He joined the Resilient group in April 2009 and was company secretary of Pangbourne Properties Limited.
