Hyprop Investments Limited

Gavin Tipper (51)
Chairman
BCom, BAcc, CA(SA), MBA
Gavin has been involved in the financial services industry for over 20 years, and was an executive director of Coronation Investments and Trading Limited and a technical partner at KPMG South Africa. He is a director of a number of listed companies.
Appointed: Chairman 2013
Committees: Audit, remuneration, nomination and investment

Thabo Mokgatlha (41)
CA(SA)
Thabo began his career as a senior lecturer in accounting and taxation at the University of the North West. He worked as finance manager of the North West Parks Board, centre manager in the Rustenburg office of the auditor-general and finance manager of Royal Bafokeng Administration. He serves on the boards of a number of listed companies.
Appointed: 2013
Committee: Audit

Ethan Dube (57)
MSc (statistics), executive MBA (Sweden)
Ethan has significant corporate finance and asset management experience. He spent three years with Southern Life Asset Managers as a senior analyst and two years with Standard Bank in corporate finance. In 1996, he founded Infinity Asset Management with three partners and, in 1998, founded Vunani Limited, a financial services company where he is currently chief executive officer.
Appointed: 2006
Committee: Remuneration (chair) and nomination

Mike Lewin (61)
BCom, BAgric management
Mike has over 26 years’ experience in the property industry and headed the group retail division of Redefine Properties Limited until December 2013. He was with Edgars Consolidated Stores Limited for 18 years, as its property development executive.
Appointed: 2010
Committee: Social and ethics (chair)

Lindie Engelbrecht (41)
CA(SA)
Lindie is the newly appointed executive director: members and global alliances at SAICA.

Her previous roles include director at Ernst & Young in the climate change and sustainability services, chief executive officer of the Institute of Directors and director at KPMG focusing on governance and assurance. She has also served on various NPO boards and audit committees.
Appointed: 2011
Committees: Audit (chair), risk, remuneration and nomination

Stewart Shaw-Taylor (64)
CA(SA)
Stewart has more than 32 years’ experience in investment banking and real estate. Prior to his retirement at Standard Bank he was head of Real Estate Investments: Corporate and Investment Banking, responsible for the equity-related real estate activities undertaken by the division. He currently serves on a number of listed and unlisted boards.
Appointed: 2000
Committees: Risk (chair), remuneration and nomination, investment

Louis Norval (60)
BSc (QS)
Louis co-founded Attfund Limited and was executive chairman and chief executive of Attfund Retail Limited when it was acquired by Hyprop. He is managing director of the Parkdev group of companies. Louis was a founding member and senior partner of Norval Wentzel Steinberg Quantity Surveyors and executive director of Baker Street Associates Holdings Proprietary Limited. He is currently a nonexecutive director of Capital & Regional plc.
Appointed: 2011
Committee: Investment

Kevin Ellerine (48)
National diploma in company administration
Kevin joined the family business, Ellerine Holdings, in 1991 as merchandise manager. In 1993, he became property manager of Ellerine Bros Proprietary Limited, and was appointed managing director of the property division in 2000. He sits on the boards of all property and private equity companies in which Ellerine Bros is invested.
Appointed: 2009
Committee: Investment

Pieter Prinsloo (51)
Chief executive officer
BSc (QS)
Pieter was chief executive officer of Hyprop from 2002 to 2009, and was reappointed in May 2011. A quantity surveyor, he has been involved in every aspect of property development, management and finance for over 21 years, including senior positions at Sanlam Properties, Standard Bank Properties and Absa Commercial Property Finance.
Appointed: 2011
Committees: Investment (chair), social and ethics, risk

Laurence Cohen (43)
Financial director
BCom, CA(SA)
Laurence joined the group in 2003 as financial director of Hyprop Management Company, after three years in Grant Thornton’s corporate finance division. He has been extensively involved in various aspects of the group during his tenure. Laurence also chairs the accounting and JSE committee of the SA REIT Association, and serves on its executive committee.
Appointed: 2006
Committees: Investment, risk