Chairman

Dines Gihwala (56)
Independent non executive chairman
Gihwala is currently the chairman of Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, one of South Africa’s largest legal practices. He is a director of several companies both private and public, unlisted and listed. In 2004 he was appointed as a Professor of Law. He is a member and chairman of the first Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors appointed by the Minister of Finance in terms of the Auditors’ Profession Act. Gihwala was chairman of Redefine prior to the merger.

Executive Directors

Wolf Cesman (67)
Joint CEO
Cesman, a chartered accountant, has 40 years’ experience in property asset management, development and property management. He is a non executive director of Hyprop, Ciref and Wichford. Cesman was an executive director of Madison and a non executive director of Redefine and ApexHi prior to the merger.

Marc Wainer (60)
Joint CEO
Wainer has 34 years’ experience in real estate. He is a non executive director of Hyprop and a director of Ciref. He was an executive director of Madison, non executive chairman of ApexHi and non executive director of Redefine prior to the merger.

Brian Azizollahoff (48)
Executive director
Azizollahoff has more than 20 years’ experience in the property industry. He served as CEO of Redefine from 2003 until the merger.

Janys Finn (45)
Executive director
Finn, a chartered accountant, is the financial director of Redefine and an alternate director of Hyprop. She was chief financial officer of Madison prior to the merger.

Mike Flax (44)
Executive director
Flax, a chartered accountant, headed Spearhead Property Holdings Limited prior to its acquisition by Redefine. He was an executive director of Madison prior to the merger.

David Rice (53)
Executive director
Rice has more than 20 years’ experience in real estate. He was managing director of ApexHi from 2006 until the merger.

Non Executive Directors

Greg Heron (44)
Independent non executive director
Heron is managing director of Clearwater Capital (Proprietary) Limited, a strategic BEE shareholder in Redefine. He was a non executive director of Madison prior to the merger.

Monica Khumalo (44)
Independent non executive director
Khumalo is managing director of Loato Properties, a woman’s property company. She was a non executive director of Madison prior to the merger.

Gerald Leissner (67)
Non executive director
Leissner was CEO of ApexHi from 2001 until his retirement at the time of the merger. He is also a director of The Johannesburg Housing Company and the Housing Development Agency.

Harish Mehta (59)
Independent non executive director
Mehta is the chairman of Clearwater Capital, a strategic BEE shareholder in Redefine. He is the managing director of the Universal Print Group (Proprietary) Limited and a non executive director of The Spar Group Limited. He was non executive chairman of Madison prior to the merger.

Bernard Nackan (65)
Independent non executive director
Nackan was an executive director of Sage Group prior to his retirement in 2003. He is a member of the Collective Investment Schemes Advisory Committee and was a non executive director of Madison prior to the merger.

Di Perton (62)
Independent non executive director
Perton was the head of legal at Liberty Properties until she retired in 2000 and was a non executive director of Redefine prior to the merger.