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Leadership - Executive Committee

Leadership - Executive Committee

MJ (Junaid) Allie
MJ (Junaid) Allie (40)
Executive committee member – group human resources director
BPharm (UCT)
Member of SED committee, remuneration committee by invitation
> Joined 2007
> Appointed to exco in 2007
> Prior to joining Group Five, he was with Eskom as general manager: HR, responsible for the group HR strategy
> Before that, Junaid headed up the HR function in the Middle East for Lilly Pharmaceuticals
> At Group Five, Junaid’s focus is on group transformation, the human resources strategy and group marketing
> Junaid has more than ten years’ experience in HR
> Junaid is a director of The Institute of People Management, Forward Films Africa and ALLUYSIE Trading
P (Paul) le Sueur
P (Paul) le Sueur (53)
Executive committee member – Building and Housing and Middle East
BSc QS, MAQS, RQS, RICS, MSc Building Management

> Joined 1984
> Appointed to exco in 2004
> Served on the Inter-Ministerial Task Committee responsible for the formation of the Construction Industry Development Board
> Was a member of the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment board at the University of the Witwatersrand
> Paul has almost 30 years’ experience in the construction sector and has developed the group’s Building and Housing operations, including regional operations in East Africa, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape
> His portfolio was recently expanded to include the Middle East operations
AJ (Andrew) McJannet
AJ (Andrew) McJannet (47)
Executive committee member – Civil Engineering (Local and Africa)
BSc Eng (Civil), BA (PPE), MA (Oxon), Pr Eng, MSAIEE

> Joined 1987
> Appointed to exco in 2007
> He was the MD of Civil Engineering from 2002 until 2005 when his portfolio was expanded to include Civils, Mining and Industrial and Roads and Earthworks
> In 2008, he completed the Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD (France)
> The combined business now operates in South Africa and most of sub-Saharan Africa
> Andrew is a council member of the South African Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors (SAFCEC)
GD (Guy) Mottram
GD (Guy) Mottram (44)
Executive committee member – group risk officer
BCom, LLB

Member of risk committee

> Joined 2001
> Appointed to exco in 2005
> His focus area is group risk management. He is also responsible for group quality, risk, safety, health, environment, commercial, legal, regulatory, compliance and secretarial
> Guy has more than ten years’ experience in his field
ECJ (Eric) Vemer
ECJ (Eric) Vemer (45)
Executive committee member – Investments and Concessions
BSc Eng (Civil) (Hons), MBA

> Joined 2005
> Appointed to exco in 2005
> Was MD of Infrastructure Development Services and Deputy MD of Intertoll before becoming head of Investments and Concessions in 2007
> Focus areas are Intertoll, large infrastructure projects, PPPs, concessions, group M&A
> Prior to joining Group Five, Eric was with HSBC Bank plc as head of Specialised Finance and Advisory for sub-Saharan Africa. He served on the exco of HSBC Investment Services (Africa) (Pty) Ltd
JA (John) Wallace
JA (John) Wallace (52)
Executive committee member – Manufacturing and Construction Materials
BCom, Hons Programme in Advanced Marketing and Executive Management Programme
Member of SED committee
> Joined 2002
> Appointed to exco in 2004
> Led the turnaround of Everite
> Prior to joining Group Five, he was managing director of several organisations involved with plastic packaging, chemicals and related fields where he repositioned and turned around poorly-performing entities
> John has around 20 years’ experience in strategy and the restructuring of businesses
> John’s portfolio was expanded last year to include Construction Materials

WI (Willie) Zeelie
WI (Willie) Zeelie (48)
Executive committee member: Engineering Projects: Energy and Design and Project Management
Higher National Diploma Electrical Engineering, Pr Tech Eng, MSAIEE

> Joined 2003
> Appointed to exco in 2008
> Before joining Group Five, Willie spent 20 years in executive roles in the power industry with groups such as Alstom, Eskom, Reyrolle and ABB
> He established Power Systems in 2005 and Group Five Energy in January 2007, which now incorporates power, oil and gas, industrial services and electrical instrumentation contracts

 

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