Ben Swanepoel

Ben joined Stanlib REIT Fund Managers in April 2018 from SA Corporate Real Estate Limited where he was Company Secretary for a period of eight years. In this role he was also responsible for compliance and risk management of the JSE listed company and its approximately 40 subsidiaries. Prior to SA Corporate converting to a Corporate REIT, Ben was employed by Old Mutual Property which he joined as the Company Accountant in April 2000. During his stint at Old Mutual Property, Ben fulfilled various roles and was seconded to joint ventures in Saudi Arabia as Financial Manager for 3 years and to India as CFO for 18 months. He was also responsible for the secretariat function and risk management at these JVs.

Before joining Old Mutual Property, Ben held various financial and accounting positions in companies in the retail, services, importing and distribution and petrochemical industries. He spent four years working the United Kingdom mainly consulting as a financial manager.

Ben has extensive financial, property, corporate secretariat, governance, compliance and risk management experience in different corporate environments, across a number of sectors in four countries.

He holds a post graduate qualification in Company Secretarial and Governance Practice from Chartered Secretaries Southern Africa (CSSA) and has a diploma in Marketing Management. In 2010 he obtained a certificate attended the Property Development Programme from the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business.

He is a fellow member of CSSA and an affiliate member of the Compliance Institute.