South Africa

Tim White is a founder and CEO of PROFICA, a group of professional development, project and construction management services companies in the retail, commercial, industrial & processing, residential, hotels and leisure sectors. Tim White received his qualification in Civil Engineering, gained professional project management expertise in the UK, is a fully accredited professional member of… read more »

Tom Mundy heads JLL’s Sub-Saharan Africa research and market intelligence group based in Johannesburg,South Africa. Previously, Tom was a director in JLL’s EMEA Capital Markets research and strategy team in London. Prior to joining JLL, Tom served as chief strategist for Russia’s largest private bank and prior to that, was an equity strategist for Renaissance… read more »

Kelly Kalumba has over twenty years’ notable experience working with Louis Karol Architects in South Africa, where he is Senior Partner working and managing a large number of projects across most African and European countries. Currently, he is also the president of the Zambia Institute of Architects and Founder/CEO of Green Code Architects in Lusaka…. read more »

Adam Nisbet joined the company in 2019 and holds a BSc. Honours in Quantity Surveying and is a Certified Associate in Project Management.  Adam joins Grit from Collins Property Projects (a division of JSE-listed Tradehold Limited) where he held the position of Development Director responsible for all of the group’s development and refurbishment projects in… read more »

Rusmir Musić is the Global Business Development Lead for IFC’s EDGE Green Buildings Market Transformation Program. Rusmir joined IFC in 2011 where he initially worked as Strategy Officer for the Climate Business Department and was part of the team that synthesized IFC’s Climate Implementation Plan. Rusmir hails from Bosnia and Herzegovina, which he left at… read more »

Nesi Chetty started his investments career with RMB in 2002 where he was a member of the consumer industrial team and also assumed non-consumer research responsibilities. Nesi was previous head of Financials at RMB Asset Managers, responsible for banks and life assurance. He also managed the award winning RMB Financials Fund. In 2010, Nesi was… read more »

Simon Gouweloos is a Senior Transactor in the Africa Regions Real Estate Finance team within Corporate and Investment Banking for the Standard Bank of South Africa. Simon Gouweloos is an experienced real estate finance specialist with over 8 years of experience in the industry. Simon joined the Bank in 2010 on the Corporate and Investment… read more »

Jaco Van Zyl holds a BCom degree from the North West University, a BCompt (Honours) degree from the University of South Africa and he is a qualified Chartered Accountant. After completing his articles, he moved to Federal Airlines as Financial Manager and ultimately assumed responsibility of the full finance function of the South African and… read more »

Pumi Lukhele joined Gateway Delta Development Holdings (GDDH) in May 2018 and is currently responsible for conducting due diligence research on potential real estate projects and the procurement of professional services as required. Pumi Lukhele’s property knowledge and experience in both stakeholder engagement and project management positions her well for interactions with land and property… read more »

Nawfal Bendefa is the founder of REIM Partners, a real estate asset manager with more than €300 million AUM in commercial real estate Morocco. Nawfal has over twenty years of experience in development, asset management, fund management and fundraising. His career in real estate began in lodging in the US and UK in various roles…. read more »

Marcene D. Mitchell has over 25 years of international finance experience with leadership positions in Project and Corporate Finance, Business Development, Strategic Planning and Client and Government Relations. Marcene D. Mitchell is currently Senior Manager of Strategy and Business Development in Climate Business Department of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of… read more »

Thomas Reilly is MD: Growthpoint Investec African Properties/Head: Africa Real Estate Investec Asset Management. He is responsible for establishing a pan-African real estate investment business between Investec Asset Management, Growthpoint Properties and the IFC. Overall responsibility for investment strategy, capital raising, asset origination/acquisition, debt structuring, asset/property management activities. Thomas Reilly was previously CEO of Sanlam… read more »

Greg Schwebig is the Founder & CEO of AfricaWorks, a pioneering and innovative workplace solution provider in Africa. AfricaWorks provides Design & Build services as well as Flexible Workplaces solutions to Global Corporates in 12+ countries through 9 offices on the continent. After 7 years in Kenya, Greg recently relocated back to his home-town –… read more »

Adrian Frey is the Managing Director of Beluluane Industrial Park and Free-Trade Zone (a Public- Private Partnership). The park is occupied by 35 companies from 15 different countries and supports a workforce of over 5000 employees. Beluluane offers the perfect location for establishing manufacturing business, distribution centres and connecting with the local, SADC and international… read more »

Anne-Marie Chidzero is CIO of FSD Africa Investments, the development capital investment arm of FSD Africa. A Zimbabwean, she is the former CEO of Financial Sector Deepening Mozambique, and Co-founder of a private equity fund manager, Alitheia IDF Managers, investing in women-led businesses. She also took over and led the exists of Pan African microfinance… read more »