S Leon

Sam has over 40 years’ experience across all sectors of the property industry with 26 years at Investec Property Proprietary Limited, firstly as a director, then managing director and currently as deputy chairman. He was a founder of the transformation of Growthpoint into South Africa’s largest listed property REIT and was a director until Investec sold its interests in October 2007. Sam was also a director of specialist listed property fund Metboard Properties Limited until it was sold to Growthpoint in April 2007, as well as a board member of the South African Property Owners’ Association (SAPOA). Sam retired as CEO of Investec Property Fund Limited on 31 March 2015, having held this position since its listing on the JSE in April 2011.

He remains on the board as non-executive deputy chairman. He is a key driver of the formation of the Investec Australia Property Fund which listed on the JSE in October 2013 and where he holds the position of non-executive director.’