We’re a dynamic group of individuals who are passionate about what we do and dedicated to delivering the best results for our clients.
Independent non-executive chairman
Appointed in 2015 Hilton is the former chairman of Mazars South Africa, an international firm of accountants and Praxity, an international alliance of accounting firms. He has extensive experience in listed and unlisted entities in the areas of governance, strategy and general management. Hilton is the non-executive chairman of Truworths International Limited and Lewis Group Limited.
Independent non-executive director
Appointed in 2016 Arnold has been the chief executive officer of Trematon for the past 15 years. Prior to this he held senior positions in the asset management industry. He has served on the boards of several listed companies in both executive and non-executive capacities.
Independent non-executive director
Appointed in 2019 After starting his legal career at Webber Wentzel, Julian expanded his experience, spending a few years at UAL Merchant Bank. Julian’s focus is predominantly on the commercial aspects of property development, sectional title, property litigation, town planning and conveyancing. In 1994, he co-founded Strauss Scher Attorneys and is the senior director at Strauss Scher.
Independent non-executive director
Appointed in 2017 Thoko is the chief executive officer and a founding member of the Kutana Group. She has held executive positions in global pharmaceutical and ICT companies including CEO of Alcatel SA and Hewlett Packard SA. She is currently a non-executive director of Old Mutual, Omnia Group and Royal Bafokeng Platinum. She was the South African Businesswoman of the Year in 2007, IT businesswoman of the year and voted second most influential woman in Africa for IT, media and telecommunications.
Independent non-executive director
Appointed in 2017 Tomi is a co-founder of Summit Africa, a black-owned investment manager focused on the social and economic transformation of African society. He is the managing partner of the Summit Private Equity Fund and a member of the investment committee of the Summit Social Infrastructure Fund. Prior to founding Summit, Tomi spent nearly 10 years in corporate finance at Investec Bank, where he was a member of the corporate finance executive committee.
Independent non-executive director
Appointed in 2022. Keneilwe started her career as a quantity surveyor at CP de Leeuw Walden; Colussi and Dawso; Frazer Building, and then qualified as a Chartered Accountant after nearly a decade in the construction industry. For her articles, Keneilwe had commenced her Chartered Accountant career at KPMG, whereafter she worked with Spearhead Property Holding (Redefine) as a Development Executive, followed by her role at Coronation Fund Managers as a fixed interest credit analyst. Keneilwe had previously served as a director on the boards of Attacq Limited, Fairvest Property Holdings Limited and Long4Life Limited, and currently serves as an independent nonexecutive director of Bid Corporation Limited and Brimstone Investment Corporation Limited.
Non-executive director
Appointed in 2021 Reggie founded Yaetsho Investments and Projects, which is a multidisciplinary investment company that holds investments in agriculture, property, telecommunications and information technology. He has extensive experience in a number of aspects of the property industry, including greenfields development, redevelopment of properties, education centres, student accommodation, healthcare properties, office accommodation, property banking and property equity investments in excess of R3 billion.
Chief executive officer
Appointed in 2003 Steve is the founder of Balwin, with approximately 25 years’ experience in the position as chief executive officer at the company. Steve has been instrumental in growing the company from a start-up to a successful listed company today. Prior to founding Balwin in 1996, Steve completed an apprenticeship at Group Five spent four years as a civil engineer at Eskom and three years as a project manager at Matrix projects.
Chief financial officer
Appointed in 2022 Jonathan joined the group in 2018 and served as the group finance manager until his appointment as the chief financial officer on 1 April 2022. He has been a member of the executive committee since 2020 and responsible for the group’s treasury function. Prior to joining Balwin, he completed his articles at Deloitte whereafter he continued in the role of an audit manager. He also previously worked for Capital Property Fund as the finance manager and company secretary.
Managing director
Rodney is the managing director of Balwin with 23 years’ experience in the position. Prior to joining Balwin, Rodney was the director of a project management company Nostrum, which managed one of Balwin’s developments at the time and was appointed in 1997 as a partner to Steve Brookes.
Head of legal
Raaziq is an attorney and notary public and joined the group in 2017. He was shortlisted as one of the candidates for the position of President of the Convocation at the University of Pretoria in 2019 as well as Young Achiever of the Year at the Legal Era Africa Conclave in 2019. Raaziq is a member of the Sectional Title Regulation Board and also currently serves on the SAPOA Legal Committee. Prior to joining Balwin, Raaziq worked as an associate at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc. where he specialised in financial services and markets regulation, derivative regulation, property law, consumer law as well as development and project finance transactions.
National property manager
Amber joined Balwin in 2001 to head up the sales and mortgage divisions. She has over 25 years’ experience in the property and mortgages industry. Prior to joining Balwin, Amber was employed at Murray & Roberts Housing division and Seeff Projects where she was the sales, marketing and conveyancing manager as well as heading up sectional title management. Amber was a member of the management committee before her appointment to the executive committee.
