Tower Property Fund Leadership

Our Governance

Board of
Directors

Audit +
risk

NOMINATION +
REMUNERATION

INVESTMENT
COMMITTEE

Social + Ethics
Committee

GREEN
COMMITTEE*

Board of
Directors

Audit +
risk

NOMINATION +
REMUNERATION

INVESTMENT
COMMITTEE

Social and Ethics
Committee

GREENING
COMMITTEE*

AUDIT + RISK

Andrew Dalling

Chairman, Independent Non-Executive Director

Andrew [76] practised as an attorney for 31 years, and gained a formidable reputation in the litigation and human rights fields. He retired as a senior partner at Cliffe Dekker Fuller Moore, the predecessor to Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, in 2001. Andrew was the chairman of Paramount Property Fund and served on various Law Society committees.

AUDIT + RISK

Marc Edwards

Chief Executive Officer, and Executive Director

Marc [46] co-founded Tower in 2012 after a number of years in property and related businesses. Marc is a shareholder of Spire Property Group, a property investment company with a strong reputation in South Africa. Marc serves as a director for a number of property-related companies.

Board of Directors

Joanne Mabin

Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director

Joanne [41] qualified as a chartered accountant in 2004, after which she spent seven years working in the UK at Rowan Asset Management and M&G Investments Limited, where she was responsible for the financial management and reporting for several property and infrastructure funds. After returning to South Africa, Joanne joined Old Mutual Investment Group where she was responsible for the financial reporting of their African infrastructure funds.

AUDIT + RISK

Raven Naidoo

Independent Non-Executive Director

Raven [55] is the executive chairman of Future Perfect Corporation. He has served on the boards of the Cape IT Initiative, the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Tellumat and Sentech. He is currently an advisor on digital and data strategies.

AUDIT + RISK

John Bester

Independent Non-Executive Director

John [74] spent 16 years in the accounting profession, including 10 years as a partner at EY. He has been involved in commerce and industry for over three decades, holding several financial directorships. He currently serves as a non-executive director of Clicks group. He was previously a director of Paramount Property Fund.

AUDIT + RISK

Andrew Dalling

Chairman, Independent Non-Executive Director

Board of Directors

Marc Edwards

Chief Executive Officer, and Executive Director

AUDIT + RISK

Joanne Mabin

Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director

AUDIT + RISK

Raven Naidoo

Independent Non-Executive Director

John Bester

Independent Non-Executive Director

Nicola Milne

Independent Non-Executive Director

Nicola [45] worked in finance in New York and London before joining Old Mutual Property Group in 2001. She gained wideranging exposure to property development and management, mainly focusing on new business start-ups such as Old Mutual Property’s joint venture in India. Nicola was the founding CEO of the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) in 2007 and continues to consult to the council.

Athi Magwentshu

Independent Non-Executive Director

Athi [42] started his career as a quantity surveyor and worked for Stocks and Stocks Construction and later WBHO Construction. In 2003 he joined Absa CPF, where his role included providing debt funding to investors, developers and listed property counters. He served on the board of Paramount Asset Managers. Athi is currently a partner in a property investment company.

Bruce Rogerson

Asset Manager

Bruce [58] has over 30 years’ experience in the commercial property space and has been involved in all aspects of the property industry including deal-making, advisory and consulting, investments, asset management and specialised property finance. Bruce was a co-founder of Ernst & Young Real Estate Advisory and Mettle Property Group.

Martin Evans

Non-Executive Director

Martin [63] has been involved in the property industry for over 30 years, mainly focused on the Gauteng region. He worked for a leading property developer prior to forming his own company, Brydens Property Group. The company has built several A-grade commercial developments in Johannesburg and Pretoria.

Iain Brodie

Independent Non-Executive Director

Iain has a bachelor degree in Economics and has extensive local and international experience in the financial service, fund management and property market. He was one of the founders of the Peregrine Group in 1996 where he was MD of the stockbroking division, before joining the Prescient Group where he was responsible for setting up Prescient Real Estate. He left the Prescient Group in 2010 and since then has since been involved in various investment and entrepreneurial activities.

Iain Brodie

Independent Non-Executive Director

Christian Hansen

Non-Executive Director

Christian has a bachelor degree in Commerce and has 22 years’ experience in portfolio management and investments, with a specific focus on real estate investment. He currently serves as Managing Director of Knight Capital, and previously served 12 years as Managing Director of 3PM Investments.