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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT 2021
HOSKEN CONSOLIDATED INVESTMENTS LIMITED
John Copelyn
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
JOHN COPELYN (70)
Chief Executive Officer B.A. (Hons) B.Proc
Rob Nicolella
Kevin Govender
YUNIS SHAIK (64)
B.Proc
Yunis Shaik
Johnny joined HCI as chief executive officer in 1997. Prior to this he was a member of Parliament and general secretary of the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union. He is the chairperson of the HCI subsidiary companies Deneb Investments, eMedia Holdings and Tsogo Sun Gaming and associate company Tsogo Sun Hotels which are listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
ROB NICOLELLA (52)
Financial Director CA (SA)
Prior to his appointment at HCI Yunis was an attorney of the High Court and served as an acting judge in the Labour Court. He is a former deputy general secretary of the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union and served as a senior commissioner to the CCMA in KwaZulu-Natal. He is chairperson of Hosken Passenger Logistics and Rail and a director of Deneb Investments, eMedia Holdings and Tsogo Sun Gaming. Yunis was appointed to the board of HCI in August 2005 as a non- executive director and appointed as an executive director in August 2014.
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
LAURELLE McDONALD (39)
CA (SA)
Laurelle is the Chief Financial Officer of Tsogo Sun Hotels Limited (“THL”). After serving her articles at Grant Thornton she joined Gold Reef Resorts in 2007. Subsequent to the acquisition of Gold Reef Resorts by Tsogo Sun, she was appointed Corporate Finance and Treasury Manager of Tsogo Sun Group (“Tsogo”), and, upon its unbundling from Tsogo, as Chief Financial Officer of THL. Laurelle was appointed to the board of HCI as a non-executive director in March 2020.
NQOBANI MKHWANAZI-SIGEGE (37)
B.A. (Politics, Philosophy and Economics)
Bani joined the HCI Group in 2013. Together with Rob Nicolella she was part of the inaugural team of HCI Properties. Prior to joining HCI she was employed at Investec Bank in the property finance division. The focus was funding property developers and institutional clients acquiring, constructing, and refurbishing property assets in all asset classes. Bani is a trustee of the HCI Foundation. Bani was appointed to the board of HCI as a non-executive director in September 2019.
Rob is a chartered accountant and has attended a leadership and development programme (”PLD”) at Harvard University. During his 18 year tenure at Investec Bank, Rob headed the Structured Finance Division (Western Cape) and thereafter, Private Bank Western Cape. He joined the HCI Group in 2011 to develop the HCI Properties portfolio. He is a director on the boards of Impact Oil and Gas, Alphawave and Tsogo Sun Hotels. Rob was appointed to the board in May 2019 as an executive director and as financial director from August 2019.
KEVIN GOVENDER (50)
B.Com (Hons), B.Compt (Hons)
Kevin joined the HCI group in 1997 and has held various roles within the group. He was the Chief Financial Officer from 2001 to 2019. He was also the Acting CEO of eMedia Holdings Ltd from 2014 to 2017. He holds directorships in numerous HCI subsidiaries including Deneb Investments, eMedia Holdings and Hosken Passenger Logistics and Rail. He is a trustee and chairperson of the finance committee of the HCI Foundation. Kevin was appointed to the board of HCI as an executive director in June 2000.