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BUSINESS PERSONALITY : Grant Adlam, Ashok Sewnarain and Imraan Noorbhai
impactful and measurable social programmes. The sophisticated, privately owned safe deposit vaults in
corporate social responsibility programme has four South Africa.
pillars, namely education; road safety; civic and Sewnarain was born in Mayville, Durban and his father
community service; and health and human service. ran a small, often struggling, estate agency. When
TSAM continues to affirm its fight against the spread Sewnarain took over the family business, he expanded
of Covid-19 in South Africa, and has supported the into the hotel and hospitality sectors.
KwaZulu-Natal communities, Department of Health
as well as the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality. In May 2005, Sewnarain opened the first private
The ToyotaReach programme expanded its scope vault in Umhlanga’s Gateway Mall. Since then, IBV has
of involvement to enable access to remote areas. grown exponentially and operates branches globally in
TSAM supported more than 270 schools in KwaZulu- London, Switzerland, and Dubai. The vaults are built to
Natal from disadvantaged townships and informal international standards and specifications, complete
settlements with readiness packs – including face with steel-reinforced concrete and protected by a
shields for all the educators, sanitisers, educational sophisticated, multitiered security system.
posters and IR thermometers.
Sewnarain strives to create a balance between good
The finalists are: business and profit through providing community and
Ithala SOC Limited social support. This balance is achieved by promoting
Boxer Superstores a spirit of social entrepreneurship, which he believes is
SLG Pty Ltd an important aspect that every business leader should
Tronox adopt in their own enterprises. He commented, “The
more that you give the more that you get.”
Business Personality
Top Brand
The Standard Bank KZN Top Business Leader’s award
is an honorary award given to a businessperson who KwaZulu-Natal is home to a large number of brands
has demonstrated exemplary business achievement, that have been homegrown and driven from within the
industry influence and is a true inspiration to others. province. Many of these companies have long histories
and they continue to expand their footprints today. The
The winner is Ashok Sewnarain. Standard Bank KZN Top Brand award is much coveted
Ashok Sewnarain is the founder and chairman of and celebrates the efforts these businesses have put
International Bank Vaults (IBV), the first and most into their branding and marketing.
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