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ELAN PROPERTY
                                                         GROUP





                                            VISION
                                            To become Africa’s leading developer of lifestyle
                                            and tourism investment opportunities.
                                            MISSION
                                            To deliver world-class property development
                                            and hospitality investment opportunities that
                                            offer their investors security, confidence and
                                            return on investment
                       CEO:
                      Mark Taylor           KEY PERSONNEL
                                            CEO: Mark Taylor
       Full Name of Company: eLan Property Group  Financial Manager: Cobus Naude
       Nature of Business: Property development, real estate   CONTACT DETAILS
       sales & marketing, hospitality management, investment
       Date Established: 1997               Head Office
       Customer Base: Commercial & private  Physical Address: Simbithi Country Club, Sagila Lane,
                                            Simbithi Eco-Estate, Dolphin Coast, 4399
       No. of Employees: 40                 Tel: +27 (0)31 576 9600
       Bankers: First National Bank         E-mail: info@elan.co.za
       Advertising Agency: In-house agency  Website: www.elan.co.za


       IDENTIFYING DEVELOPMENT              Partnerships in Mauritius enable the group to offer
                                            turnkey investment solutions to South Africans
       OPPORTUNITIES                        wanting to invest in the island. The Group partners
       Founded in 1997, the eLan Property Group is a Durban-  with those who share a passion for investing in the
       based company with a regional wealth creation vision.   vast hospitality and real estate opportunities that
       Headed by CEO Mark Taylor, the Group has become   the African continent and Indian Ocean Islands have
       a leader in turnkey real estate developments. With   to offer.
       experience and expertise in identifying development   eLan’s clients buy into something where there is an
       opportunities, the Group has perfected a unique   expectation of lifestyle, an expectation of security and
       approach to conceptualising developments, bringing   most certainly an expectation of return on investment.
       them to life and successfully executing the marketing   eLan is at the forefront of pioneering. They constantly
       and sales functions.                 ask whatever we do now what is it going to look like
       The Group has facilitated developments in excess   in the future?
       of R2 billion, including the fastest selling residential   eLan Foundation
       estate in the country, Simbithi Eco-Estate in Ballito.
                                            Operating in the private sector, the Group uses the
       The Group’s flagship development at Blythedale   eLan Foundation as a vehicle to kick-start cooperation
       Coastal Estate on KwaZulu-Natal’s North Coast   and public and private partnerships.
       incorporates 1,000 hectares of prime North Coast   As more companies are looking to the triple bottom
       real estate. The multiphase development is an exciting   line (profit, environmental responsibility and social
       combination of residential, commercial, and leisure   awareness), business is now operating with a
       facilities. The natural beauty of unspoilt golden   conscience. The eLan Foundation aims to boost the
       beaches, indigenous coastal forest and pristine river   multiplier effect, minimising leakages and improve
       frontage is attracting local and international buyers.
                                            linkages for the region.

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