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Executive committee

Our executive team members have been working together for a number of years, with most members having been with the group for over five years.


SED						RC
MJ (Junaid) Allie (41) Group human resources director		P (Paul) le Sueur (54) Building and Housing and Middle East		AJ (Andrew) McJannet (48)Civil Engineering (Local and Africa)		GD (Guy) Mottram (45) Group risk officer
BPharm		Bsc QS, MAQS, RQS, RICS, MSc Building Management		BSc Eng (Civil), BA (PPE), MA, Pr Eng, MSAICE		BCom, LLB

Junaid has made a material difference in terms of driving a human resources and transformation strategy in the group. He has significantly improved internal communications, with employee feedback and retention improving each year. He has particular experience with managing change within organisations, which he has implemented at Group Five, focusing particularly on instilling a performance management culture and driving transformation initiatives. This has resulted in the group achieving market leader status in terms of its Level 2 BBBEE rating.		Paul has significant experience in the South African private and public real estate sector, which brings valuable build and operational knowledge on pricing, managing and delivering on contracts. His knowledge includes a solid understanding of operating in the real estate sector in the rest of Africa. He has recently supported the restructuring of the group’s Middle East and Coastal businesses. Paul has sound business development skills and the ability to identify market changes promptly and to proactively adapt through internal restructuring, refocusing of strategy and stakeholder engagement.		Andrew has over 20 years of technical and operational expertise in civil construction, with an ingrained ability to deliver highly specialised and complex contracts. He has a keen understanding of integrating businesses, which he has successfully done in the amalgamation of the group’s heavy civils, roads and earthworks and over border civil engineering operations. Andrew has led the delivery of many of the group’s iconic 2010-related contracts in the last few years.		Guy has solid experience of commercial matters. This, together with his formal legal training, ensures that opportunities and risks are approached with a business sense while being rooted in an understanding of legal requirements. Guy has successfully driven the development of the group’s risk management processes over the last few years and, as a member of the Engineering and Construction Risk Institute, he is able to consider leading global trends for application in the group.



ECJ (Eric) Vemer (46) Investments and Concessions		JA (John) Wallace (53) Manufacturing and Construction Materials		WI (Willie) Zeelie (49) Engineering: Engineering and Construction
BSc Eng (Civil) (Hons), MBA		BCom, Hons Programme in Advanced Marketing and Executive Management Programme		Higher National Diploma Electrical Engineering, Pr Tech Eng, MSAIEE

Eric has very strong skills in financial engineering and structuring and corporate finance. His combination of solid operational and financial experience brings a unique value offering to the group. This is particularly relevant in his business area of Investments and Concessions which allows the group to achieve a strategy of long term annuity income on equity returns. Eric is a valued member of the group’s strategic development team.		John has an extremely strong strategic ability, which has been invaluable to the group. He is able to identify opportunities in markets and establish businesses which can capitalise on these opportunities and enhance value for the group. He has a particular ability to effect change and repair problem entities. Since assuming leadership responsibility for Construction Materials two years ago, he has focused on implementing a strategy to improve performance in this cluster and to optimise its role within the group against extremely challenging market conditions. John is an active member of the group’s strategic development team.		Willie brings years of experience in multi disciplinary engineering and infrastructure contracts, with a robust marketing and business development ability. He has anestablished track record in the power and energy sectors and has successfully led the team who has delivered numerous power plant contracts in both South Africa and the rest of Africa. Willie has been instrumental in developing the group’s technical abilities in oil and gas and is leading the establishment of the E+C business.