SPDC Board Overview

SPDC's Board of Directors is responsible for setting the direction of the SPDC through the establishment of strategies, key policies and the approval of financial objectives and targets. It monitors the implementation of strategies and policies through a structured approach to reporting by executive management and recognizes its responsibility for the management of relationships with its various stakeholders.  The Board also monitors compliance with policies and achievement of objectives.

Supplier Park Development Company (Pty) Ltd operates as a commercial entity and is fully owned by Blue IQ Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd.


Johnny Sexwale
Board Chairman

Mr Johnny Sexwale is a highly respected businessman.  Mr. Sexwale was also a political adviser to local, international as well as State owned companies. In August 2007, Mr Sexwale was appointed by the Minister of Defence and the Chief of the South African National Defence as Colonel in the South African National Defence Force.

Mr Sexwale is the CEO of Mantuba Investments Holdings (Pty) Ltd. He was appointed as the Chairman of Supplier Park Development Company (Pty) Ltd Board in July 2009, and is also a Non-Executive Director of the Blue IQ Board of Directors since January 2009.


Noedine Isaacs-Mpulo
Director

Ms. Noedine Isaacs-Mpulo started her working life as a Systems Engineer for IBM in 1990, after achieving a BSC (Hons) in Computer Information Systems at Southeastern University in Washington, DC. She worked for a number of corporate companies within South Africa.

Ms Isaacs-Mpulo is the Chief Executive Officer of Lefatshe Technologies, an IT Solutions company as well as a shareholder of Lefatshe Technologies.

She is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Blue IQ Investment Holdings as well as Board Member of SPDC Board of Directors.   


Amanda Nair
Director

Ms Amanda Nair completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1984, majoring in Psychology & Industrial Sociology at the University of Natal and a Masters in Town and Regional Planning also at the University of Natal.

Ms Nair has spent most of her career in government, in a career spanning more than 20 years, she acknowledges that she has had the privilege of working on some of this country’s most profiled and significant projects including the Gautrain.

She is the Chief Executive Officer of Blue IQ Investment Holdings and a Board Member of the SPDC Board of Directors.


Jameel Chand
Director

Mr. Jameel Chand is the Chief Operating Officer of Blue IQ Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd. Mr Chand was previously the Head: Group Marketing & Communications within Blue IQ. He was appointed as Board Member of the Supplier Park Development Company (Pty) Ltd in July 2009.


Mogopodi Mokoena
Director
Mr. Mogopodi Mokoena is a Non-Executive Director of the Blue IQ Investment Holdings as well as a Board Member of the SPDC Board of Directors.

Papi Mphahlele
Director

Mr. Papi Mphahlele, CEO of SPDC (Pty) Ltd, has served as CEO of Intersite Property Management Services; CEO of Denel Property Group ; Property Developer at McDonald's and Facilities Manger at Eskom.  Mr Mphahlele was also President of SAPOA between 2002 and 2003. 


Bongani Phakathi
Director

Mr. Bongani Phakathi has served as Director - Human Resources at Human Sciences Research Council; Human Resources Consultant at  The South African Breweries, Manager Human Resources - Vanderbeijlpark at ArcelorMittal South Africa and currently serves as Head of Human Resources at Growthpoint Properties Limited.

 

Mr Phakathi is a Board Member of the SPDC Board of Directors.


Younaid Waja
Director

Mr. Younaid Waja has served as Senior Tax Manager at Arthur Anderson & Co; Tutor in Accounting at University of Witwatersrand and Senior Auditor at Deloitte Haskins & Sells.  He is currently a private Tax and Business Consultant and Chairman and CEO of APF Chartered Accountants Inc. 

Mr Waja is a Board Member of the SPDC Board of Directors as well as a Non-Executive Director of the BIQ Board of Directors.