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 Leonard Harris*
Non-executive chairman
BCom, LLB (Wits, 1985),
MBA (Wits, 1989)
Leonard is currently in practice as an advocate at the Johannesburg Bar. Prior to commencing practice as an advocate, from 1988 to 1991 he was employed by Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Limited in its Platinum Division (now incorporated into Anglo American Platinum Corporation Limited) where he was involved in the financial and legal structuring and implementation of international operations. |
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 Sean Melnick
Deputy Chairman
BCom (Hons) (Wits, 1991), CFA
Sean joined Liberty Asset Management Limited (now Stanlib) in 1992 where he headed up the derivative department and attained the position of senior portfolio manager.
In 1995 he joined Investec Bank where he specialised in the designing and structuring of financial products for the fund management industry.
In November 1996 Sean left Investec to co-found Peregrine. He was appointed CEO of the group in November 1997 and led the group to its successful listing on the JSE in June 1998.
Sean held the position of executive chairman of the group from 1 November 2006 until 31 December 2007 whereafter he took on the CEO role once again until 3 August 2010. Sean is now the Deputy Chairman for the Peregrine Group. |
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 Jan van Niekerk
Chief Executive Officer
BCom (Hons) (Stellenbosch, 1996), FIA, CFA
Jan joined Sanlam in 1997 and was part of the Investment Advisory service of Sanlam Personal Portfolios.
He moved to Gensec Asset Management in 1999 and was part of the asset allocation and strategy team responsible for investment analysis and portfolio management.
In September 2000, Jan joined Citadel as an analyst and has been involved in investment research, fund manager selection, investment strategy, portfolio management and product development. He was appointed as private client wealth manager Citadel's Chief Investment Officer in February 2004 and has been a member of the Citadel board and executive committee since 2004.
In 2007, Jan became a member of the Peregrine executive committee, responsible for group proprietary investments, and and was appointed as Deputy CEO and CEO designate for the Peregrine Group on 1 April 2009. Jan was appointed as Group CEO for the Peregrine Group on 3 August 2010. |
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 Robert Katz
Chief financial officer
MComm (RAU, 2004) CA(SA)
Robert joined Peregrine in March 2010, after 8 years at Standard Bank where Rob was most recently Managing Director of the Home Loans Division.
Rob also held a number of senior positions at Standard Bank including Global Chief Financial Officer for Personal and Business Banking, as well as Managing Director of the Wealth Division. Before joining Standard Bank Rob served as Group Financial Director of Educor Limited. |
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 Pauline Goetsch
Non-executive director
BCom, BAcc (Wits, 1992), CA(SA), Dip Banking Law (RAU, 1996), CFA
After qualifying as a chartered accountant as well as completing an advanced diploma in banking, Pauline joined the risk management division of Investec Bank in 1995 where she was responsible for the evaluation of operations and price risk.
She joined Peregrine in July 1997 as a group financial manager, she then held the position of group financial director from June 2000 until February 2010. |
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 Steven Stein*†
Non-executive director
BCompt (Hons) (Unisa, 1988), CA(SA), HDip Tax (Wits, 1993)
After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, Steven became a senior partner in a firm of South African Chartered Accountants where he practiced until 2000.
During 1995 he completed his Higher Diploma in Tax Law and in 1997 he was responsible for opening an office in South Africa for Radcliffes Trustee Company (an off-shore trust company) that was subsequently sold to Investec Bank. He currently holds a number of board and audit committee appointments for public and private companies and consults to various overseas and local companies, individuals and families.
In addition, Steven holds a number of trustee appointments for trusts owning a diversity of assets.
Steven has also been responsible for overseeing Swiss Independent Trustees S.A, a reputable and acknowledged trust company in Switzerland and in other jurisdictions.
Steven has served on the Peregrine audit committee for 3 years, as chairman. |
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 Clive Beaver †
Non-executive director
CTA (Wits, 1966), CA(SA),
Dip Banking Law (RAU, 1995)
After qualifying at Whiteley Bros (a predecessor firm to Deloitte and Touche), Clive spent a brief period in industry, some time with the Industrial Development Corporation and with a merchant bank, prior to becoming a partner of Deloitte in 1980.
During his twenty-five years as a partner he served a wide range of clients in the financial services sector and has been fully involved, since 1993, in servicing banks (merchant and retail), securities traders, short term insurers and unit trusts.
He chaired SAICA’s Stockbrokers Interest Group for several years, was a member of SAICA’s Short Term Insurance Interest Group and is currently a member of SAICA’s Banking Interest Group. Clive has also undertaken special investigations on behalf of the SA Reserve Bank and the JSE Securities Exchange of SA.
Clive retired as a senior partner of the Deloitte Financial Services Team on 31 December 2004 and remains a member of SAICA, the Association of Corporate Treasurers and the Institute of Directors. |
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 Ethan Dube
Non-executive director
BA Arts (University of Botswana, 1983),
Master of Science (University of Zimbabwe, 1986),
Executive MBA (Sweden, 1993)
Ethan has over 15 years experience in various aspects of the financial services sector, including merchant banking and asset management.
He spent two and a half years at Standard Chartered Merchant Bank in its corporate finance division and subsequently six years in asset management.
This included four years at Southern Asset Managers and two years at Infinity Asset Management. In early 1998 Ethan approached African Harvest Limited to form an investment banking division.
Ethan has been Managing Director of Vunani Capital Holdings (previously African Harvest Capital) since its formation in April 1998. |
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 ("Khosi") Yvonne Sibisi
Non-executive director
BA Social Sciences (City College of New York, 1991)
Khosi has a BA from the City College of New York and a Diploma in Supply Chain Management from the Elle Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan.
After living in the USA for 15 years, Khosi returned to South Africa in 1993. She joined the Independent Electoral Commission as the IEC’s national head of transport for the 1994 elections and later that year Khosi was a founder member of Simeka, the communications company.
Khosi has subsequently worked for a number of leading South African corporates, including as communications director at Young & Rubicam (SA), head of preferential procurement at Telkom and in 2002 joined Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd to manage its government relations and preferential procurement initiatives.
In September 2004 Khosi left Harmony to start Khusela Women Investments, together with three partners. |
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