Leadership and Committee Membership

Marcel Golding

Chairperson Non-Executive Director

Marcel has over 30 years’ experience in a number of
sectors and industries. He has occupied the following
positions: deputy general secretary of the National
Union of Mineworkers, chairperson of the
Mineworkers Investment Company, member of
parliament, and for 17 years, the executive chairperson
of Hosken Consolidated Investments Limited He
presently serves on the following boards: Rex
Trueform Group Limited, African & Overseas
Enterprises Limited, Tsogo Sun Limited, Vunani Limited,
Vunani Capital Partners and Copper 360 Limited.

John Macey

Lead Independent Director

John studied at UCT and completed his articles
with Deloitte in Gauteng in 1991. After leaving Deloitte, he gained eight years of experience as a CFO for manufacturing companies.
He was also a staff member of the now College of Accounting at UCT for nine years, leaving as a tenured member of staff in 2009. He currently runs a successful audit and financial services practice in Cape Town. He is a qualified chartered accountant, a registered
auditor and serves on the boards and audit committees of four JSE-listed companies.

Andrew Hannington

Independent Non-Executive Director

Andrew who is a chartered accountant (CA(SA)), was previously the CEO of Grant Thornton Johannesburg and prior to that, the CEO and National Chairperson of PKF Inc. Andrew was a key driver in the merger of Grant Thornton Johannesburg and PKF Inc. He was a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, Senior Partners Committee and the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors. During his career he acted as the reporting accountant on a number of JSE listings. Andrew is the
CEO of enX Group Limited. Andrew is also a member of
the Institute of Directors South Africa. 

Wayne Van Der Vent

Independent Non-Executive Director

Wayne has been in the property industry for nearly 30 years. He has overseen the development of a number of properties, primarily township-based retail. Wayne joined the Public Investment Corporation in 2005 and grew their property portfolio to R80 billion, overseeing significant acquisitions including that of the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town.

Wayne has served on various boards including Pareto Limited, SA Corporate Real Estate Limited and CBS Property Portfolio Limited, serving as the Chairman of various investment committees as well as serving as the Chairman of Airports Company of South Africa.

Wayne is currently involved in several ventures including an online trading portal and property rental site, Quoin Online.

Robert Franco

Non-Executive Director

Robert is a founder of Kloof Capital S.A. Proprietary Limited (“Kloof Capital”), a private investment company, established in 2013. Kloof Capital has significant real estate investment experience gained through Kloof Capital’s real estate allocation across various sectors, being residential, commercial, retail and industrial, as well as cross border geographies.

Pienaar Welleman

Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director

Pienaar joined Texton from a boutique investment firm where he was actively involved in real estate investment across a broad range of sectors. Prior to this, he was with Deloitte for seven years, five of which were spent in the London office where he worked in the energy and resources team. Upon his return to SA, he was a key member of the team that set up Deloitte’s corporate finance office in Cape Town. Pienaar is a chartered accountant and is eligible for the Chartered Financial Analyst (“CFA”) charter after passing all three levels of the CFA programme.

Jonathan Rens

Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director

After spending 10 working years as a professional
Quantity Surveyor, Jonathan moved into the business of
property as an asset manager and director of a small listed
company Good Cape Limited. In 2001, he co-founded
Acucap Properties Limited in the capacity of COO where he
oversaw the company’s rapid growth to around R17 billion
of assets under management and a market cap of around
R12 billion. Acucap was acquired by Growthpoint
Properties Limited in 2015. Jonathan remained connected
to property space through his private property investments
and joined Texton as COO in 2020.