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Chief Executive Officer - Izak Petersen
Izak is the co-founder of Dipula and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.
He was previously employed at Deloitte and at PSG Investment Bank. After a short
stint at a boutique structured finance and asset management company in Cape Town
Izak co-founded the Mergence Group which is involved in asset management,
property and Equity Derivative structuring and broking. Izak has served and
continues to serve as an executive committee member of various industry bodies.
Izak currently holds directorships in various Mergence related companies.
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Executive Director - Saul Gumede
Saul is the co-founder of Dipula and is Certified Property Manager (CPM®) issued
by Institute of Real Estate Management (USA). After completing a Bachelor of
Commerce (Accounting), he joined Deloitte and Touché and completed his articles in
1985. Thereafter, Saul worked for Old Mutual Properties holding various positions
including accountant, financial manager, regional investment manager (managing a team
of investments analysts responsible for property acquisitions) and regional property
manager managing the Johannesburg region of R3.2 billion. In 1990, Saul joined SEBO, a
Bopthuthatswana government pension property portfolio valued at R800 million, and held
the position of assistant general manager. In 1998, Saul founded Dijalo Property Services
and held the position of CEO. Dipula Property Fund was established in 2006 where Saul served as an asset manager and CEO.
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Financial Director - Brigitte de Bruyn
Prior to joining Dipula, Brigitte held the position of Financial Director at Grapnel
Property Group (Proprietary) Limited from January 2006. She served her articles at
Deloitte and Touché Audit Division from 1996 to 1998. In 1999 she gained international
working experience while working for Deloitte and Touch Los Angeles and thereafter
joined the Deloitte and Touché Special Services Group from 1999 to December 2005
where she held various positions. In 2004, she was promoted to a senior manager
role and to the Executive Committee of the Special Services Group. In 2005, she
was awarded the prestigious Manager of the Year award.
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Jay Junkoon
An extensive and sound insight over an 18 year period into the commercial property
services industry, particularly the strategy, development, management and corporate
support functions of a major property services organization. Completed a BA LLB degree
from the University of Witwatersrand in 1987, and since then he has attended a variety
of business and property related courses. Jay gained extensive property experience with
JHI and enjoyed broad exposure to and hands-on experience in various aspects of law
relating to business, contracts, property, finance and labour.
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