Board of Directors
Hatla Ntene
Chairperson - Independent Non-Executive Director
BSc (QS), Dip. Con. Econ, Dip. Civ. Eng, PRQS, PMAQS, Pr.CPM
Hatla’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Science (Quantity Surveying) degree from the University of Dublin, a diploma in Construction Economics from the Bolton Street College of Technology in the Republic of Ireland and a diploma in Civil Engineering, Lerotholi Polytechnic. Hatla is currently Executive Chairman of Mvua Property Partners and Pulaprop. He is a Non-Executive Director of a listed retail property fund company. Hatla was previously a partner in Farrow Laing Ntene, one of the largest quantity surveyor firms in South Africa. Hatla was also the Property Executive Manager of Propnet (Property Division of Transnet) for three years.
Skills set
Finding a person with 30 years of experience in the property industry is rare and the insight which Hatla provides to the Board is highly regarded. Potential pitfalls are pointed out early to avoid wastage of time and money.
Ralph Bruce Patmore
Lead Independent Non-Executive Director
BCom, MBL (SBL)
Ralph brings a valuable 10 years’ experience in building materials distribution as former CEO of Iliad, as well as a wealth of industrial manufacturing experience, as a former director of Everite Holdings Limited and Group Five Limited. Ralph currently serves as a non-executive director on the boards of ARB Holdings Limited, Mustek Limited, Unicorn Capital Partners Limited and Accentuate Limited.
Skills set
With his vast industry experience, including, but not limited to being a former executive director of Everite, Group Five, Illiad and subsidiaries in Unihold and Malbak, comes a valuable approach to specific industry thinking and expertise
Dr Mduduzi Edward (Mdu) Gama
Independent Non-Executive Director
PhD (Finance)
Mdu holds a PhD (Finance) degree and various management qualifications from South African, US and UK universities. Mdu is currently CEO of Resultant Finance Proprietary Limited and is a non-executive director of Mustek Limited. He is a founder, director and a significant shareholder of various other companies.
Skills set
A doctorate in finance combined with an entrepreneurial flair blends exceptionally well with Calgro M3.
Themba Baloyi
Independent Non-Executive Director
MBA, ACIS, ND CMA, IoDSA
Themba was appointed to the Board effective 23 March 2020. He is co-founder of Sithega, a non-banking financial services business, and prior to this, founded Discovery Insure Limited (“Discovery Insure”), a short-term insurance company launched in 2011. The Discovery Insure work propelled him to win the 2018 All Africa Business Leaders “Entrepreneur of the Year Award”. Currently he serves as Chairman on the board of Constantia Insurance Group Limited and is a board member of the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, Cube Capital and Prescient Empowerment Trust, amongst others.
Skills set
His knowledge of the insurance and financial sectors, parallels with aspects of Calgro M3’s own business model, particularly the Memorial Parks business, where Calgro M3 foresees good product diversity and growth opportunities.
Kholeka Mzondeki
Independent Non-Executive Director
B Com
Ms Mzondeki leads a portfolio career, sitting on several JSE listed company boards as an independent non-executive director. She is an internationally (United Kingdom) qualified chartered accountant (FCCA, UK) and has extensive experience in senior finance executive roles of FD and CFO.
She currently sits on the Nampak, Thungela Resources, where she serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee, and SARB boards and previously Chairman of Trudon (a Telkom subsidiary of which she sat on the main board). She has served as non-executive board member on several JSE Listed entities across the construction, property, and mining sectors.
She has strong financial and business qualifications with an impressive record of accomplishment of more than 25 years of hands-on experience in strategic planning and implementation, company setup, and listing, business turnaround and transformation. Her strength also lies in her experience across industries, living and working in different countries.
Ben Pierre Malherbe
Group Chief Executive Officer
(Appointed: 1 January 2025)
BSc (QS), MBA
Ben Pierre obtained a BSc (Quantity Surveying) degree from the University of the Free State and an MBA from the Stellenbosch Business School. In 2001, together with his brother and the Steyn brothers, they formed Calgro M3. In 2005, Ben Pierre was appointed as a Director of the Company.
He was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Calgro M3 in 2007 and appointed CEO in January 2009.
After time away from the industry, he has been re-appointed as CEO and Board Member in the last quarter of 2024. Ben Pierre has extensive operational and strategic experience in the property development sector.
Sayuri Naicker
Financial Director
CA(SA)
Sayuri has been appointed as Financial Director of Calgro M3 with effect from 1 March 2022, succeeding Waldi Joubert who resigned from this position on 28 February 2022 to assume responsibility for the Memorial Parks business. Sayuri joined the Group in 2021 as the Group Financial Manager. She is a qualified Chartered Accountant, having completed her articles with PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”) in 2014, following which she remained at PwC until 2021 fulfilling a senior managerial role. Whilst there, Sayuri gained valuable experience in finance, tax, capital allocation and financial risk with respect to JSE listed and multi-national companies in numerous industries, including construction, property development and mining. She also was involved in the management and co-ordination of external audits, and led various thought leaderships related to the mining sector.
Wayne Williams
Executive Director
BProc
Wayne joined Calgro M3 in 2012 and was appointed as Executive Director with effect from 1 June 2015. He is a qualified attorney who was in private practice for 20 years, specialising in commercial and corporate law where he obtained extensive experience in commercial transactions and property-related negotiations and acquisitions. Wayne leads all acquisition negotiations.
Tyrone Moodley
Non-Executive Director
B Com
Tyrone is the co-founder and of Midbrook Lane, a private investment company which was sold to Conduit Capital.
He served as interim CEO of JSE listed Taste Holdings during the 2018/2019 financial year working closely with Domino’s Pizza Inc. and Starbucks Corp. in order to redefine the long term strategy of Taste. As of April 2019 he moved back into a non-executive director role.
His early career started at Sasfin Securities as a Research Analyst before leaving to start Midbrook.
Mr. Moodley obtained a Bachelors of Commerce Degree from the University of Johannesburg.
He is a partner at Protea Asset Management LLC.
Allistiar Langson
Managing Director – Developments
LLB, PDP(UCT)
Allistiar Langson serves as the Managing Director of Calgro M3 Developments. With over 8 years of dedicated service at Calgro, he is also a key member of the Executive Committee (Exco). Before joining Calgro, Allistiar held senior positions in the property sector, including roles in a private equity fund, demonstrating his extensive industry experience and leadership.
Allistiar’s academic background includes an LLB degree, a Postgraduate Certificate in Property Development from the University of Cape Town Business School, and additional postgraduate certifications from the Wits School of Law. His professional journey underscores his commitment to driving growth and innovation within the property development industry and Company.
