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GBCSA Team

Meet the team behind the vision

We believe in the power of collaboration and shared values. Our dedicated team, diverse in its expertise and united in its passion, is the driving force behind our mission to transform the built environment. Allow us to introduce the remarkable individuals who make up the heart and soul of GBCSA.

Our values

Passion for a higher cause

This drives us to work with dedication, focus and commitment to the cause. We keep our eyes on the big picture and know that what we do now matters.

Thought leadership

Our pioneering origins keep us from complacency. We strive to be courageous and proactive green building thought-leaders as we mentor our brand ‘citizens’ and make space for cutting-edge thinking.

Collaboration and warmth

Founded in a deep understanding that together we can achieve more, we stay flexible, open and responsive. Everyone who connects with us feels welcome, and we celebrate the positive impact that those in our community have on the world.

Our board members are more than just leaders; they are change strategists, bringing diverse perspectives and extensive industry experience to the table. 

Their expertise spans the spectrum of the built environment, including commercial, residential and public sectors. This comprehensive and diverse representation empowers us to tackle the unique challenges and seize the abundant opportunities presented by each sector. Together, they steer our course.

Phil Barttram
Phil Barttram
Chair
Bio
Engelbert Binedell
Engelbert Binedell
Deputy Chair
Bio
Andre Thys
André Theys
Immediate Past Chair
Bio
Anelisa Keke
Anelisa Keke
Non-Executive Director
Bio
Brian Unsted
Brian Unsted
Non-Executive Director
Bio
Georgina
Georgina Smit
Chief Executive Officer
Bio
Ilse Swanepoel
Ilse Swanepoel
Non-Executive Director
Bio
Joanne Solomon
Joanne Solomon
Non-Executive Director
Bio
Kevin James
Kevin James
Non-Executive Director
Bio
Shaundre Abrahams
Levinia Palmer
Chief Financial Officer
Bio
Manfred Braune
Manfred Braune
Non-Executive Director
Bio
Shameela Ebrahim
Shameela Soobramoney
Non-Executive Director
Bio
Steve Brookes
Steve Brookes
Non-Executive Director
Bio
Georgina
Georgina Smit
Chief Executive Officer
Levinia
Levinia Palmer
Chief Financial Officer
Shaundre Abrahams
Dash Coville
Head of Technical
Gretchen Collin
Gretchen Williams
Education Manager
Shaundre Abrahams
Babalwa Tshandu
HR Manager
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Abi Godsell
Research & Content Project Manager
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Alex Varughese
Technical Lead
Ameer Abrahams
Ameer Abrahams
Junior Technical Co-ordinator
Shaundre Abrahams
Anja Thompson
Events Project Manager
Shaundre Abrahams
Ann-Mari Nell
Certifications Operations Manager
A Roode
Ashleigh Roode
Certification Administrator
Bakang
Bakang Moeng
Manager: Public Sector Advocacy & Sustainability
Shaundre Abrahams
Cassim Mansoor
Finance & IT Officer
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Dean Kwinda
Management Accountant
Shaundre Abrahams
Kirwan Daniels
Finance Officer
Shaundre Abrahams
Lynleigh Vincent
Executive Assistant & Board Secretary
Shaundre Abrahams
Shaundré Abrahams
Marketing Coordinator
Livhuwani Mukomutelo
Livhuwani Mukomutelo
Technical Coordinator
Thato Molapo
Thato Molapo
Technical Coordinator
Shaundre Abrahams
Thumeka Tshanyela
Training Coordinator
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Veronica Abrahams
Administrative & Membership Support
Zola Tau
Zola Tau
Key Accounts Specialist

GBCSA Careers

If you’re driven by a passion for sustainability and aspire to make a real difference, we invite you to explore career opportunities within our dynamic team. Whether you aspire to work directly with us or within our extensive network of members and partners, you can play a valuable role in advancing our mission to create a more sustainable future for all. Discover the exciting career paths available below and be part of an organisation committed to positive environmental and societal impact.

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Key Accounts Specialist (Permanent) - Cape Town

Role:                           

Key Accounts Specialist

Employment type:

Permanent

Location:                 

Cape Town 

About the GBCSA

The GBCSA works with its membership community to transform the built environment for people and planet to thrive.
We are passionate, collaborative planet shapers that operate across the commercial, residential and public sectors to ensure that buildings and homes are designed, built and operated in an environmentally sustainable way. Our combined influence drives competitive, viable and professional membership advantages. GBCSA’s affiliations enable access to a community of experts at home and abroad.
The GBCSA is one of about 75 members of the World Green Building Council.
Together we create a platform for advocacy, training and certification.

Role Summary

The Key Accounts Specialist is responsible for managing, nurturing, and growing strategic relationships with GBCSA’s key stakeholders, partners, and member organisations; as well as sourcing and recruiting new members. This role ensures that existing and new stakeholders receive exceptional service, timely support, and value-aligned engagement across GBCSA’s certification, membership, and training offerings. The Key Accounts Specialist drives stakeholder growth, retention and satisfaction by understanding client needs, promoting GBCSA solutions, and facilitating seamless interactions that support the organisation’s mission to advance green building practices in Africa. Additionally, the role contributes to revenue growth, fosters long‑term partnerships, and supports the uptake of GBCSA programmes through proactive engagement and effective account management.

Responsibilities

Strategic Accounts Management

  • Manage a defined portfolio of key stakeholders, partners and members organisation’s, ensuring strong engagement and satisfaction.
  • Source new members from the built environment and sustainable development space.
  • Recover members who have not renewed.
  • Develop tailored account plans including objectives, engagement strategies, and annual activity schedules.
  • Maintain regular contact with key stakeholders and provide proactive support.

Stakeholder Engagement & Relationship Building

  • Build and strengthen relationships with developers, asset owners, architects, engineers, contractors, consultants, and sustainability leaders.
  • Facilitate structured check ins, review meetings, and stakeholder feedback loops.
  • Represent GBCSA professionally at external engagements, events, and industry platforms.

Revenue Growth & Commercial Support

  • Identify opportunities to upsell and cross sell GBCSA solutions such as certifications, memberships, training programmes, and events.
  • Drive annual renewals and ensure timely processing of related documents.
  • Collaborate with finance on invoicing, purchase orders, and payment follow ups when required.

CRM, Reporting & Administration

  • Ensure all client interactions, pipelines, opportunities, and account details are accurately recorded in the Clickup system.
  • Produce monthly/quarterly reports on account performance, risks, engagement levels, and revenue forecasts.
  • Maintain an organised and efficient workflow to support account management activities.

Advocacy, Marketing & Sector Support

  • Encourage stakeholder participation in case studies, awards, conferences, and campaigns.
  • Support promotion of thought leadership, sustainability initiatives, and GBCSA’s vision and values.
  • Contribute to targeted outreach or sector-specific initiatives.

Compliance & Risk Management

  • Ensure all stakeholder interactions adhere to GBCSA policies, POPIA requirements, ethical standards, and certification protocols.
  • Identify and escalate operational, reputational, or delivery risks.

Continuous Improvement & Market Insights

  • Monitor market trends, industry shifts, and regulatory developments relevant to stakeholders’ sustainability goals.
  • Provide recommendations for enhancing stakeholder experience and strengthening GBCSA service offerings.

Cross-functional Collaboration

  • Work closely with Technical, Education and Marketing teams to ensure coordinated stakeholder service delivery.
  • Share stakeholder insights to inform improvements to services, tools, communications, and processes.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Sustainability, Environmental Science, Marketing, or related field is recommended.
  • 3–5 years’ experience in key account management, client relationship management, or stakeholder engagement.
  • Experience within the built environment, sustainability, ESG, or related sectors is advantageous.
 

Application Process

If you have the relevant qualifications, experience and a passion for the Green Agenda, and are looking for a new opportunity please apply by sending a copy of your CV and motivation letter to: [email protected]

Closing date for applications: 

08 May 2026.  Only Shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Phil Barttram

Chair

An independent consultant, Phil Barttram, is a self-proclaimed real estate evangelist, hailing the role of real estate within multi-asset class portfolios and the benefits of improved transparency across the sector. Phil has an MBA from UCT’s Graduate School of Business, complemented by over 26 years in financial services in London and SA. Phil’s previous role as an Executive Director, at MSCI, enabled him to work with investors across Africa and the Middle East, providing him with a unique perspective of Real Estate investment strategy and portfolio optimisation.

Phil is a recognised authority on South African Real Estate with a record of profiling innovative concepts and analysis at national and international conferences and through the media.

Engelbert Binedell

Deputy Chair
 

Engelbert is the Chief Operating Officer of Growthpoint Management Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Growthpoint Properties Limited. He has 22 years’ experience in property management, fund and asset management.

After majoring in psychology Engelbert started his career as a school teacher. In 1996 he was given the opportunity to join Investec Private Bank in the Risk Division. Engelbert was responsible for the managed book for Investec Private Bank which included distressed property. During this period, he completed his Master’s in Business Leadership.

In 1999 joined Investec Property Group, managing the Property Syndication Portfolio and RISCO (a specialised unit that was established to manage the Group’s property risks).

Engelbert joined Metboard Properties Limited as Portfolio Manager and was responsible for the day-to-day management of the portfolio. Having been absorbed by Growthpoint Properties Limited, Engelbert joined the management team of Growthpoint, as a Portfolio Manager, Sector Head, Regional Asset Manager, Fund Director, and finally Chief Operating Officer.

His responsibilities include property management SA, IT, creditors, procurement, legal, some asset management and development as well as sustainability and utilities. (He is responsible for the management of ±480 staff.)

André Theys

Immediate Past Chair

André Theys is the Executive Manager of Operations for the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, one of South Africa’s most iconic and visited destinations. André joined V&A Waterfront Holdings (Pty) Ltd in June 2017 and is responsible for all operations including technical infrastructure, utilities, physical plant, hard and soft facilities management, by way of example, cleaning and hygiene, security and safeguarding, waste management, landscaping, parking and so forth. With more than 24 years of work experience, spanning engineering and building maintenance, services design, new build infrastructure and contracting developed in industrial contracting, institutional facilities management and corporate real estate he has a keen sense of multi-stakeholder environments.

Before the V&A Waterfront, André spent 16 years with the University of Cape Town and was the Executive Director of Properties and Services, responsible for the 600,000 square meter UCT property portfolio. He joined UCT in 2001 as a Project Engineer, then promoted to Head of Engineering Services before being appointed Executive Director.

Before UCT, he was employed at Eskom’s Peaking Generation division and at Luwa (South Africa), formerly a Swiss industrial engineering group, now ACTOM HVAC. André holds professional memberships with the Institution of Certificated Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, South Africa (ICMEESA), the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE), the Institute of Professional Engineering Technologists (IPET) and the South African Institute of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (SAIRAC).

André is a certified engineer, registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa and holds a National Higher Diploma and Bachelor of Technology degree in Mechanical Engineering as well as a Master of Business Administration degree from UCT.

Anelisa Keke

Anelisa Keke

Non-Executive Director

 A highly regarded senior professional in both the Reward and Sustainability disciplines, Anelisa’s executive experience within a listed company gives her a wider perspective on the myriad issues that corporate South Africa faces today. Her skills span across Sustainability, Reward and Tax, having worked as a consultant as well as a Chief Sustainability Officer for a large REIT. She was the editor of a major thought leadership publication at a global professional services firm and has spoken at multiple conferences and seminars. Anelisa is an admitted attorney and has an LLB and MComm in Tax, both from UCT.   Anelisa’s hobbies include art, reading and writing

Brian Unsted

Non-Executive Director

Brian holds the title Lead Specialist Sustainability: Insurance and Asset Management (IAM) business unit of Standard Bank of South Africa.

Brian has 10 years of experience in the South African environmental sustainability industry, with a majority of experience in the built environment.

He is responsible for governance, sustainability reporting, (including CRFD, Report to society, Integrated reporting), data management, sustainable finance targets support and alignment with the Standard Bank groups sustainability goals, targets and reporting.

He is a Director of the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) and previous Chair of the organization.

Prior work experience has been in the real estate industry in various roles for over 30 years, including asset management, property development and finance. 

He holds an MBA, B-Com and PDM qualifications.

Georgina

Georgina Smit

Chief Executive Officer

Georgina Smit is an award-winning leader and driving force in sustainable design and green building innovation. She served as Head of Technical at GBCSA for five years before assuming the CEO role in May 2026. Georgina directs GBCSA’s strategic mandate to mobilise industry leaders, government partners, and the property sector toward a net‑zero future. 

Her passion for collaboration, technical excellence, and market transformation, guides her to advance the council’s mission to scale sustainable building solutions, embed best practice, and foster a culture of environmental responsibility across South Africa’s built environment. 

Georgina holds two Master’s degrees, and joined GBCSA after nearly ten years of consultancy at Arup where she contributed to multidisciplinary projects focused on resilient design and low‑carbon innovation.

Ilse Swanepoel

Non-Executive Director

Ilse Swanepoel is an environmental sustainability specialist with 16 years of experience in the utilities industry and holds a Bachelor of Information Sciences (BIS) Honours degree from the University of Pretoria. Ilse joined Remote Metering Solutions (“RMS”) in July 2021 as Business Quality Lead, charged with end-to-end management of business quality throughout RMS’s product and service offering.

Before joining RMS, Ilse led the development and implementation of Redefine Properties’ environmental sustainability strategy appointed as Head of Utilities. Ilse’s operational expertise includes the deployment of renewable energy, energy and water measurement and efficiency solutions in the commercial property market. At Redefine she spearheaded several key projects including the deployment of more than 25 MWp of rooftop solar PV installations, Green Star certification of 82 existing office buildings and the deployment of more than 5,000 smart metering points.

Ilse’s passion for green buildings is evident in her holistic approach to integrated building management to ensure their environmental sustainability. She is constantly pursuing solutions to improve the measurement of key sustainability metrics and integrating data inputs to provide intelligence to increase the operational efficiency of property portfolios.

Joanne Solomon

Non-Executive Director

Joanne is an experienced marketer, having spent more than twenty years in a progression of senior and executive roles. Prior to joining SA REIT, she held the position of Head of Brand and Client Insights at Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (NCIB), and before this she served as the Head of Marketing for Nedbank Corporate Property Finance. She holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Stellenbosch and has attended the Harvard Business School Strategic Marketing Management Programme.

Kevin James

Non-Executive Director

 

Kevin is an eco-entrepreneur focused 100% on unlocking green economy opportunities. He is also a sustainability professional with deep experience in strategic corporate sustainability as well as in the development of green, low-carbon projects.

In 2006 he founded his most current entrepreneurial venture – Global Carbon Exchange (GCX) with two goals in mind: to create commercial value and to make a positive impact at the same time.

Kevin is currently the CEO of GCX, a strategic environmental sustainability and project development company that supports the transformation of large, complex organisations across SA into more responsible and valuable entities through the design and implementation of sustainable business programs.

Besides his role at GCX and The Green Building Council South Africa, Kevin is also a Director of OptimusBio a leading, homegrown biotech company developing biological solutions across various fields.

Levinia Palmer

Chief Financial Officer

Levinia Palmer is the Chief Financial Officer at the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA).

Levinia began her career at GBCSA in 2013 as a Junior Accountant and later advanced to a Management Accountant. In 2018, she joined WWF-SA as a Trust Accountant but returned to GBCSA after a short period. In 2021, she was promoted to the role of Head of Finance and Operations, due to her exceptional performance and dedication.

With over 20 years of experience in financial and management accounting, Levinia has a strong background in the built environment through her previous work with property management companies. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Financial Management from Unisa and is currently working towards her CIMA professional qualification.

Levinia is passionate about helping GBCSA succeed in transforming the built environment for the betterment of people and the planet.

Manfred Braune

Non-Executive Director

 

Manfred currently holds the position of Director of environmental Sustainability at the University of Cape Town (UCT). In this newly established directorate at UCT, he has led the strategy and implementation of environmental sustainability across all spheres of the university including operations, learning, research and governance, since early 2019. Manfred’s background is as a professional electrical engineer, having worked at WSP Group for over 10 years designing and project managing the delivery of various large design and construction projects, where he also started and led WSP’s green building business for 3 years. After this Manfred worked at the Green Building Council South Africa for just under 10 years, directing all technical and training-related matters, as well as being an executive director on the board. Manfred has spoken at various local and international conferences, in South Africa and the US. Manfred has also been involved extensively in supporting other green building councils across the African continent to assist them in establishing their green building initiatives. Manfred is well connected in the property and green building industry both locally and globally, where he has engaged extensively with senior staff and leading industry stakeholders of various leading organisations in this sector.

Shameela Ebrahim

Non-Executive Director

Shameela is the Chief Sustainability Officer at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. She joined the JSE in 2007.

Passionate about the systemic importance of sustainability thinking in corporate strategy, she is responsible for advising the Executive Committee and Board of the JSE Limited on sustainability and its integration into strategy. She is the immediate past chair of the World Federation of Exchange’s (global) Sustainability Working Group and a member of the Strategy Group of the Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance (GISD).

Her responsibilities for Sustainability at the JSE include the FTSE JSE Responsible Investment Index series. She represents the JSE on various industry advisory panels[1] locally and globally related to sustainability, responsible investing and climate change. As a sustainability specialist, she has, inter alia, been a key contributor to the JSE’s work into climate change, the potential for a local market to trade in carbon credits and environment-related products, the development of a Green, Social and Sustainability bonds framework, impact investing, the JSE’s sustainability, innovation and CSI strategies as well as the annual sustainability investor briefing sessions. She is a trustee of the WWF (South Africa) and served on the board of Directors as a non-executive director. She is the board chairperson of Ubuntu Wilderness and a non-executive director of the Green Building Council of South Africa.

Her previous experience includes senior roles in the banking and insurance industries, and she was the JSE’s senior manager of strategy prior to assuming responsibility for the Sustainability portfolio.

[1] Integrated Reporting Committee (IRC) of SA Working Group, CRISA, Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative member group, ASEA Sustainability Working Group etc.

Steve Brookes

Non-Executive Director

Steve holds a National Higher Diploma in Civil Engineering and is the founder and current Chief Executive of Balwin Properties, with over 22 years of experience in the position at the company. Balwin is the JSE’s only national large-scale developer of turnkey sectional-title apartments and surrounding infrastructure aimed at the mid-to-upper market segment.

Prior to founding Balwin in 1996, Steve spent four years as a civil engineer at Eskom and three years as a project manager at Matrix Projects.

He is also the chairman of the Balwin Foundation, a non-profit company established in 2016 by Balwin Properties and aimed at making a social difference in the education, training and funding landscape. The foundation provides scholarships, bursaries, awards and loans for study, research and teaching in areas relevant to Balwin’s business model to ensure the development of a future generation of skilled practitioners.

Steve is passionate about environmentally responsible building practices and is the driving force behind Balwin’s approach to minimising its environmental impact by achieving green building ratings at its developments, including 6-Star Green Star ratings from the GBCSA for its lifestyle centres and net zero certification.

Lisa Reynolds

Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director

Lisa Reynolds is the CEO of the Green Building Council South Africa.

Lisa was the driver for the drafting of Energy Efficiency Standards and Regulations for Buildings and has been involved in Energy Efficiency since 2003. She serves on many committees in the SABS and within the energy management professionals’ space. She was President of the SAEEC from 2016 to 2019 and was the previous President of the ESCo (Energy Services Companies) Association. Lisa was instrumental in the formation of SAFEE (Southern African Females in Energy Efficiency) within SAEEC.

She has assisted the South African Government with its Green Building Framework policies, Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives and Energy Efficiency Strategies

Her passion for the “Green space” started with the birth of the Green Building Council in 2007. Lisa served on the Board and the Technical Committee of the GBCSA, as well as on several Technical Working Groups for Rating Tools and Criteria. Lisa. became CEO in June 2020.

Lisa has a BSc, an MBA and a CEM. Lisa’s awards include the 2007 ETA Award for Women, 2008 Individual Energy (SAEE), 2012 SABS Standards Writer Award; the 2014 Women in Energy (SAWIEN); and the 2016 Ian Lane Hall of Fame award.

Lisa is committed to growing the Green Economy within a Green Recovery.

Anthony Stroebel

Non-Executive Director

Anthony Stroebel is a seasoned brand builder renowned for his fervent dedication to crafting luxury and ethical brands driven by purpose. With a profound belief in the transformative power of brands to enrich societies and foster meaningful connections within communities, Anthony champions a vision where creativity and innovation serve as catalysts for both emotional engagement and strategic success.

Throughout his illustrious career, Anthony has held pivotal roles as Executive Board Director and C-Suite marketing leader across diverse industries. From steering global communications and advertising agencies, including the prestigious JWT Group office in Cape Town, to spearheading marketing endeavours for South Africa’s foremost luxury real estate conglomerate, Anthony’s expertise spans Business and Marketing Planning, Corporate and Consumer Brand Strategy, Omni-channel Campaign Management, Internal Communication, Culture, and Event Management.

An advocate for cultivating inspired internal cultures as the bedrock of competitive distinction, Anthony emphasises the intrinsic connection between organisational ethos and brand promise. His unwavering commitment to driving value through purpose-driven initiatives underscores his belief in brands as agents of positive change in society.

Dr. Gavin Kode

Non-Executive Director

Gavin is the Deputy Director-General: of Provincial Public Works, Western Cape Government (WCG) Department of Infrastructure. Following initial business and law undergraduate studies and being admitted as an attorney, Gavin specialised in tax law and gained significant experience in asset-based structured financing, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, project finance and private equity in the investment banking arena. In 2013 he moved from Old Mutual Property to work by choice as a public sector property professional. Gavin made this choice largely because he sees vast opportunities in public sector property portfolios for creating growth and jobs and enabling a resilient, sustainable, high-quality and inclusive working environment. In 2014 he was admitted as an advocate and appointed Deputy Director-General: of Provincial Public Works.

He continues to drive private sector property asset management principles and practices in Public Works, with a specific focus on sustainability. Gavin has been the key driver behind the annual publication of the WCG Property Efficiency Report (PER) and has been an influential force in manipulating the levers at the WCG’s disposal that have a net positive effect on the space, cost and environmental parameters that are reported in the PER. This report is a clear demonstration of the WCG’s commitment to managing and improving the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of its property holdings. The eleventh annual PER was published in December 2022, and it continues to be the only report of its kind to be produced by an administrative arm of the state in South Africa.

Gavin personally participated for many years in the development of the Public Works Green Building Policy that was launched at the GBCSA Convention in 2018. In its capacity as custodian and manager of the WCG’s immovable asset portfolio, Provincial Public Works actively promotes the use of renewable energy in public buildings and the property portfolio now boasts an installed rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity producing 3 888 MWh per annum on 17 buildings, saving an estimated R3.6 m per year. A remote metering project that commenced in 2014 with a pilot of one building and 60 meters has been expanded under Gavin’s direction to 49 buildings with a total of 792 remote time-of-use consumption measuring electricity (627), water (123), PV (34), and pressure (8).

Gavin was recently awarded a PhD in Environmental and Water Sciences from the University of the Western Cape. He also holds a Masters degree in tax law and an MBA from the University of the Witwatersrand, has been a GBCSA Accredited Professional for New Buildings since 2014 and for Net Zero since 2022, and has been a member of the GBCSA Public Sector board sub-committee since April 2017. He joined the GBCSA main board in July 2020.

Mfundo Xulu Ka Dlamini

Non-Executive Director

 

Mr Mfundo Xulu Ka Dlamini is a Real Estate professional, having completed studies at the University of Johannesburg, and is currently pursuing a Master of Science (MSc) qualification in Management of Technology and Innovation (MOTi) with the Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management. He was in a class of pioneers at the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute (TMALI) and holds two qualifications – Thought Leadership for Africa’s Renewal and Africa & international trade – Building an Africa Developmental State.

Leadership roles include being Chairperson for the National/ Provincial Green Building Technical Task Team and Chairperson of the Green Building Council’s Public Sector Committee, a role he assumed in 2017.
Mfundo has been the driving force in establishing the Green Building Unit, commencing with the development of the National Green Building Framework which was adopted at COP17 and the subsequent Green Building Policy.

Michele Bekkens

Non-Executive Director

 

Michele currently heads up the Commercial Real Estate Finance division of Sanlam Life Insurance Limited. As a qualified CA(SA) with an H.Dip Tax, she has had extensive funding experience in the real estate sector, both from a debt as well as an equity perspective. She has long-standing relationships with both listed and unlisted stakeholders within the real estate sector as well as maintaining relationships with providers of funding. She is passionate about elevating the importance of non-financial considerations when making investment decisions.

Mokena Makeka

Non-Executive Director

Raised in Maseru, Lesotho and New York, USA, Mokena Makeka is an accomplished architect, artist, creative, curator, designer, global leader, scholar, speaker, urbanist and visionary. He holds a B.Arch Dist. Hons, University of Cape Town (UCT), and various executive leadership qualifications, from the Harvard Kennedy School, Oxford University, Wits University and others.

He is the owner of architectural practice, MDL Workshop cc trading as DESIGNWORKS, and is an adjunct professor at Cooper Union, New York and at Carleton University, Canada.

Through DESIGNWORKS he offers high-quality design and strategic insight work, innovative design solutions across urban, architectural, cultural and installation scale as well as nurturing talent and providing mentorship to various creatives and disciplines.

Mokena has extensive experience in leading, founding and serving on boards and some of these roles include the South African Heritage Agency, the Cultural and Creative Industries Federation of South Africa, Cape Town Heritage Trust, the Isandla Institute (Ex-Chairman of the board) and Bush Radio Station. (ex-Chairman of the board), Cape Africa Platform (ex-chairman of the board)

Mokena is a founding member of CCIFSA and served on the World Cup Arts and Culture Committee for South Africa. He is currently the chairman and founding member of the board of the School for Explorative Architecture and is on the board of the Green Building Council 2020.

Individual Membership

Designed for professionals acting in their individual capacity, including single consultant-businesses.

Organisational Membership

Ideal for companies, government departments, and organisations.

  • Total Employees: 1 - 5 Employees
  • Total Employees: 6 - 20 Employees
  • Total Employees: 21 - 50 Employees
  • Total Employees: 51 Plus Employees

Organisational categories

As an organisational member, you will fall into one of the below categories, and be charged according to specific size indicators. Please reach out to us for any further clarity on which category is best for your organisation

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Property Developers

Annual Turnover

Investors, Owners, Property Managers

Total Asset Value

Major Corporate Tenants & Retail

Annual Gross Rentals

Building Contractors

Annual Turnover

Building Product Manufacturers & Distributors

Annual Turnover

Professional Services: Architects, Designers, Engineers, Quantity Surveyors, PM’s, Consultants, Legal

Number of employees

Research, Higher Education, NGO’S & Regulators

NGO or Research/Higher Education/ Regulators

Related Interests: Utilities, Financial, Insurance, etc.

Annual Turnover

Government

Local/ municipal/ provincial/ state 
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