GBCSA has also welcomed three new board members, expanding its knowledge-base with leading minds in their fields of speciality. They are Nkosinathi Manzana, Colin Devenish, and Anthony Stroebel.
Nkhahle is the executive manager in the office of the chief executive officer at the South African Local Government Association (SALGA). He is widely recognised as an innovator and activist for sustainable development. Nkhahle has extensive experience in sustainable urban development and local governance. He has facilitated numerous partnerships to support municipalities to improve sustainability and environmental responsiveness in their operations.
Pienaar is the divisional director of the office at Growthpoint Properties. With 30 years’ experience in the property industry, Pienaar has served in senior management positions of five listed property companies. He is a director of Growthpoint, Acucap and a member of the property committee of the V&A Waterfront, and serves on the advisory board of the Department of Construction Economics at the University of Pretoria.
Manzana is the head of professional and technical services within the Group Real Estate Services of Standard Bank. In this role, he is responsible for development management of strategic properties, maintenance, engineering and energy management. He has over nineteen years of experience in the built environment in South Africa. Manzana has been involved in the planning, design and implementation of a broad range of multidisciplinary projects such as transport infrastructure, buildings, petrochemical pipelines and pump stations, ports and municipal engineering services.
Devenish is the executive manager of operations at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. He is responsible for all operations-related services for both its existing and development properties. Prior to the V&A he was national facilities manager at Old Mutual Properties. Colin also spent 14 years in the mining industry where he was involved in rehabilitating old mines back into agricultural land. He chairs the V&A Waterfront’s sustainability committee.
Stroebel is group marketing director at Pam Golding Properties, where his role is to engineer a sustainable future through innovative strategies for the company, which includes integrating a 'green agenda' into the future of residential property in South Africa. His personal mission is to drive green consciousness in the minds of home-owners to the extent that the green credentials of a home become integral to their value as perceived by buyers and, in so doing, become part of the journey towards a more sustainable planet.
