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2015
Australia after a highly successful 12 years in
the role. Deloitte won both the Accounting
Firm of the Year and the Audit Firm of the Year
in the Australian Financial Review CFO Awards
2013-2014, with judges highlighting Deloitte’s
innovation and agility.
“He has a superb track record as a CEO and
is a great cultural fit for us as a business. His
accomplishments in building a great culture
and an agile, growing business are a great stra-
tegic fit for us as an expanding global business,”
says Teddy Daka, global chairman, Aurecon.
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DIARY AND APPOINTMENTS
APPOINTMENTS
Aurecon
Geoff Linke, managing
director, infrastructure.
“2 February will be my first day as
the Global CEO of Aurecon and it’s
very exciting. The engineering and
professional services markets are experiencing
unprecedented change and offer enormous
opportunities for a company like Aurecon,
which is leading in technology driven inno-
vation and tailoring its services to meet client
needs around the entire infrastructure lifecycle,”
said Swiegers prior to his start.
“I remember Africon (one of Aurecon’s heri-
tage companies) well frommy early career days
in Tshwane. I knowwhat a terrific contribution
Aureconmakes inmany industries across South
Africa. I am very proud to take this role as Global
CEO of such a company,” he added.
Swiegers began his career as an auditor
with Deloitte in South Africa and was previously
managing partner of Deloitte’s Tshwane office
after working for Deloitte in the United States
of America. He joins Aurecon fromhis previous
role as chief executive officer of Deloitte
GLOBAL CHIEF
EXECUTIVE
Giam Swiegers joined Aurecon
as Global Chief Executive Officer
on Monday, 2 February 2015.
These platforms not only facilitate
open dialogue but provide a unique
opportunity for a diverse group of
professionals and stakeholders involved in
the transformation and development of the
African construction, cement and concrete
industries to network and share knowledge,
best practices and the latest thinking.
The audience comprises over 600 –
700 key decision-makers from Africa’s
construction, cement and concrete indus-
tries who attend the conference; and over
6000 mid-to-senior level executives who
visit the expo. Over 200 companies will
display their products and services in the
first ever three storey expo in Africa.
“For 2015, we’re creating five unique
experiences to culminate into Africa’s
biggest gathering of qualified buyers and
sellers for the entire cement, concrete and
construction industry value chain which
includes African Construction Expo, Totally
Concrete Expo, Coatings for Africa, Housing
for Africa and African Roads Evolution,
together all five conferences and expos
will tell the storey of shaping the future of
Africa’s cement, concrete and construction
industries value chain,” says Soren du Preez,
2015 programme director.
Over 170 speakers will present content
in a variety of formats and cover topics
as diverse as 3D printing, mega-project
development, self-healing concrete, pave-
ment design, enterprise development and
investment in infrastructure.
“Our stimulating conference programme
pushes the envelope for innovation in
format delivery. We have reliably built an
interactive, participant-led experience
leveraging both local and international
expertise to create a conference that you
will want to attend and actively participate
in,” says Du Preez.
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AFRICA’S ONLY
3 STOREY
EXPO
The African Construction and
Totally Concrete Conferences
and Expos will be returning
to the Sandton Convention
Centre, between 12 and 14
May 2015.
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Legrand
Shavahn Fareed, sales
and business developer
for KwaZulu-Natal.
Green Building Council
of South Africa
Seana Nkhahle, chairman.
Hytec Engineering
Pierre Goosen, general manager.
Roland Keller (LEFT) and Andrew Castle joined the
Hytec Group of Companies board.
Hytec Group of Companies board