12 / 60
CONSTRUCTION WORLD
JUNE
2017
10
MARKETPLACE
Morné Wilken, CEO of Attacq, welcomed Jackie van Niekerk as
the new COO of Attacq, with effect from 1 May 2017. “Attacq
is fortunate to strengthen the management team with the
appointment of Jackie van Niekerk, who has a proven operations
track record in the property industry. Jackie’s experience in
property and the business world, will add real value in her new
leadership role at Attacq,” he says.
Wilken explains that the role will lead the asset management,
business operations, human capital and risk management teams.
In her new role, Van Niekerk will provide strategic support
and advise the Executive Committee on matters pertaining to
profitability and strategic initiatives
“I am excited about the appointment as COO of Attacq and
am confident I can add real value, and strengthen and grow the
South African property portfolio to the benefit of shareholders
and stakeholders. I look forward to working with the strong and
capable leadership team already in place at Attacq. I received a
warm welcome from everyone at Attacq and have already hit the
ground running,” says Van Niekerk about her appointment.
Van Niekerk recently concluded the successful merger
between Pivotal and Redefine Properties in her capacity as CEO
of Pivotal at the end of 2016. She joined Pivotal Property Fund
in 2009 and became the youngest and only woman CEO in the
property sector at the time, where the fund grew to a R12-billion
listed development fund.
She established Pivotal’s offshore strategy by successfully
concluding the merger of Mara and Delta Africa to create the
MaraDelta Africa fund and acquired an equity stake in Echo
Property Polska based in Poland. The establishment of Setso
Property Fund, a unique black economic empowerment fund, was
done under her mentorship.
Van Niekerk is an esteemed leader and a pioneer for women
in the property sector. She is also a wife and mother, proving that
women have a significant impact in business.
“Attacq is a fast-growing, JSE listed company and as we
grow, so must our skill set in the team. As the owners and
developers of Waterfall City and Waterfall logistics hub, Attacq
requires a range of skills and we feel that Jackie adds to our
diversity and compliments our already strong leadership team,”
concludes Wilken. Waterfall is South Africa’s largest urban infill
development, designed to provide everything expected of a
world-class modern African city, with all the conveniences and
advantages of a leading-quality urban environment.
He has more than 15 years’ experience in sales, management and
electrical engineering and previously worked for Schneider Electric,
Siemens and Mondi Business Paper. He is an electrical engineering
graduate from the Durban University of Technology and recently
completed a Management Excellence
Program at the Gordon Institute of Business
Science. Naicker succeeds Neil Primrose who
will be repatriating to the United Kingdom to
take up the role as the head of EMEA sales for
Eaton’s Energy Storage Division.
The range of environmental-compliance solutions has a specific
focus on the mining and industrial sectors, as prescribed by relevant
national legislation and compliance standards, I-CAT environmental
solutions director, Lourens Jansen van Rensburg explains.
“The current economic climate in South Africa has resulted
in companies cutting down on budget allocation for minimum
environmental compliance, yet recognising their obligations to
account for their activities impacting on the environmental, and to
accept responsibility for them,” Jansen van Rensburg explains.
I-CAT offers an Environmental Masterplan solution whereby
all external environmental licencing, auditing, and monitoring
requirements are addressed within its Environmental Solutions
department. Benefits include cost and resource-savings,
as well as ensuring that all environmental aspects are
considered and assessed in an integrated, holistic manner.
“Furthermore, we can assist our clients with their
sustainability and integrated reporting requirements in line
with the relevant standard, covering reporting on economic,
environmental, social, and governance performance.
“We present our clients’ values and governance
models in a holistic manner, while determining
the link between their business strategies
and commitment to a sustainable global
environment,” Jansen van Rensburg concludes.
Masterplan for licencing,
auditing and monitoring
One of the most rigorous and specialised processes
for the mining, industrial, manufacturing, and
commercial development sectors is environmental
licencing and compliance assurance. I-CAT
Environmental Solutions offers an ‘environmental
masterplan’ in terms of the resulting compliance,
auditing, and monitoring requirements.
Business development and marketing
director at I-CAT Environmental Solutions,
Lourens Jansen van Rensburg.
Sales director for Eaton Africa
Power management company, Eaton, has appointed
Malvin Naicker as director of sales for its Africa
region, effective 1 April 2017.
Malvin Naicker, appointed as director of
sales for Eaton’s Africa region.
New COO
Attacq announced the
appointment of Jackie
van Niekerk as the JSE
listed capital growth
company’s new Chief
Operating Officer. Van
Niekerk joins with
more than 14 years of
property experience,
starting out as a
property manager, working her way up through
the ranks to her most recent position as the
CEO of Pivotal.