Brent Williams (62)
Chairperson and independent non-executive director
BA (University of Cape Town), BProc (University of Western Cape), LLM (Harvard University Law School)

Brent was appointed as director and chairperson of SepHold on 3 March 2012. He was admitted as an attorney in 1992 and has held several key positions. He is currently the CEO of Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr.

Kenneth Capes (58)
Métier and SepHold CEO

Kenneth has nearly 40 years of experience in the mining and construction materials industries. He has extensive knowledge of ready-mixed concrete, mining aggregates and calcium carbonate for the construction and allied industries. He held various senior management positions within these industries and was the founder of Métier in 2007. Since the purchase of Métier by SepHold, Kenneth has been a Métier and SepHold director. He was appointed as the SepHold CEO on 1 April 2023.

Neil Robus Crafford-Lazarus (67)
Executive director, SepHold FD
BCompt (University of the Free State), BCompt (Hons) (University of South Africa), CA(SA)

Neil was appointed a director and CEO of SepHold on 1 June 2007 and became FD on 28 March 2012. He started his career in mining finance in 1988. Since then, Neil has held various senior positions in taxation, business development and corporate finance with Anglo American plc, Gencor Industries Inc. and BHP Billiton. He also served as FD of Xstrata South Africa between 1998 and 2005.

Martie was appointed a director of SepHold in September 2016. Between 1994 and 2008, she served as the chief financial officer (5 years) and then as the CEO (10 years) of the Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA). Martie served as a non-executive director and as a member or chairperson of audit committees for the Bond Exchange of South Africa, Airports Company South Africa, Etion Limited, Johannesburg Water SOC, Denel SOC, the Independent Regulatory Board of Auditors, and Interim Chairman of the Development Bank of Southern Africa. She was an independent member of the FirstRand Wholesale Credit Committee.

Current roles include Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee and Compensation Committee of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd, Independent Chairman of the Ashburton Investment Credit Committee and Advisory Council Member of the Botswana National Planning Commission.

Moses Modidima Ngoasheng (69)
Independent non-executive director
BA (Economics and International Politics) (University of South Africa), BSocSci (Hons) (University of KZN), MPhil (University of Sussex)

Moss was appointed a director of SepHold on 1 February 2008. He was instrumental in the industrial policy of the African National Congress and an economic advisor to President Thabo Mbeki from 1995 to 2000. He consulted for the World Bank and National Housing Forum (South Africa) on aspects of economic policy in South Africa. Moss is a CEO, deputy chairman, and cofounder of Safika Holdings, an investment holding company with a broad range of interests in the mining, industrial, gaming, financial services, telecommunication, and technology sectors. Among other appointments, he serves as a board member and chairman of the South African Breweries Foundation.

Dr. Lelau Mohuba (69)
Non-executive director
MBChB (Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, former University of Natal)

Lelau is a founding director of SepHold. He became the original chairperson on 3 February 2005 and CEO on 28 March 2012. He retired as a medical practitioner in 2001 after a 22-year career. His commercial career began in 2002, and since then, he has served in various capacities in several entrepreneurial endeavours. He retired as SepHold CEO in 2019 and has remained a non-executive member to date.

Mase Mabatho Sedikela (48)
Independent non-executive director
BCom (University of Cape Town), BCompt (Hons) (University of Natal), Master of Commerce Taxation (South Africa & International Taxation) (University of Johannesburg)

Mabatho was appointed as a director of SepHold on 12 September 2024. She is a seasoned executive with over 15 years of experience in the Private and the Public sector.

Mabatho is Head of Audit – Provincial at Auditor-General of South Africa since June 2021 and have held various executive positions on various Governance Structures and Boards.

She has extensive experience in leadership, strategic planning and implementation, stakeholder management as well as compliance and risk management. Her senior management role within Corporate Tax at Deloitte & Touche, spanned over 5 years.