Directors
Martin Slabbert
Chief Executive Officer BCom, LLB (cum laude), MCom (cum laude), Dip FMI, CF (England and Wales)
Martin has over 25-years of real estate, turn-around and finance industry experience, including 15 years in CEE. He founded Prime Kapital in 2015, and prior to this he was CEO of New Europe Property Investments, which he established with Victor Semionov in 2007. He was a Partner at Deloitte Central Europe (Corporate Finance) after an investment banking and corporate turn-around career in South Africa, which included various senior management roles before 2005. He was appointed as MAS’ CEO in November 2019.
Victor Semionov
Chief Financial Officer BCom
Victor has over 20-years of real estate, turn-around and finance industry experience. He founded Prime Kapital in 2015, and prior to this he was CFO and COO of New Europe Property Investments, which he established with Martin Slabbert in 2007. He was previously an Assistant Director at Deloitte Central Europe (Corporate Finance). Victor was appointed as MAS’ CFO in November 2019.
Werner Alberts
Independent Non-Executive Interim Chairman B Com Hons (Acc), CA (SA), ACA (ICAEW)
Werner was appointed as Interim Chairman of MAS’ Board of Directors in November 2019. He is currently the COO of Capital International Group, and is a qualified chartered accountant with over 25 years’ experience in the finance industry.
Pierre Goosen
Independent Non-Executive Director BCom (Law), LLB, MBA
Pierre is Managing Director of Argosy Capital, a European-based private equity and venture capital investment business.
Prior to Argosy, he worked at two international law firms as a commercial, private equity and funds lawyer.
Melt Hamman
Non-Executive Director BCom Hons (Acc), CA (SA)
Melt is CEO of Attacq and has extensive experience in real estate, banking and business.
Vasile Iuga
Independent Non-Executive Director ACCA (Fellow)
Vasile retired from PwC Romania, following 26 years with the firm. He acted as the Managing Partner for South East Europe and has extensive experience in international accounting standards, financial audit, corporate governance and consultancy. He oversaw the implementation of IFRS in Romania, and is currently a member of the Audit Committee of the
European Investment Bank and Non-Executive Director of two listed entities, Alro SA and Patria Bank, chairing their audit committees. He is a member of a number of professional bodies including ACCA.
Malcolm Levy
Non-Executive Director MCom, MBA, CA (SA), CFA
Malcolm co-founded MAS and served as CFO for over 9 years following the Group’s inception, becoming a Non-Executive Director in June 2019. Prior to joining, he was an equities fund manager and investment analyst in London.
Brett Nagle
Independent Non-Executive Director BCom Hons (Acc), CA (SA)
Brett is a Director of Safe Mode Investment Proprietary trading as Panacea Capital, which focuses on investment management. Prior to this he was Head of Investments for Royal Bafokeng Holdings Proprietary, served as a Non-Executive Director of Impala Platinum Holdings and as Independent Non-Executive Director of Attacq, and worked for Rand Merchant Bank, a division of FirstRand Bank.
Dan Pascariu
Independent Non-Executive Director MBA
Dan is a Non-Executive Director for Transfond, Azomures, Techtex and ANA Teleferic. Prior to this, he held a broad range of senior executive and non-executive positions, including Chairman of Unicredit Bank of Romania until 2020 and Chairman of NEPI Rockcastle for 9 years until his departure in 2018. He has over 40 years of experience in the CEE banking sector, having co-founded the Romanian Banking Institute and being instrumental in the 1990’s banking reform.
Claudia Pendred
Independent Non-Executive Director BA (University of Oxford), MA (Harvard), MBA (INSEAD)
Claudia was a Director with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), where she managed the Bucharest office and later the EBRD’s Property and Tourism team in London. Prior to that she worked for the World Bank, NM Rothschild & Sons and J Henry Schroder Wagg. Claudia has over 25-years of experience in the CEE markets.