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Mike Rossiter

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Richard Vries

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Mohammad Mayat

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OWNERSHIP

SVA has an ownership structure that is constituted of two trusts. The Broad-Based Ownership Trust owns 67% whilst the General Staff Trust owns 33%. This qualifies SVA as a truly 100% employee-owned African company, reaffirming its ethos of ensuring a broader and more meaningful participation of previously disadvantaged groups in South Africa’s active economy.

Richard Vries

Board Member @ SVA International

Richard Vries is a Director and the Chairman of the Board of SVAI. He is the Group Chief Executive Officer of the GIBB Group of Companies. He also serves on the boards of the other subsidiaries of the GIBB Group of Companies. An engineer and business leader with more than 20 years of experience, Richard’s industry experience covers Water, Transport, Mining, Power, Property and Project Finance. He has served on various industry bodies including being the Chairman of Consulting Engineering South Africa (CESA) Marketing Portfolio, Chairman of the Black Business Council (BBC) Infrastructure Committee and the Presidential Business Working Group Infrastructure Task Team. He still serves as a member of the Black Business Council in the Built Environment and the South African Chapter of the Infrastructure Working Group of the BRICS Business Council.