Executive Team

Executive Chairman: Dr Manne Emsley Dipico

• History of involvement in the labour movement
• Elected premier of the Northern Cape 1994-2004
• Appointed as Election Manager of the ANC for 2004 and 2006
• Appointed Director Uni-Africa Investment Holdings 2004
• Appointed by De Beers to head Ponahalo Consortium 2005
• Appointed Deputy Chairman of De Beers 2006
• Co-founded Matasis Investment Holdings 2006
• Appointed Chairman of NECSA (South African Nuclear Energy Corporation)
• Awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law from Monash University in 2010

Chief Executive Officer: Yusuf Mohamed Vorajee

• Completed Bachelor of Accounting Science (UNISA) in 1998
• Completed MBA (GIBS) in 2002
• Co-founder – Tirelo Capital (Boutique Corporate Finance Advisory house) 2002 -2004
• BEE Deal Originator – Nedbank Capital Investment Banking 2004 -2009
• Founder and Head – Nedbank Capital BEE Capital Partners 2007 - 2009

Chief Financial Officer: Michael Adendorff

• Qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1979
• Specialised in financial engineering and profit improvement at Arthur Andersen & Co.
• Executive Director of Finansbank until 1987
• Partner at Neil Thomas & Associates
• Director of Sekela Consulting until joining Matasis as financial officer in 2007
• Appointed as Financial Director in 2009

Jay Pema

• Qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1979
• Specialised in taxation at Arthur Andersen & Co.
• Partner at Ernst & Young until 1998
• Director of Sekela Consulting until joining Matasis in 2007
• Past Vice President and founding member of the Association of Black Accountants of South Africa
• Board member of the Insolvency Practitioners Society of South Africa
• Board member of the North West Gambling Board
• Served as a member of the management committee of the Black Business Council and ABASA
• Member of the Turnaround Management Association of South Africa
• Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors