Our Board

Bryte Africa Group Limited

Sizakele Mzimela

Lead Independent Non-Executive Director

Gordon Campbell

Independent Non-Executive Director

Edwyn O’Neill

Executive Director

Yulandi van Dyk

Executive Director

Sizakele is the Founding Member of Fly Blue Crane, the first black woman-owned commercial airline in the world.

Gordon Campbell was Canada’s High Commissioner of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland between 2011 and 2016.

Executive Committee member and Chief Executive Officer since 2012. (Member of the Asset/Liability Management Investment Committee and the Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee)

Executive Committee member and Chief Financial Officer since 2014. (Member of the Asset/Liability Management Investment Committee and the Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee).

Elvin De Kock

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mitch Marescia

Independent Non-Executve Director

Martin Thompson

Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairperson

A man with insurance in his blood, Mitch Marescia's reputation as a doyen in the industry is time­honoured. It's been forged through a series of strategic moves that have shaped his career and the organisations under his leadership. A man with great vision, he is passionate about insurance, empowering people through knowledge transfer, and starting new businesses. Through his radical approach to life and doing business, Mitch has re-engineered the industry.

Mandiza N. Mbekeni has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2007. She is Chairman of the Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee and a member of the Risk Committee.

Bryte Insurance Company Limited

Sizkele Mzimela

Independent Non-Executive Director

Elvin De Kock

Independent Non-Executive Director

Jacob Pieter Van Wyk Blignaut

Executive Director

Sizakele is the Founding Member of Fly Blue Crane, the first black woman-owned commercial airline in the world.

Elvin has a wide range of experience at Senior Executive and Board level. He has performed roles in Finance, Operations, Technology and Risk Management.

Bryte Life Company Limited

Elvin De Kock

Independent Non-Executive Director

Sizakele Mzimela

Independent Non-Executive Director

Wim Morland

Executive Director

Elvin has a wide range of experience at Senior Executive and Board level. He has performed roles in Finance, Operations, Technology and Risk Management.

Sizakele is the Founding Member of Fly Blue Crane, the first black woman-owned commercial airline in the world.

South Africa Bryte Holdings (Pty) Ltd

Elvin De Kock

Independent Non-Executive Director

Adam Taddy Blecher

Independent Non-Executive Director

Yulandi Van Dyk

Executive Director

Elvin has a wide range of experience at Senior Executive and Board level. He has performed roles in Finance, Operations, Technology and Risk Management.

Dr Taddy Blecher is CEO of the Maharishi Institute and the Imvula Empowerment Trust, CEO of the Community and Individual Development Association; and former Chairperson of the SA National Government task team on Entrepreneurship, Education, & Job Creation. He is a pioneer of the free tertiary education movement in South Africa, helping create six free access institutions of higher learning. A qualified actuary and management consultant, Dr Blecher is passionate about the approach of Consciousness-Based Education, a system of education developing the full potential of every student. This has led the Maharishi Institute to wining the first prize in a global competition to find the most promising and innovative education initiative in the world.

Executive Committee member and Chief Financial Officer since 2014. (Member of the Asset/Liability Management Investment Committee and the Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee).

Bryte Africa Group Limited

Sizakele Mzimela

Lead Independent Non-Executive Director

Gordon Campbell

Independent Non-Executive Director

Edwyn O’Neill

Executive Director

Yulandi van Dyk

Executive Director

Elvin De Kock

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mitch Marescia

Independent Non-Executve Director

Martin Thompson

Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairperson

Bryte Insurance Company Limited

Sizkele Mzimela

Independent Non-Executive Director

Elvin De Kock

Independent Non-Executive Director

Jacob Pieter Van Wyk Blignaut

Executive Director

Bryte Life Company Limited

Elvin De Kock

Independent Non-Executive Director

Sizakele Mzimela

Independent Non-Executive Director

Wim Morland

Executive Director

South Africa Bryte Holdings (Pty) Ltd

Elvin De Kock

Independent Non-Executive Director

Adam Taddy Blecher

Independent Non-Executive Director

Yulandi Van Dyk

Executive Director