LLOYD MHISHI
Lloyd was appointed to the African Sun Board on 1 May 2021 and subsequently Lead Independent Director on 30 June 2023 and Chairman on 8 July 2024. Lloyd is a practicing Legal Practitioner, academic, and author with over thirty years of legal practice experience as an associate and partner in well-known law firms in Zimbabwe and as the Founding and Senior Partner of Mhishi Nkomo Legal Practice. He has served as a non-executive Director of several organisations including: – the Zimbabwe Cricket Union, FBC Building Society, and Ecobank Zimbabwe . He is also a past President of the Law Society […]
LAURIE WARD
Laurie joined the Company in April 2023 and was appointed as Chief Operating Officer in December 2023, before assuming the role of Chief Executive Officer in July 2024. Laurie has over 25 years of executive management experience both internationally and throughout Africa, primarily in hospitality and project management, including exposure to best-in-class hotel brands such as Four Seasons, Hyatt, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), and Singita. Laurie is a Chartered Accountant (Zimbabwe), having served his articles with the Ernst & Young Mutare office. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Rhodes University in South Africa.
LEWIS CHIKARA
Lewis was appointed to the position of Chief Finance Officer on 1 October 2023. Lewis has over 16 years of experience in the hospitality industry at a senior management level in Finance. He has had experience with 3 unique 5-star hotels in Zimbabwe and South Africa which were all affiliated to the Leading Hotels of The World. Before this appointment, he was the Finance Director of Meikles Hospitality (Private) and also doubled up as the Group Financial Controller of the Meikles Group. Lewis also has vast experience with the retail sector, security services sector, and properties sector. Lewis is a […]
Venon Musimbe
BRETT CHILDS
Brett was appointed to the African Sun Board on the 16th of March 2017. A Chartered Accountant originally from Zimbabwe, Brett is a business veteran with 25 years of experience in capital raising, initial public offering (IPOs), managing investments, and corporate exits. Brett spent 15 years in London, where he helped to build a successful venture business, and listed assets on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), and Mauritius Stock Exchange (SEM). He is a former CEO of the major shareholder, Arden Capital .
Nikki Cornish
Markus de Klerk
Raymond Mudehwe
Memory Macheka
VERNON LAPHAM
Mr. Lapham was appointed to the African Sun Board on 8 November 2021. He is a registered Public Accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe, he received the W. A. Duff Award for the highest marks in Zimbabwe in the final qualifying exams of ICAZ. Mr. Lapham also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Accounting (DAA). Vernon has vast audit and business experience, having previously been the Audit Partner at Ernst and Young and CEO at MedTech Holdings . He focuses on medium-sized privately owned businesses and currently operates Ultiam Advisory and Progility Consult