Board of Directors

Mike has an Honours degree in Commerce, a Master’s degree in Law and is a Chartered Accountant. He has extensive experience serving on a number of Boards of multinationals.  These include AVI Limited, MTN South Africa and ViniMark Holdings.Mike previously served as the CEO and later the Chairman of One Digital Media, which became a major network provider in the South African digital media retail market. Mike was appointed to the Spur Corporation board on 15 November 2018.

Muzi is a visiting professor at the UCT Graduate School of Business. He is the founding chief executive officer of Ignitive, a marketing and advertising consulting company. Muzi is an author and commentator on advertising and marketing. He was appointed to the board in 2008 and is a member of the group’s audit, nominations and transformation committees, and chairs the remuneration committee.

Dineo held various audit and finance positions at the Industrial Development Corporation, Eskom Holdings Ltd and SizweNtsaluba VSP. She served as the group financial director of Thebe Investment Corporation (including as a director of several of that company’s subsidiaries, associates and investee companies) for several years and is currently managing executive for financial planning and analysis at Vodacom. Dineo is a member of the group’s audit committee.

Mntungwa has established and managed various companies including Briske Performance Solutions and Motebong Tourism Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd. He has served on the boards of Gray Security Services Ltd and the UCS Group Ltd. He was appointed to the Spur Corporation board in 2010 and appointed as lead independent director on 1 March 2011. He is also a member of the group’s audit, remuneration, nominations and transformation committees and is chairman of the nominations committee.

Keith is a practising attorney and a senior partner of Bernadt Vukic Potash & Getz, the group’s principal legal counsel. He was appointed to the board in 1991. Keith is a director of various international subsidiaries of the group, and chairs the social and ethics committee. He sits on the boards of Mr Price Group Ltd and various private companies.

Dean joined Spur Corporation as financial manager and was the financial director for five years. He resigned in 2004 and was subsequently appointed as a non-executive director.  Dean subsequently served as chief financial officer of Lombard Insurance until July 2015 and is currently a director of Skein Capital, a UK-based specialist asset manager. Dean is currently the chief financial officer of Lombard Insurance Ltd. He chairs the group’s audit committee.

Keith trained as an investment analyst before joining the music industry. Keith lectured and established various businesses and charitable organisations in the United Kingdom, where he was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s 2002 Honours List for services to the Zimbabwe Trust.

Prabashinee is a qualified Urban Planner and developed her career in the field of Global Growth Strategy. She joined Grand Parade Investments Limited as CEO on 1 August 2018 and is in the process or repatriating to South Africa from the USA. Prabashinee comes to the Spur Corporation with a deep understanding of the food service industry and international business. Her expertise in the field of new market entry, existing market growth, and strategic franchise partnerships has significant promise for the further development of our business interests within the portfolio.

Allen opened the first Spur Steak Ranch in 1967. He is the creative custodian for all TV, radio and print advertisements. He is involved in the interaction between group marketing and the brand agencies, and guides the board on issues that have substantive bearing on the future direction and strategy of the company.

Pierre joined the group in 1982 as a junior restaurant manager. He held several senior management positions before being appointed as director of Spur Steak Ranches and Spur Holdings in 1992. Pierre was appointed as managing director/chief executive officer in 1996.

Pierre is responsible for the group’s overall strategy and operations. He is also the group’s chief risk officer, the chairman of the risk, transformation, human resources productivity, IT steering and treasury committees and a member of the social, ethics and environmental sustainability committee.

Mark joined Spur Corporation in 1990 as an operations manager and was promoted to regional operations manager in 1995. He was appointed to the board in 1999 and appointed as chief operating officer in 2012. Mark is responsible for developing and implementing the local group strategy.

Phillip qualified as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in 2002 and served as group accountant at Clicks Group before joining Spur Corporation in 2007. Phillip served as the Company’s group finance executive, reporting to the financial director, since 2008, before being appointed as CFO and to the board on 1 April 2018. Phillip is responsible for the finance, administrative, legal and compliance functions of the group, and fulfils a supervisory function for information technology.