Directors

Mikki Xayiya - Executive Chairman
BA (UNISA), Cert of Defence Management (Wits),
Emerging Market Leadership Programme (University of Pennsylvania): Mikki Xayiya has served in various capacities in the African National Congress since 1977. In 1995, he was appointed as a Policy Advisor – Office of the Premier, Gauteng Provincial Government. He left public office and joined Mawenzi Asset Managers as Managing Director. In 1998, he co-founded Mvelaphanda Holdings.

Yolanda Cuba - Chief Executive Officer
BCom (Statistics)(UCT), BCom Hons (Accounting) (Natal), CA (SA): Yolanda Cuba joined Mvelaphanda Holdings’ corporate finance division in January 2003. She has worked in a wide range of companies, including Robertsons Foods and Fisher Hoffman PKF. She has also been involved in a number of development companies where she gave assistance and advice on financial matters and strategic investment. Yolanda was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Mvelaphanda Group in July 2007.

Ernst Röth - Chief Financial Officer
BCom (Stell), BCompt (Hons)(UNISA), CA(SA),
Post-Graduate Certificate Advance Tax (UNISA): After qualifying as a chartered accountant, Ernst Röth spent most of his career in public practice and also worked in the office of the Auditor General of South Africa for three years. Prior to joining Mvelaphanda group he served as a credit risk monitoring executive for a banking South Africa, financial and chief executive officer of a biochemical company and worked as a financial consultant to Mvelaphanda Holdings. He joined Mvelaphanda Group in June 2007 as a Group financial executive and was appointed as a Chief Financial Officer in September 2007.