Executive committee

Walter joined the Imperial group in 1998 as MD of Imperial Fleet Services. He was appointed to the executive committee of Imperial Holdings Limited in 2002 and to the board in 2006. He was CEO of the Leasing and Capital Equipment division of Imperial when it unbundled in April 2008 to become Eqstra Holdings. Walter has been the CEO of Eqstra since unbundling. Before joining Imperial, Walter had a diverse management career with Eskom from 1980 until 1997.

Jannie was appointed CFO of Eqstra Holdings in January 2011. He started his career at Deloitte & Touche in 1999. After completing his training contract, he spent two years in the USA in Deloitte & Touche’s Washington DC practice, as part of their global development programme. He returned to South Africa in 2002. In 2007 he joined the Deloitte & Touche partnership as an assurance partner in the Pretoria office.

Erich was appointed CEO of the Contract Mining and Plant Rental division in January 2011 after being Eqstra’s CFO since April 2008. He joined Imperial in 1996 as financial director of Cargo Motors. In 2000 he moved to Imperial’s corporate office as group financial controller. In 2004 he was appointed group audit and risk executive to establish the internal audit and risk management functions. In 2006, with the acquisition of the MCC group, he was appointed to the board of the MCC group.

Jacqui joined the leasing division of Imperial in 1989 and was appointed to the board of Imperial Fleet Services in 1996. Over the years she has filled numerous leadership positions within the business, ranging from sales to general management. She became CEO of the Passenger and Commercial Vehicle division of the Imperial group in 2007. In her current position she is accountable for the strategic and operational performance of the leasing and fleet management operations of the group.

Gary started his career at Volkswagen SA where he held various positions in the engineering and marketing divisions. After eight years with Volkswagen, he joined Barloworld Limited where he was responsible for the Audi sales and services divisions before becoming the Cape Town branch assistant general manager. In 2000 he joined the Imperial group’s Saficon Industrial Equipment (SIE) division as the general manager of the Western Cape, with national responsibility for Aftersales, and in 2003 he was appointed to the SIE board. In July 2006 he was appointed as CEO of the Industrial Equipment division of the Imperial group, and also joined the Leasing and Capital Equipment division’s board and executive committee.

Gavin joined Eqstra in October 2010 and is responsible for investor relations, marketing and sustainability. After completing articles at Deloitte & Touche in 1998 he joined the Vodacom Group where he worked in a senior financial management position. In 2000 he joined Vunani Securities as an equity research analyst, and then in 2003 joined Nedgroup Securities, the stockbroking arm of Nedbank Capital, where he covered the Construction & Materials and Diversified Industrial & Transport sectors as an equity research analyst.

Newton joined Eqstra in June 2010 and previously held the position of corporate organisational performance manager at Pretoria Portland Cement Company Limited (PPC). Prior to PPC he held the position of human resources superintendent at De Beers Consolidated Mines at their Finsch Mine.

Denish joined RTG Fleet Services in 1999 as a network administrator, which was a business unit of Imperial Fleet Services. In 2005 Denish became the distributed infrastructure services manager responsible for the desktop, laptop, network and server infrastructure for the Imperial Fleet Services group. He was appointed chief information officer of Eqstra in June 2010 and is responsible for the information and communication technology strategic direction of the Eqstra group.