Board of Directors

Ultimate responsibility for SAOGA rests with our Board of Directors. With the exception of the Executive Director, Board members are unpaid volunteers who desire to give something back to the industry by contributing time and skill to the Alliance and its mission. Board members are drawn from the ranks of SAOGA's public and private stakeholders and the Board has been structured to be representative of the various industry sub-sectors and key public sector stakeholders. Board members typically meet quarterly and serve a three year term for a maximum of two consecutive terms. A subset of the Board serves on the Executive Committee which meets more frequently and provides oversight of the organisation's operational matters.

The Current Board

Everton September – Chairman of the Board
Vice President New Ventures Upstream, PetroSA

Warwick Blyth* - Executive Director
Executive Director/CEO, SAOGA

Floris Brand* – West Coast Business Representative & Company Secretary
Wesfort Management Services, Saldanha Bay

James Cooke - Ship & Rig Repair Portfolio
Managing Director, Atlatech

Anschen Friedrichs* - Operators and Service Companies Portfolio
Public Officer, Forest Exploration International (South Africa)

Thabo Mbebe – Organised Labour Representative
Engineering Industries Pension Fund and Metal Industries Provident Fund, MIBFA Metal Industries Benefit Funds Administrators

Nigel Gwynne-Evans* - Provincial Government Western Cape Representative
Director Trade and Industry Development, Department of Economic Development and Tourism, Provincial Government of Western Cape

Stefan Hrabar - Engineering and Project Management Portfolio
Engineering Manager Mechanical & Electrical Business Unit Oil & Gas Division, Grinaker-LTA

Noor Kapdi* – Logistics and Transport Porfolio
CEO, Krew Investments SA

Pieter Kroon - Fabrication and Construction Portfo
Managing Director, Belmet

Kwanda Modise - City of Cape Town Representative
Manager Economic Development & Facilitation, City of Cape Town

Colin Schreuder* – BEE and Business Development Portfolio
Industrial & Offshore Marketing Manager , DCD-Dorbyl Marine

Garth Strachen – Department of Trade and Industry Representative
Resource Based Industries, Department of Trade and Industry

Alternate Board Members

Herman Jonker* is an alternate Board member representing the Provincial Government of the Western Cape on behalf of Nigel Gwynn-Evans.

Nazli Laatoe* and Faith Kolala are alternate Board members representing the City of Cape Town on behalf of Kwanda Modise.

* Denotes members of the Board who serve on the Executive Committee