Johannesburg – Peregrine Holdings [JSE:PGR] announced on Thursday that Jan van Niekerk‚ who has been with the Peregrine group since 2000 and group CEO since August 2010‚ is to resign with effect from 1 April to pursue new opportunities.
Van Niekerk will remain as non-executive chairperson of the group’s wealth management subsidiary‚ Citadel Holdings Proprietary Limited.
Jonathan Hertz (40) has been appointed as the new group CEO with effect from 1 April 2013.
Hertz‚ an actuary‚ originally joined the Peregrine group in August 2000‚ serving as an executive director and the group’s chief operating officer until October 2005.
Thereafter he took up the appointment of managing director of Peregrine associate‚ Caveo Fund Solutions.
In 2008‚ he founded‚ and has since been the CEO of‚ another group associate‚ South Africa Alpha Management Capital‚ a Bermuda based platform which allows investors to make investments into Southern African Alternative Investment Funds.
Van Niekerk will remain as non-executive chairperson of the group’s wealth management subsidiary‚ Citadel Holdings Proprietary Limited.
Jonathan Hertz (40) has been appointed as the new group CEO with effect from 1 April 2013.
Hertz‚ an actuary‚ originally joined the Peregrine group in August 2000‚ serving as an executive director and the group’s chief operating officer until October 2005.
Thereafter he took up the appointment of managing director of Peregrine associate‚ Caveo Fund Solutions.
In 2008‚ he founded‚ and has since been the CEO of‚ another group associate‚ South Africa Alpha Management Capital‚ a Bermuda based platform which allows investors to make investments into Southern African Alternative Investment Funds.