Erosha Govender

Transformation Specialist and CEO of Alternative Prosperity Advisory and Products (Pty) Ltd

Erosha holds B.Eng. (Chemical), PDBM (UKZN), SMDP (USB) degrees. She is responsible for operations management at Alternative Prosperity, thus ensuring effective execution of the business strategy through the client facing team, development of bespoke Transformation Strategies for large listed clients and practices as a Transformation Specialist. She has worked with Financial Sector clients such as Discovery, Sanlam, Santam, Allan Gray and Investec Asset Management. She held various positions within the BHP Billiton Group, including as Transformation Manager of the Manganese division where she was responsible for accelerating B-BBEE and Transformation, external stakeholder engagement and internal and external communications. Erosha has extensive experience in the mining, metals and manufacturing sectors, which includes process optimization, project management, community development and socio-economic transformation within the South African context. 

Eric Ackroyd

Transformation Specialist and COO of Alternative Prosperity Advisory and Products (Pty) Ltd

Eric completed a B.Com and B.Com Honours in accounting and is a Chartered Accountant, a registered Economic Empowerment Professional and has completed the B-BBEE Management Development Programme. He served as Technical Director of the Association of B-BBEE Professionals and has accumulated 14 years’ experience in Transformation and B-BBEE. Eric was the Verification Director with EmpowerLogic for 11 years before joining Alternative Prosperity. Prior to moving into the B-BBEE field, he worked as a financial auditor for 12 years, including 3 years in the UK and in Germany. Given his 27 years in the audit, verification and financial world, Eric has an in-depth understanding of best practice B-BBEE, financial and ownership concepts. His client experience ranges from sole proprietors to small, medium, large and multinational businesses. Eric is particularly experienced in the Financial, ICT, MAC, Construction and Property sectors.

Gabi Greyling

Technical Director, AQRate

Gabi completed a BCom Economics and Finance at UCT. She entered the B-BBEE industry when employed by Codex Ratings in April 2011 where she gained experience in the B-BBEE Codes as well as Sector Codes. Gabi joined AQRate Verification Services in 2012 as a Senior Verification Analyst. She successfully completed the B-BBEE Management Development Programme through UNISA in 2014 after which she became a Technical Signatory. She was appointed as Technical Verification Manager in May 2015 and Technical Director in 2021. 

Japie Britz

Commercial Director, BDO Verification Services

Japie completed his LLB degree in 2007. He has gained extensive B-BBEE knowledge and experience in the past 10 years as a Verification Analyst, Technical Signatory and Consultant. Japie held positions with AQRate Gauteng, Premier Verification and Siyaya Skills Institute (an EOH subsidiary). He completed the B-BBEE Management Development Programme in 2016. Since August 2018, Japie is heading the Gauteng operations of BDO Verification Services and was appointed as Commercial Director in March 2020.

Gianna Le Roux

Verification Executive, EmpowerLogic

Gianna holds a BCom Degree in Internal Audit and has successfully completed the B-BBEE Management Development Programme. She has more than 10 years B-BBEE experience as Verification Analyst and Technical Signatory. Gianna manages the verification team at EmpowerLogic and is passionate about building relationships with clients, continuously improving the verification process and empowering people through sharing her knowledge and experience in the B-BBEE industry.

Kyle Mitchell

Operations Director, Honeycomb BEE Ratings

Kyle has worked in the B-BBEE industry since 2010 and has been a Technical Signatory since 2017. He successfully completed the NQF7 B-BBEE Management Development Programme. Kyle acts as Technical Signatory on De Beers, Anglo, MassMart, Discovery, Pick n Pay, Hollard, to name a few.

Marsha Arnold

General Manager, The Legal Verification Team