Personnel

Page Updated on 10 February 2012

PPT has a core staff complement of ten but in additional makes extensive use of outsourced service providers and partner organizations in order to service the multiplicity of projects in which it is involved at any point in time. All of PPT’s core staff, with the exception of Liesel du Plessis, are based at PPT’s Durban office. Liesel is based in the Eastern Cape (Port Elizabeth).

Staff:


Mark Misselhorn Chief Executive Officer	Inba Govender Finance & Office Manager	Nana Ndlovu Project Manager	Robert Mann Ukulungisa Project Preparation Fund – National Coordinator	Liesel du Plessis Senior Project Manager

Angel Ngcobo Office Assistant	Nokuthula Mlambo Project Officer	Neville Mlobane Project Intern	Siphiwe Qwabe Trainee Project manager

Board:

PPT currently has a Board of nine Trustees with diverse and extensive expertise in various fields. Most of these Trustees have served on PPT’s Board for extended periods and several since PPT’s establishment years. Four Board meetings are held per annum. The Finance and Operation Committees of PPT’s Board meet approximately six times a year, with two additional joint meetings of these Committees principally to discuss strategic issues.

Current Trustees:

	S'bongile Mthembu is co-chair of the PPT Board and serves on its Operations Committee. She is the founder member of Iphungelimnandi Development Services, a company that specializes in the management of community based development programmes, social development facilitation and capacity building and training. She holds an MSC Degree in Regional Planning and Housing with over 20 years of experience in community and rural development.
	Peter Robinson is co-chair of the PPT Board and serves on its Operations Committee and is a founding trustee. He is an Urban and Regional Planner, working in private practice and was Head of the Planning Programme in the School of Architecture, Planning & Housing at the University of KwaZulu-Natal until 2009. He has extensive experience in urban and rural development issues. He was one of the founders of the Cato Manor urban reconstruction project and was chair of the Board of the Cato Manor Development Association for many years.
	Nkosinathi Ndelu is a past Co-Chair of the PPT Board (1993-2006). He is currently the Managing Director of Africa Mayibuye Leadership (Pty) Ltd a consultancy involved in assisting local government and other organizations in leadership development and management skills. He has several associations with community development initiatives including the Cato Manor Development Association, Durban Functional Region - Interim Development Forum, and Community Based Public Works Programme.
	Dave Smyly serves on PPT’s Finance Committee. He is an attorney and conveyancer in private practice. His firm specializes in environmental, development, planning and land law and is the first of its kind in South Africa. He has been involved in development in KwaZulu- Natal since 1990 working largely with non-governmental organizations and provincial and municipal government.
	Ilan Lax is the Treasurer of PPT's Board and serves on its Finance Committee. He is an attorney in private practice. He has experience in development, environmental, governance and human rights issues in both the rural and urban contexts. He serves on the boards of a number of statutory and non-governmental organizations. He was a member of the Human Rights Violations and Amnesty Committees of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and has served as policy advisor to the Sierra Leone TRC.
	Thokozane Zulu is the Chair of PPT's Operations Committee and is a founding trustee. He is currently the KZN HR Manager for Prestige Group a division of Bidvest Group and has been involved in community development projects in Southern Pinetown.
	Phumele Kunene serves on PPT’s Operations committee. She is a former Senior Lecturer of Nursing, Professional Ethics and Health Services Management at University of Zululand. She is also a co-founding member of the Open Learning Academy of Nursing Institute at the University of Zululand at Durban-Umlazi Campus where she worked as Assistant Project Coordinator and Vice Principal. She has extensive experience in clinical nursing and management of various nursing settings.
	Omar Latiff serves on PPT’s Finance committee and is a founding trustee. He is an Associate Professor of Accounting and Taxation at University of KwaZulu-Natal and is also a board member of a number of organisations which include the Development Bank of Southern Africa. He is also a CA (SA) and partner at Price Waterhouse Coopers, with a very strong background in Tax and Financing infrastructure development
	Nonhlanhla Khumalo is a Regional General Manager for the Independent Development Trust (IDT) in KwaZulu Natal. The IDT is a development management agency focusing on poverty alleviation in South Africa. She holds a BA Honours in Social Work and has been involved in community and rural development for the past 28 years

Past Trustees:

Michael Sutcliffe (founding Trustee & past Co-chair); Vish Suparsad; Leah Gcabashe; Leonard Mfeka; Michael Archer, Sibusiso Luthuli; Makenete Maduna.

Internship programme:

PPT runs a small internship program. PPT currently has two interns (Neville Mlobane and Julian Barker) and one trainee project manager (Siphiwe Qwabe). Recent past interns include: Nokuthula Mlambo (currently a PPT Project Officer),Sbusiso Ngobese and Busisiwe Buthelezi, Nkosinjani Mkhize and Pragasan Govender. PPT is also periodically involved in a mentorship programme for visiting students from other countries.