Safma
Associations in Sandton

SAFMA supports, represents and advances the cause and interests of the Facilities Management Community in South Africa.

Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages. Conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters. Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services. He started his career as a consulting civil engineer involved in infrastructure development and then spent thirteen years with BP where he was responsible for all engineering maintenance and capital works in the Cape. John was with Turner & Townsend for eighteen years consulting on a variety of infrastructure and immovable asset development and management commissions for both the Public and Private sectors. In the last twelve years, John has consulted to Government and the Private Sector on Strategic Asset Management, programme management, infrastructure development, Strategic Facilities Management, outsourcing of Facilities Management services and PPPs. He has been involved on many of the accommodation PPPs in Southern and Central Africa covering a range of different types of immovable assets, was lead advisor to the Department of Public Works for the outsourcing of FM services at the Parliamentary Complex in Cape Town and on the GIAMA guidelines and has advised provinces on infrastructure planning and management. He is a member of the Board of the South African Facilities Management Association. He has been a member of SAFMA for more than 4 years. In this role, he is accountable for ensuring alignment of the Facilities Management (FM) Services mandate to the wider Absa Corporate Real Estate Solutions (CRES) strategy. Xolani has 16 years’ experience in the Facilities, Projects and Operations management space of which 10 years have been in Executive roles overseeing major projects. He has a long and consistent track record in Strategy Development, Implementation, Leading, Coaching and motivating teams. He has qualifications in Facilities Management, Project Management (PMP), Supply Chain and Business Management. We are quite far down the road in this regard and are often complimented for what we do and have done as a school. The team is well structured and works well in the school environment. Stephen has been involved in the service industry for over 29 years. He is currently the Managing Director at Pragma Facilities Management. He also serves as Director on the Management Board of an additional company. Upon leaving he subsequently worked for ten years as a senior operator in various UK blue chip retail businesses across a number of sectors, including PC retail, brown and white electrical goods and home improvements. Following a short spell in operations management in the steel industry, Alex joined the Servest Group in 2010 as the Sales & Marketing Director for what was then Cleancor. He was subsequently promoted to Managing Director of the rebranded Servest Cleaning in 2011 and was then moved to Servest Corporate Office in 2012 as the Group Business Development Director. In this role, Alex was instrumental in driving the monolithic rebranding process of the group and re-positioning Servest as an Integrated Facilities Management business. Today, Alex is the Group Sales & Marketing Director for Servest and is passionate about the facilities sector and challenging the status quo around how FM is perceived in South Africa. With the group’s significant UK business presence, Alex uses his knowledge of the overseas FM industries to identify trends and indicators that can be transferred to the South African market, with a view to improvement of the industry here.