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Mark Taylor - Group CEO

eLan Group Managing Director, CEO - Mark Taylor

Mark Taylor was born in East London, South Africa on 31st March 1960. He matriculated at Kearsney College and went on to complete a B. Comm. degree at the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg. After completing a 5 year stint at Nedbank’s Corporate Banking Division in Johannesburg, he decided to relocate back to Durban. He joined a small property development Company however after a short while left to start his own company and Mark II Projects was born.

Some of their projects include:

	Aruba in Chaka’s Rock		Loerie Park in Westville
	The Riverside Hotel in Durban		The President Hotel in Cape Town

In 1997, Mark started the eLan Group with a view to concentrating predominantly on the tourism and lifestyle development market. After a number of successful projects completed in the next four years, the Company initiated the 430 hectare Simbithi Eco-Estate in Ballito. This development comprises 2000 units, an executive golf course as well as a commercial component including hotel, clubhouse, shops, offices and a pre-primary school. In addition to Simbithi Eco-Estate, eLan is working on a number of other lifestyle estates including:

1. Blythedale Coastal Resort a 5000 unit development on the KZN North Coast. 2. Emfuleni Riverfront development on the Vaal River comprising 88 units. 3. New Forest Game and Fly Fishing Reserve and Avenol Country Farm and Fly Fishing Reserve, Midlands. 4. A development in Mozambique with 500 units. 5. Domaine Bonaventure in Mauritius has 564 units. 6. Somkhanda, a 16 500 ha game reserve in Zululand. 7. Ruitersvlei, an exclusive 8 unit wine farm in the Western Cape.

With their involvement in the Tourism sector they have also come across a number of other opportunities in which they have acquired equity:

	Alpine Heath (Drakensberg)		Greenway Woods (White River)
	1 on 1 Gateway Conference Centre (Umhlanga)		Zululand Tree Lodge (Hluhluwe)
	Riverside Hotel (Durban North)

Greg Cryer - Executive Director

eLan Group Executive Director, CEO - Peter Taylor Greg Cryer pursued an engineering career after graduating with a Masters Diploma in the Marketing field in 1972. After serving his apprenticeship, he followed an entrepreneurial route establishing a number of companies in the first 20 years in his career. Greg’s property related career started some 18 years ago, specializing in the Marketing and Sales arena in the early years expanding into the and property development field over the past 10 years.

Greg joined the eLan Property Group in 2009 and was appointed as the Marketing and Sales director in the same year. Greg is married and enjoys the outdoors. He has a passion for the bush and amongst his hobbies are cycling, scuba diving and flying.

Thami “Babah” Kamanga - Executive Director

eLan Group Non-Executive Director - Thami “Babah” Kamanga Matriculating from Lamontville High School in 1991, Thami completed a Secondary Teachers Diploma specializing in Physics and Mathematics at Esikhawini College of Education. Thami then studied further to obtain a Bachelor of Administration (University of Zululand), Honours in Bachelor of Administration (University of KZN) and a Certificate in Water Management (University of Pretoria).

Initially beginning his career as a Maths and Science Teacher in one of the High Schools in Umlazi, Thami soon took over as Chief Trainer in Community Development for the KwaZulu Finance Corporation (now Ithala Bank), where he was later promoted to Management.

He has extensive experience in community facilitation and Small Medium Enterprises, and in 1998, started a consultancy called Babah Kamanga & Associates. In his spare time, Thami enjoys a variety of sports and has a great interest in nature and wildlife.