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Who is Wessel Witthuhn? • Wessel Witthuhn is currently working as the Managing Director of Global Property Corporation. His base is South Africa & Dubai. • Wessel Witthuhn was previously the President – Africa & Indian Oceans for IFA Hotels & Resorts.
Who is Wessel Witthuhn? • During his 6 years tenure as the President – Africa & Indian Oceans for IFA Hotels & Resorts, he drove the business operations to the tune of $1 Billion. • The IFA Hotels & Resorts, Africa & Indian Oceans achieved various awards under his leadership.
Awards for IFA Hotels & Resorts • “Africa’s Leading New Resort and Africa’s Leading Tourism Development Project” from World Travel Awards 2009. • “New Hotel Investment in Africa 2010” by the Tourism Business Council of South Africa. • Top business award by First National Bank in Kwa-Zulu Natal in the “Tourism” category – 2009. • “Sales in Zimbali have exceeded a staggering R475 Million in the last six months. This is a phenomenal achievement given the downturn in the real estate sector nationally” – Mercury Newspaper 15 June 2009.
Awards for IFA Hotels & Resorts v. Established Zimbali as South Africa’s “premier large scale resort and residential resort destination” – KwaZulu-Natal Top Business. vi. “IFA Hotels & Resorts and TongaatHulett Development have once again proved to be leaders in global innovation and mixed-use developments, achieving a staggering R130 Million in sales over 2 months.” – Mercury Newspaper 10 February 2011.
Wessel Witthuhn Strengths • Ability to visualize and manage the entire development process from Initial Concept through the Feasibility Phase , Detailed Design, Construction to Hand-over. • Visionary approach that enables delivery of superbly designed ambitious & prosperous projects. • Delivery of Innovative Solutions including Value Engineering, Marketing & Sales leading to huge saving in costs without compromising on the Quality & Integrity of the Development.
Wessel Witthuhn Strengths iv. Excellent Leader, Negotiator & Mediator with great rapport with the highest level of Public Personalities including Presidents of various African & Indian Ocean countries including South Africa, Zanzibar, Mozambique & Zambia. v. Vast & Diverse experience in Leisure Resort Industry, Mixed use Residential, Retail & Commercial Developments, Land Development & Master Planning. vi. Expertise to manage the process of Concession Developments including Public Private Partnership (PPP), Build Own & Transfer (BOT) and Build Own & Operate (BOO) among others.
Wessel Witthuhn Personal Bio # Education : B.Sc. Building Science (University of Witwatersrand). M.Sc. Building & Construction Management (University of Witwatersrand). Diploma in Arbitration : Dispute Resolution (South African Association of Arbitrators). # Family: Wessel is married to Meredith and has two daughters Megan & Tessa. # Interests: In his spare time Wessel can be found fly fishing or demonstrating his passion for golf on the links.
Wessel Witthuhn, President of IFA, Zimbali Lodge & Country Club, voted “Africa’s Leading Sports Resort” by World Travel Awards.
Wessel Witthuhn at the Gary Player Invitational with Shaun Pollock, Mark James & George Coetzee. Wessel Witthuhn won the prestigious trophy teaming up with Shaun Pollock.