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Estate News
Tshepo Peege: Chairman of the Environmental and Social Sub-Committee and
Co-Chairman of the HR and Communication Sub-Committees
Tshepo has a Master’s Degree in Transport Policy and Management from the University of North
London in the United Kingdom. In order to gain experience and professional qualifications, he
attended the Aviation Maintenance Training School in Ethiopia, and has obtained a Boeing 727
Flight Engineer License from the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority. He further studied Aeronautical
Engineering at Aer Lingus in Dublin, completed a Finance for Senior Executives course through
the Harvard Business School, studied Airline Management Integration at the International Air
Transport Association (IATA) in Montreal, and Integrated Safety Management at the Singapore
Aviation Academy. He also attended the Civil Aviation Chief Executive Program at the Singapore
Civil Aviation Authority in Singapore and, due to his diploma obtained at the University of Southern
California, United States, he has accumulated vast knowledge in Aircraft Accident Investigation.
Tshepo has held numerous positions at South African Airways, was the Chief Executive Officer at
the Gateway International Airport in Polokwane, and the Chief Director of Aviation and Maritime
Regulation in the National Department of Transport. He was the President of the African Civil-Aviation
Commission (AFCAC) from 2004 to 2007 and is the founding member and former Secretary General
of the African Airlines Safety Council (AFRASCO). In addition to being a member of the International
Panel of Aviation Experts of the Singapore Civil Aviation Academy, he is also a member of several
ICAO committees. He has flown over 4 000 hours throughout his professional career.
Riaan Viviers: Chairman of the Property Management Sub-Committee
Riaan Viviers is serving his third term as the Aesthetics and Property Management Director on the
Irene Farm Villages Board.
Riaan and his family have been living in the estate for ten years and are very happy to be able
to call the estate their home.
Riaan is a registered professional Construction Manager. He studied B.Sc. Construction
Management at the University of Pretoria and qualified in 2001. He has been working in the South
African building and construction industry for over 20 years, with a short period abroad.
He is pleased to be able to continue applying his energy and experience to making the
estate a better place.
Pierre Myburg: Chairman of Digital Infrastructure, HR and Communication
Sub-Committees and Co-Chairman of Security
Pierre Myburg, his wife Elzette and their daughter, Milane, have joined several of their family
members in the Irene Farm Villages Community. Where possible, Pierre goes out of his way to
contribute to the community.
In his professional capacity as an Associate Director at an international software consultancy firm,
he specialises in designing IT systems for large blue chip companies in the telecommunications,
utilities, financial services and others sectors. The systems range from streaming services, digital
services, and e-commerce to large ERP Implementation Integration and more.
His capabilities include managing large scale projects and large teams, system design, project
planning and scoping with multiple stakeholders, managing senior stakeholders, programme
communication, project finances, planning, vendor and contract management, as well as service
and incident management. His teams are typically dispersed globally across multiple time zones,
cultures and languages.
In his capacity on the Irene Farm Villages Board of Directors, Pierre hopes to build on the good
work covered by previous boards as he is uniquely positioned to contribute to IT and physical
security, as well as human resources, communications and related matters.
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