board – SACEEC

Board Of Directors

Clusters Overview
HAPEC
SAMPEC
SWH-MANCOSA
VAMCOSA

Our Board of Directors is drawn from acclaimed industry leaders, all of whom have recognised the value of belonging to SACEEC.

Eric Bruggeman

Director & CEO of SACEEC / Bruggeman Consultants / Director BH Projects

Eric Bruggeman

CEO and Director at SACEEC (2010 - Present)

Managing Director at Bruggeman Consulting, Ltd. January (2007 - Present)

Managing Director APE Pumps (Pty) Ltd (1997 – 2007)

University of Johannesburg – Engineering & Mechanical, (1977 – 1981)

Activities and Societies: Rotary, SANCA

Mr Bruggeman, CEO of the South African Capital Equipment Export Council is passionate about South Africa; its past and its future, its difficulties and its potential. A mechanical engineer with a wealth of experience, who has works for the AfDB and the World Bank on the economics of machinery and equipment. He is a lover of wildlife and the African bush and is a keen nature conservationist.

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Chris Beyers

Director & CEO of SACEEC / Consultant at Beyers Consulting / Owner Terrouges

Chris Beyers

Director SACEEC (2013 - Present)

Deputy Director Capital Equipment and Allied Services - South African Department of Trade & Industry (January 1997 – September 2012)

Served as Foreign Economic Representative in Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire, Rome Italy, Marseilles & Paris France.

University of Stellenbosch (Bachelor’s Degree, Business/Managerial Economics)

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Hugh Saunders

Director & Chief Financial Officer of SACEEC / HM Saunders Business Consulting Services

Hugh Saunders

Hugh was a founding director of the SACEEC in 2000 and joined the SACEEC on a full-time basis at the beginning of 2017, primarily as result of the SACEEC Partnership with the Gauteng Province to promote employment in the manufacturing industry.

Hugh qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1974. Hugh was a financial executive at a JSE listed company until 1996 after which he was a shareholder in a South African project management company involved in the sugar and timber industries.

Hugh established a business consultancy after retiring in 2010 primarily focusing on the implementation of management systems and processing loan and grant applications for SMEs involved in manufacturing of equipment and machinery.

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Frederick (Freddy) Mugeri

Director SACEEC / Non-exec Chairman at MEMSA / CEO Fabchem Group

Freddy Mugeri

MEMSA - Non Executive Chairman & Director

Nov 2017 – Present

Increasing local content in capital equipment going into mines in Southern Africa, promoting exports and transformation, and creating jobs.

CEO Fabchem Group

July 2015 - Present

Director SACEEC

Nov 2016 - Present

ABSA Capital - Credit Sector Head

May 2011 -June 2015

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Madoda (Benny) John Jiyane

Chairman & Director of SACEEC / Director of Specialist Mechanical Engineers (Pty) Ltd

Benny (MJ) Jiyane

Benny (MJ) Jiyane

B Com, MAP (Wits), LDP (GIBS)

Director/Chairman - South African Capital Equipment Export Council (November 2016 – present)

Benny.jiyane@saceec.com

011 849 7388 / 082 651 7536

Executive Director on a full to part time basis for the following entities:

SME Infratech: Mechanical engineering company, specializing in system design, manufacturing and providing EPCM services
SVI Engineering: Innovative mechanical engineering design and manufacturing company, specializing in military vehicles and accessories
Resolux Africa: Manufacturer tower internals and lighting systems for wind turbines and turnkey projects worldwide.

Mr Jiyane, currently Chairman of the South African Capital Equipment Export Council is a businessman with over 30 years of corporate and executive management experience, primarily in the steel and the defence industry.

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Vuyiseka Mkele

Director of SACEEC / Chief Operations Officer of Bakara Engineering

Vuyiseka Mkele

Bakara Engineering - Chief Operations Officer 2017 - Present

Nedbank - Project Manager: Strategy & Alignment October 2007 - 2018

Cape Peninsula University of Technology - National Diploma and Btech in Public Management

Gordon Institute for Business Science - Management Development Initiative Programme, a Senior Management Development Programme (Business Management equivalent NQF Level 7)

Currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Public & Development Management with Wits University majoring in Policy Analysis and Macro Economics. Her experience is in the field of Strategy and Alignment, Cluster/Business Unit Performance Management/ Balanced Scorecard Management, Planning (3 year planning), Operational Reporting, Project management, Relationship Management, B-BBEE monitoring and reporting, General administration, Trends Tracking and Analysis. She has strong organisational skills, competent in building and maintaining long-term relations, customer care & relations.

Some experience is in Outsourcing particularly in Inbound Call Centers in terms of Service-Level Agreements, customer service, query-handling, Statistics Reports, Staff management and Client Satisfaction Index.

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