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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Awards for IFA Hotels &
Resorts
i. “Africa’s Leading New Resort and Africa’s Leading Tourism
Development Project” from World Travel Awards 2009.
ii. “New Hotel Investment in Africa 2010” by the Tourism Business
Council of South Africa.
iii. Top business award by First National Bank in Kwa-Zulu Natal in
the “Tourism” category – 2009.
iv. “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.
5. 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 Tongaat Hulett 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.
6. Wessel Witthuhn Strengths
i. Ability to visualize and manage the entire development process
from Initial Concept through the Feasibility Phase , Detailed
Design, Construction to Hand-over.
ii. Visionary approach that enables delivery of superbly designed
ambitious & prosperous projects.
iii. Delivery of Innovative Solutions including Value Engineering,
Marketing & Sales leading to huge saving in costs without
compromising on the Quality & Integrity of the Development.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Wessel Witthuhn, President of IFA, Zimbali Lodge & Country Club, voted
“Africa’s Leading Sports Resort” by World Travel Awards.
10. 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.