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Board of Directors



Hamilton Ratshefola (Non-executive Chairman) 


  

DVT (PTY) LTDHamilton is the co-founder and joint chief executive of Cornastone Technology Holdings, which employs over 250 IT professionals and has revenues exceeding R 230 million.
  

He has over 19 years of IT experience; from technical, to managerial, to board level leadership.  He served as the executive leading the IBM Public Sector Business and performed the same role as Executive Director for the then JSE listed Computer Configuration Holdings Limited.
  

Hamilton received over 18 months of Leadership Development with IBM in Europe and United States between 1996 and 1999.
  

He has been recognised over the years by the IT Industry for his contribution.  In 1999 and 2000 he was recognised as one of the Top 20 Black IT professionals in South Africa.
  

In 2007 Hamilton won the coveted IT Personality of the Year 2007 Award from the Computer Society of South Africa, Gartner Group and GIBS. 

Chris Wilkins (CEO) 


  

DVT (PTY) LTDChris is a founder, CEO and business visionary at DVT. He has 20 years experience in the software development industry and has started and managed a number of businesses culminating with the formation of DVT in 1999.
  

Chris qualified as a management accountant before moving to software development in the mid-eighties.  After working as a software developer in Cape Town, he relocated to the UK for seven years where he worked as an independent delivery systems specialist in the software and related services industry.
  

Chris finished off his term in the UK as a project manager for IBM in London.
     

He resettled in Cape Town 10 years ago where he now lives with his family. 

Graham Fowler (CFO) 


  

DVT (PTY) LTDGraham has 18 years experience in financial management, including 9 as a financial director in the IT industry.
 
Graham graduated in 1990 and completed his articles with G.J. Bazley & Co.  He was financial manager of Zotos Construction with sole responsibility for finance and operations in the group, which gave him a solid grounding in a sometimes very challenging project-orientated environment.
 
In 1999 Graham joined Software Futures as financial manager and was later appointed as financial director.  He formed part of a dynamic team of entrepreneurs who managed the company through a series of mergers and acquisitions, growing it to be one of the largest in South Africa in its field. 

Jackson Mamogale (Non-executive) 


  

DVT (PTY) LTDJackson has a career spanning 18 years in information technology solutions and consulting. He is currently managing director of Cornastone Consulting which employs 100 professionals in various disciplines of application development, outsourcing, enterprise IT management and IT logical access management solutions.
 
He worked in application development for one of the leading banks in South Africa before joining Andersen Consulting, now known as Accenture, where he worked for 8 years in various disciplines ranging from technical architecture consulting to senior management leadership. 
 
He held key positions in various engagements in the transportation, retail, financial services and public sector. 

Derek Hughes (Non-Executive Director, Company Secretary) 


  

DVT (PTY) LTDDerek has a 20-year career in IT with a wealth of experience in managing software business.  He has been with DVT for 5 years after joining the founders to establish DVT’s new  operations in Gauteng.
 
Derek was previously CEO of Software Futures which had over 500 staff and was the largest software development company in South Africa at the time, won numerous awards from the industry and was considered one of the best places to work in IT in South Africa.
 
Prior to that, Derek worked for IBM South Africa in as a product manager after starting his career as technical architect and pioneer at Sanlam. 

Rod Fehrsen (Non-executive Director) 


  

Rod has over thirty years general business management experience, mostly at executive and board level, within major listed South African companies with international interests.  For the last six years he was a partner in technology focussed private equity fund with leading private equity company, Ethos.   While with Ethos he was integrally involved in a number of major investment transactions and served (and continues to serve) on a the boards of selected technology companies.
 
Rod has held office on a number of prestigious South African and international organisations including Young Presidents Organisation (YPO) and the Institute of Marketing Management.   Rod qualified as a chartered accountant after serving his articles with Ernst and Young. 

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