Know Wessel Witthuhn

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

i. Africas Leading New Resort and Africas 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.

Awards for IFA Hotels & Resorts

v.

Established Zimbali as South Africas 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.

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.

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: # Interests: Wessel is married to Meredith and has two daughters Megan & Tessa. 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 Africas 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.