Who we are

Legal Status

 

SALEAF was registered on 26 September 2006 as a company not having a share capital in terms of Section 21 of the Companies Act 61 of 1973. Registration number: 2006/028277/08

 

As such, SALEAF is required to be audited annually and its activities are open to public scrutiny.

 

Application for exemption from tax liability in respect of SALEAF and in respect of deductibility of donations by donor companies and individuals is currently underway. The company is also being registered as a Public Benefit Organisation.

 

Founding Members

The founding members of SALEAF are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

( * Also Directors of SALEAF . A brief resume on each director can be found here.)

 

In addition to committing to serve SALEAF in furtherance of its objective, the founding members have pledged to donate sufficient funds to enable SALEAF to fund at least one qualifying student in his/her tertiary education in 2007.

 

 

South African Lebanese Education Advancement Foundation

Alexander Terblanche

ADD Consulting*

Benjamin Deeb

Trainee Accountant, Deloitte

Cherisse Kairuz

Brand Manager, L’Oreal

Clive Kairuz

Marketing and Retail Development Director, Metcash Africa*

Colette Rahme

Marketing Executive, MD Selection

Janine Allem

Client Service Director, Black River F.C.

Jeffrey Kourie

Maxillo-facial & Oral Surgeon, Milpark Hospital

Jerome Kourie

Managing Director, Acacia Finance*

John Bolus

BA, Final year LLB, Wits

John Jacob

CEO PaperOrange

Jonathan Deeb

Creative Director, The Jupiter Drawing Room

Maha Deeb

CEO, MD Selection*

Mark Pardini

Head of Change, Absa Financial Services*

Mark Witten

Investment Analyst and Hedge Fund Manager, Peregrine Capital

Melissa Bolus

Architect, Atelier & Associates

Nadia Tollman

Earthbound Interiors

Nicolas Najjar

Marketing Director, SC Johnson

Nicole Bolus

Speechwriters Anonymous

Simon Joseph

Marketing Manager, Unilever, Arabia– including

UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Iran,  Iraq, Oman, Yemen, Syria

Vanessa Chidrawi

Corporate Counsel, Emperor Mines Limited, Australia

Warren Tollman

Director, MAB Autogroup