{"id":88,"date":"2013-10-03T07:46:46","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T07:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lemanco.co.za\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2013-11-07T09:01:35","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T09:01:35","slug":"lester-coelen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lemanco.co.za\/?page_id=88","title":{"rendered":"LESTER COELEN"},"content":{"rendered":"

ABBREVIATED CURRICULUM VITAE O<\/b>F LESTER JOHN COELEN<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Date of Birth:<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/span>16 January 1943<\/p>\n

Educated:
\n<\/strong>MaristBrothersCollege \u2013 St Henry\u2019s (Durban). Matriculated 1960
\nWas head prefect.<\/p>\n

Tertiary Education:
\n<\/strong>Chartered Accountant (SA) \u2013 qualified 1965
\nM B A \u2013 CranfieldSchool of Business \u2013 UK \u2013 1968.<\/p>\n

Personal Status:
\n<\/b>Married to Jennifer with four children and thirteen grandchildren.<\/p>\n

Business Career:
\n<\/b>1961 (February) to 1966 (October)
\n<\/b>Alex Aiken and Carter. Initially as an Articled Clerk and finally Audit Manager<\/p>\n

1966 (November) to 1969 (December)
\n<\/b>Canadian Pacific Railway Company \u2013 Initially as an Internal Auditor and finally as Area
\nManager (Eastern Canada) \u2013 Container Operations for the shipping subsidiary<\/p>\n

1970 (February) to 1971 (February)
\n<\/b>Safmarine \u2013 involved in containerisation program of SA trade.<\/p>\n

1971 (May) to 1973 (October)
\n<\/b>IL Back & Co Ltd – Chief Accountant<\/p>\n

1974 (January) to 1981 (June)
\n<\/b>Clifford Harris (Pty) Ltd\u00a0 – Company Secretary and Admin Director.<\/p>\n

1981 (July) to 2004 (January)
\n<\/b>Initially as Financial Director of the DCF Property Group of Companies and then of Atlas Properties Ltd when it acquired the DCF Group management company and certain of its properties.<\/p>\n

2004 (February) to 2005 (February)
\n<\/b>Member of Executive Committee of Atlas Properties<\/p>\n

2005 (February) to 2007 (August)
\n<\/b>Director of Atlas Properties Ltd. Resigned when Atlas acquired by Acucap<\/p>\n

Currently Director of Lemanco Management (Pty) Ltd and Ledevco Development (Pty) Ltd and involved with Ian Raubenheimer in developing various property projects.<\/p>\n

Other:<\/b><\/p>\n

Mountaineering – <\/b>Been involved since 1963 and since 1974 a member of the Mountain Search and Rescue <\/b>team, locally and nationally. Currently Honorary Treasurer of local club. Have just <\/b>retired after 40 years of being a member of the central Committee of the federal body of <\/b>the Mountain Club of SA.<\/p>\n

Conservation – <\/b>Currently a Trustee of WWF-SA and serve as a member of its Investment Committee <\/b>Trustee of the Lower Breede River Conservancy Trust and am it\u2019s Treasurer.<\/p>\n

Was actively involved in the formation of the Table Mountain National Park \u2013 appointed to the various government committees set up to establish the park; served 2 terms on the park committee. Was a founding Trustee of the Table Mountain Fund and served as a Trustee for 11 years.<\/p>\n

General <\/b>\u00a0– Trustee of a number of other trusts of my family and that of friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ABBREVIATED CURRICULUM VITAE OF LESTER JOHN COELEN
\n 
\nDate of Birth:
\n16 January 1943
\nEducated:
\nMaristBrothersCollege \u2013 St Henry\u2019s (Durban). Matriculated 1960
\nWas head prefect.
\nTertiary Education:
\nChartered Accountant (SA) \u2013 qualified 1965
\nM B A \u2013 CranfieldSchool of Business \u2013 UK \u2013 1968.
\nPersonal Status:
\nMarried to Jennifer with four children and thirteen grandchildren.
\nBusiness Career:
\n1961 (February) to 1966 (October)
\nAlex Aiken and Carter. Initially as an Articled Clerk and finally Audit Manager
\n1966 (November) to 1969 (December)
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