Khalid Abdulla
Acting CEO
(Information Officer)
Is responsible for the overall strategic acquisitions and operational direction of the company. Khalid joined HST at its inception stages and was previously HST’s CEO and later developed and grew within the group to eventually become the JSE-listed African Equity Empowerment Investments Limited (AEEI) as group CFO and eventually the Group CEO in 2009. He was responsible for building this successful and sustainable JSE listed group and has been instrumental in business development and negotiating and concluding diverse and complex transactions and deals. Under his leadership, the Group grew consistently year on year to currently become a successful Multi-Billion Rand organisation. Abdulla has a proven track record of over 30 years in various leadership roles which includes developing and implementing strategies, corporate governance, corporate finance, building strong teams and organisational and operational systems integration as well as applying his astute business acumen in deal making and value creation.
Mr. Abdulla has five degrees and qualifications which include an MBA from the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) GSB, B. Compt and a B. Compt (Honours), a CTA from University of South Africa (UNISA), as well as a Project Management qualification from UCT.