Moss Mashishi, Executive Chairman

I have known Tidi Khobane in different capacities as a shareholder, a director, an executive and a business partner for almost two decades. She has been involved at the highest levels in a number of significant transactions and worked with boards of several global companies such as Schindler Lifts, Aristocrat, One and Only, Kerzner International, including several local companies such as Mosong Capital, TMT Traffic Management Solutions, Monate Coffee Co, etc. This wide exposure at the highest levels of corporate governance has afforded her a rare and invaluable enriching experience.

Further, despite a very busy schedule, she has also found time to study for three degrees through correspondence with the University of South Africa, ultimately being conferred with a Masters Degree in Company law in 2021. She, therefore, combines an almost 20 years pedigree at all levels of Corporate leadership with solid academic qualifications. Her insights and knowledge of Company Law, Kings Code of Corporate Governance, Company Secretarial function and the general application of ESG principles is amongst the best in the country.

Finally, Tidi as a person is absolutely principled, reliable and trustworthy. She has an extraordinary work ethic, a stickler for the highest professional standards, and her personal code is anchored by a deep commitment to the principle of rigorous integrity.

I highly recommend her.

Michel Checoury, Chief Financial & Administrative Officer

Tidi Khobane has been the Company Secretary of the One and Only companies in South Africa for approximately 16 years. This is prior to the opening of the One and Only Cape Town Hotel which started operation in 2009.

Her responsibilities include:

• Custodian of the companies’ statutory documents.
• Ensuring that the companies are compliant with relevant South African statutory bodies and acts.
• Filing of annual CIPC returns.
• Managing the Directors’ and Committee members’ conflict of interest register.
• Managing the governance function of the companies, which includes but is not limited to, the coordination and preparation for Board and Subcommittee meetings
• Preparing board packs, attending Board and Committee meetings, drafting meeting minutes, and following on actions from the meetings.
• Preparing the relevant Board resolutions.
• Preparing the Governance audit file and liaising with the audit partner during the external financial year audit.

I personally started working with Tidi in 2018 when I joined Kerzner International and became the Director of the One and Only South Africa entities.

I found the companies’ governance and compliance processes were in place and of a high standard.

Recently, Tidi worked with Kerzner International and Webber Wentzel on a Scheme of Arrangements project that saw a Dubai-based company FZE acquire shared in One and Only Cape Town Holdings.

Her qualification in Master of Laws (LLM) (Corporate Law) contributes to her understanding of the governance and the Company Laws of South Africa, which is of value to the Directors and the Companies.

Tidi’s work ethic is professional and of a high standard.

I highly recommend Tidi.

Ben Kodisang, Chief Executive Officer

I met Tidi in early 2020 when we were in the process of putting together the Board of ALT Capital Partners, the management company of Reimagine Social Impact Retail Fund. The Chairman designate at the time facilitated the introduction.

Tidi was appointed as Corporate Secretarial to ALT Capital Partners in September 2020 and we have had a close working relationship since then.

TIdi has performed the following activities for the business since her appointment: 

1. Managed the corporate secretarial transition from Webber Wentzel.
2. Attended to all the company and Director registration processes with CIPC;
3. The name reservations for all the related companies that needed to be set up;
4. The governance functions of the company which include but are not limited to:
   – Managing the logistics of the Director meetings
   – Minute taking
   – Registration of Director disclosures
   – Resolutions of Director decisions made
   – Setting up the Board and subcommittee charters
   – Annual evaluation of the company policies and Director evaluations
5. The BBEE affidavit attestation function of the company;
6. Set up the company Data Room and has been actively engaged in the management of the company’s due diligence with various investors.
7. In the time that I have had the honour of working with Tidi, I have always found her to be professional, always going beyond, pushing boundaries to meet and exceed expectations, and has added a tremendous amount of value to the company.

   As someone who is always mindful of her continuing professional education, she somehow found the time to complete her LLM in Corporate Law during our engagement period. She is someone I highly recommend to any stakeholder seeking to advance their performance through effective Governance of their operations.

   Tidi is a delight to work with.

Tumi Khobane, Managing Director

 As a small business, we often find ourselves lost in a sea of big business – drowning and not waving, trying to navigate the ‘red tape’ of the corporate world – simply because we don’t know what we don’t know. Motlaletsie and Tidi have been our life vests and oars, rowing us to safety – ensuring that we are ready to swim before we even get onto the water.

We don’t talk enough about the value of governance and doing things correctly from the start, and that is where we continue to see how it is that we have been able to manage our business professionally, more than most. This is because, at the touch of a button, the team at Motlaletsie continue to set us up for success.