Accelerate Property Fund announces new CFO, Marelise de Lange

CFO South Africa 04 May 2023

Marelise de Lange will take over as Accelerate’s new CFO in August, taking over from Dimitri Kyriakides.

Accelerate Property Fund has announced the appointment of Marelise de Lange as its new CFO.

She will succeed Dimitri Kyriakides on 1 August. In the meantime, Pieter Grobler has stepped in as the company’s interim CFO.

Marelise is a qualified chartered accountant with over 10 years’ experience working in the property industry. During her career, she has been the CFO of Texton Property Fund, Rebosis Property Fund and Delta Property Fund.

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