Peter de Villiers appointed as CFO of Attacq

Sinenhlanhla Mncwango 20 May 2026

Attacq has appointed Peter de Villiers as CFO effective 1 June 2026, following his tenure as interim CFO and years of leadership in shaping the group’s investment strategy and portfolio management.

Attacq has appointed Peter de Villiers as its CFO, effective 1 June 2026.

Peter has served as the REIT’s interim CFO since December 2025, after joining the company’s executive committee in 2013 as head of asset management.

In June 2018, he was appointed investment executive, where he played a key role in shaping Attacq’s investment strategy and overseeing portfolio management initiatives.

Peter is a chartered accountant and holds a BCom in accounting sciences from the University of Pretoria.

Sinenhlanhla Mncwango

Sinenhlanhla Mncwango is the senior writer for CFO South Africa. She grew up in Vryheid, northern KZN; studied journalism at the University of Johannesburg and obtained her honours in 2020. Sinenhlanhla has experience in online and broadcast media. In her spare time she enjoys a good game of cricket, hockey and loves learning different languages.

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