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Bronwyn Corbett
Chief Executive Officer
Debby Kippen
Group Asset Manager
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Bronwyn has significant corporate finance and deal making experience. She played an instrumental role
in the JSE listing of Delta Property Fund Limited in 2012 where she held the positions of Chief Financial
Officer and Chief Operating Officer prior to taking up the leadership role at Mara Delta Property Holdings.
During her tenure at Delta Property Fund Limited, Bronwyn spearheaded the diversification of the REIT's
funding sources into the debt capital markets, leading to the establishment of a ZAR2 billion Domestic
Medium Term Note Program (DMTN program). She led the team responsible for obtaining a national
scale issue rating from Global Credit Ratings as part of the DMTN program.
In addition, Bronwyn co-headed the team responsible for growing assets under management from ZAR
2.2 billion at listing to ZAR 11.8 billion in May 2016. Bronwyn is a founder member and served as non-
executive director on the board of Mara Delta Property Holdings (now Grit Real Estate Income Group)
where she played a significant role in the listing and conversion of the fund to its current pan-African
focus, underpinned by dollar based leases. She assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer in the lead-up
to the fund's merger with Pivotal to form Mara Delta. She has grown the portfolio from $220 million at
inception to approximately $800 million currently.
Debby has almost 30 years' experience in the Commercial Property Industry. After graduating from UCT
she started her career at Fedsure which was subsequently acquired by Investec Property Group. This
relationship spanned a period of some fifteen years. Initially starting out in marketing, she progressed
into Retail Centre Management and Portfolio Management for the Kwa-Zulu Natal and Eastern Cape
portfolios. For the last 11 years Debby headed up the Eris Property Group KZN office as Regional Manager
for KZN and Eastern Cape. She was responsible for growing the groups business as well as managing
existing assets for both third party and internal clients in commercial, retail and industrial portfolios.
During her career she has also focused on the management of rural property developments in the
Eastern Cape and northern KZN. During this time she represented property owners on various
Association Boards including the La Lucia Ridge Office Estate, Ridgeside Office Estate and Westway
Office Park and was the founding Chairperson of the Board for the Umhlanga Village UIP. Prior to joining
Grit Real Estate Income Group, Debby was General Manager for Broll in Property and Facilities
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