Trust for Urban Housing Finance

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TUHF has appointed people who understand property related loan finance, who know the inner city property market and who are demographically representative of South Africa's inner city communities. A fit between the organisation, the people on its team and individuals in its market sector across the country is also considered important, to deliver on TUHF's promise of fast and effective housing property finance services.

	Ilona Roodt - Financial Manager Ilona is a Chartered Accountant who has worked in the banking industry for over 10 years. She started her career in banking audit and gained specialized experience in accounting and operations at Rand Merchant Bank Structured Finance. In 2005 she left RMB to join Standard Bank Property Finance as a Financial Manager where she was accountable for the bank’s property trading and investment portfolio. Ilona joined TUHF in May 2007 as Financial Manager and Company Secretary.
	Roselyn Valloo - Accountant With a book keeping Diploma and a B Comm in Management Accounting behind her, Rose started her career as an Audit Assistant at a Durban Based Auditing Company. The quest for ‘greater things’ saw Rose moving to JHB where she landed a job as a Bookkeeper for the Continuing Education Programme (an NGO focusing on ABET education). In 1998 Rose tested the property waters as an Assistant to the Financial Manager for Killarney Mall later acquired by City Properties. This was followed by a stint at Afrinet (now known as XDS) where she secured the position of Financial Controller. Rose returned to education as a Brand Accountant for the Advtech Group, based at College Campus, where she stayed for two years until TUHF lured her back to things ‘more concrete’ in 2006. She now fills the position as TUHF accountant.
	Justine Saloman - Loan Administrator Assistant Justine is currently studying Project Management through Damelin. She started her career with Cosren Shipping in December 1999 as a Filing Assistant during the school holidays where she learnt the fundamentals and importance of organizational skills. While doing temporary work for Park Dental Surgery she built on her strong organizational skills and noted her natural people skills which she explored further while working for the Kensington Community Fellowship. Justine came to work for TUHF in May 2005 where her organizational skills combined with her natural people skills makes Justine the perfect candidate to liaise with our future entrepreneurs.
	Portia Gxabuza - Office assistant/Receptionist Portia has a Girl Friday Diploma and is currently studying for an office management and Technology Diploma through Unisa. She temped for Kelly Girl in 2000 and maintained her high standards working for St Andrews School as an Admin Assistant in from 2001 to 2003. Portia joined the TUHF team in August 2003 as an Admin Assistant/Receptionist and continues to grow and develop as an integral part of the team and she contributes high standards and excellent customer service skills. Portia is highly proactive and lends her assistance to all facets of the business. There is no job to big or small for Portia. Portia administration skills as contributed greatly to the organization, assisting not only in the general day to day but also to the Loan Administration department. Portia continues to add value to the TUHF Team and our clients.
	Antoinette Bosch - Loan Administrator Antoinette was born in KZN and matriculated in 1988 in Gauteng. Her Previous employers include First National Bank, UAL (Ltd), Board of Executors, Investec and Intel. Antoinette is an articulate, organized, level headed, socially conscious and numerate individual who has completed courses in Project Management, Business Management and Banking at Damelin College. Antoinette is presently doing a Diploma in Advanced Property Practice. With 17 years of experience in the Financial Industry Antoinette is well qualified to make a valuable contribution to TUHF.
	Andre van Rooyen Andre's experience in real estate started while serving his articles in law for 3 years at Andrew Weyers and associates in Pretoria, while studying LLB part-time, where he eventually ran the foreclosures department, which included high court litigation, collections, conveyancing, bond cancellations, registrations and bridging finance. After this Andre received a opportunity as a consultant at Property Merchants, assisting with joint venture agreements, sale contracts, property development, finance, sales and development of sectional title schemes and real rights. The year just before joining TUHF Andre was regional manager for Homenet in the Northern region, which covered all spectrums of property sales, management, finance, marketing and development. Andre joined TUHF for the experience in the inner city and he missed the opportunity of structuring property transactions. His experience in all the stages of a property transaction prompted him to grab the opportunity to develop and grow bridging finance, and assisting entrepreneurs with their cash flow requirements.