Balwin Properties Limited announced that Messrs Duncan Westcott and Julian Scher were appointed as independent non-executive directors to the Board with effect from 9 October 2019. Mr. Rodney Gray stepped down as an Executive Director of the Board on the same date to focus on the operational daily running of Balwin Properties as the Managing Director. Mr. Duncan Westcott (CA(SA)) served as a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers for over 20 years where his roles included national staff partner, national head of small business practice and lead partner of transaction services in the Western Cape. He also has extensive financial and commercial experience. Mr. Westcott is chairman of Standard Bank Mauritius as well as an independent non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee at Lewis Group Limited. Mr. Westcott will also be appointed as a member of the audit and risk committee of Balwin Properties Limited. Julian Scher (B.Com, LLB) was articled and an associate at Webber Wentzel. Subsequently, Mr. Scher expanded his experience spending a few years at UAL Merchant Bank. Mr. Scher's focus is predominantly on the commercial aspects of property development, sectional title, property litigation, town planning work and conveyancing. In 1994, he and Johan Strauss founded Strauss Scher Attorneys and he is still practicing law as the Senior Director at Strauss Scher.