Directorate

Chris is a born and bred South Africa.

Chris is a chartered accountant (SA) who was a partner in the audit firm Ernst and Young (now EY) from 1984 to 1997. In his term of office with EY he was responsible for both audits of listed companies and handling the affairs of small to medium sized family-owned businesses.

He left the auditing profession in 1997 and joined a Cape Town Hotel Group who operated hotels in the 4- and 5-star markets and operated top end restaurants in the Cape Town area. He held this position until 2004 when the business was sold and has consulted in the hospitality and wine industry for his own account since 2004.

The roles that he has played have range from consulting on the set up of new operations, dealing with specific day-to-day financial and strategic projects to representing shareholders as a director or company chairman.

Chris is currently the Chief Financial Officer and a director of a company listed on the ASQE stock exchange in London. As part of his working responsibilities Chris looks after business interests in South Africa on behalf of non-residents from Malaysia, Germany and France.

Rob & his family went through several robberies when he was a child. As such he understands the trauma it can cause.

Following the fatal shooting of a resident in close proximity to his own family, he started patrolling approx 17 years ago with BKM. He became chairperson and sat on Kirstenhof and Diep River CPFs and was present during the early discussions of the creation of the Constantia Valley Information Centre (CVIC) Ops room.

Since moving to Kenilworth, he has sat on both Claremont and Wynberg CPFs through their sub-forums, was vice Chair of Harlyn Neighbourhood watch & current serves on the HSR neighbourhood watch.

He is an active member of his church and believes in building better and safer communities where people can walk safely and without fear through their streets with their kids.

Debbie Wall-Smith, the owner of Core Property Group, has lived in the area for over 19 years, she was instrumental in starting the Harfield Pine Neighbourhood Watch and Security Patrol as a result of an escalation of crime in the area.  

Debbie has served on the Protea subcouncil ward 59 Forum for a number of years, raising community awareness of CCT campaigns and liasing with the city in dealing with problems in the immediate and greater areas.  

Debbie through her work in property has seen how successful Special Rating Areas (SRA) are in dealing with crime and grime and is therefore a great supporter of the attempt to form an SRA or city improvement district.

Dana is a CFP professional at Succession Financial Planning, specialising in holistic financial planning. 

Dana has been active in security in the Upper Kenilworth area, and currently serves as Community Policing Forum sub-forum chairperson for Sector 3 (in which half of UKID falls)

Duncan was surprised to discover while writing this that he has been living in the Kenilworth area for over 20 years, the first half of that time in the area that is now LKID, and more recently in the UKID area.

After qualifying with a Business Science degree from UCT, Duncan went on to work and consult in the telecommunications and travel sectors both locally and in the UK. After returning from London (driven away by the specaculor weather and outdoor lifestyle opportunities), he founded an online travel company where he serves as a director and head of technology. He has huge experience and passion for software development, and love of the outdoors. He also has an interest in STEM education and is currently invovled in a project aimed at improving South Africa’s dismal mathematics skills.

Duncan has been involved in security in the UKID area for about 10 years, first in the Richmond road area and later in the combined HSR (Harfield, Silverhill, Richmond) neighborhood watch, where he currently serves as chairperson. He also patrols for HarLyn neighbourhood when time permits, and services on the Wynberg Sector 3 CPF.