Philip is a commercial property specialist with a passion for developing retail centres. His appointment at MSP in 2008 brought more than 13 years of senior commercial management experience to the table. He is a qualified and admitted attorney of law, who holds both B.Comm. (Law) and LLB degrees from the University of Stellenbosch.

Philip started his working career when he joined the Shoprite Checkers Group of Companies in 1998. His long term association with this large international corporate covered a diverse portfolio of positions — ranging from that of Executive Corporate Legal Advisor and later seeing him progress to representing the company as Senior Business Development Executive. In this capacity he was responsible the Group’s Western Cape retail portfolio, as well as overseeing the Group’s aggressive expansion of its property and trading operations into new West African territories — such as Nigeria, Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo, etc.

In 2008, following a much acclaimed equity transaction between MSP and Mvelaphanda Holdings, Philip joined MSP as Commercial Director. “Having accumulated extensive experience in pursing new trading opportunities for a large listed entity, I welcomed the challenge of venturing into a more entrepreneurial environment and to involve myself with a cutting edge private development company such as the MSP Group”. Philip is very positive on the future outlook for both the South African Commercial and Residential property markets, and anticipates lucrative growth opportunities with both sectors set to recover from a low base. “MSP has really positioned itself well — in as far as having grown internal capacity and having focused on securing a number of strategic development opportunities, in a market environment where most of its competitors were forced to downscale their operations. With the recent global recession creating a predominantly buyer’s market, MSP’s sound acquisition policy will enable it to deliver both residential and commercial investment stock with well above average yields under the expectantly improved market conditions”.