Location Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
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Cedric de Beer joined SEDF as Vice President and Director of Africa Operations in July 2009. Based in Johannesburg, he is responsible for opening up new investment areas in Africa and monitoring the progress of new investments.
He also represents SEDF on the Board of Nurcha, of which he was the founder and formerly the chief executive. With SEDF
and government support, Nurcha has financed the construction of more than 300,000 low income houses in South Africa over fifteen years.
Prior to this, de Beer was the Director of Urbanization for the City of Johannesburg. He has directed the Rural Health Services Development Unit at the Witwatersrand University Medical School, in addition to setting up and co-directing the Centre for Health Policy there. Furthermore, he worked with an environmentally focused rural development agency and served on the executive board of the National Union of South African Students and on the Board of the Independent Development Trust.
De Beer has a BA in Political Science from the University of the Witwatersrand.
