Joseph is extrabold’s executive chairman.

Prior to joining extrabold, he jointly conceptualised and successfully listed South Africa’s first specialised listed property company, Hospitality Property Fund. During his tenure as Deputy CEO of Hospitality Property Fund he oversaw acquisitions, developments and asset management.

Joseph has extensive experience in the hospitality industry having held positions as Managing Director of Horwath Tourism & Leisure Consulting in Cape Town and various management positions within international hotel management companies.

Xander heads up extrabold’s executive management team.

Prior to joining extrabold, Xander developed strategic consulting experience at Horwath Tourism & Leisure Consulting in Cape Town, conducting market and financial analyses, concept development and strategic restructuring for hotels and resorts in Africa and the Middle East. Upon listing of Hospitality Property Fund Limited on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in early 2006, Xander joined its management company as Asset Manager, and most recently looked after acquisitions, corporate finance and analyses in his capacity as Chief Analyst.

Xander holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration in Hotel Management from the Hotelschool the Hague in the Netherlands and is currently enrolled in the Chartered Financial Analyst^® Program.

Jacqui oversees hotel operations in her capacity as Director of Operations.

Jacqui recently returned to South Africa from the Middle East, where she has been based since 2003. She held the successive posts of Director, Operations, for the Le Meridien Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina; General Manager of Al Manzil (the first Southern Sun hotel in the Middle East in the prestigious Burj Dubai district), and Operations Director for the Ishraq Hospitality Management Company, which opened the Middle East's first five Holiday Inn Express Hotels.

Previous to this Jacqui gained extensive experience throughout Southern and Central Africa with Southern Sun, Intercontinental Hotels Group and Protea Hotels.

Prior to joining extrabold as Director of Operations in November 2010 Jacqui opened the 5 star Coral International Hotel in Cape Town.

Zaf is extrabold’s Finance Director and is responsible for financial strategy and risk management within the group.

Prior to joining extrabold, Zaf spent three and a half years with Johnson & Johnson Medical as Finance Director. Zaf has more than 14 years of finance and business experience having spent the majority of that time in various senior roles with Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed Tongaat Hulett, an agri-processing business involved in land management, property development and agriculture.

Zaf is a qualified Chartered Accountant (SA) with a Masters in Business Leadership (MBL) from the UNISA School of Business Leadership. He also holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Natal and a Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree from UNISA.

Mark is Director of Information Technology, and is responsible for ICT strategy and operations.

With 15 years in the IT industry, Mark has worked across a number of domains including professional services, ISP operations, software development and distributed commercial information systems. He has worked at both a technical and management level as an MCSE and Oracle DBA and managed a number of Internet, contact centre and integration projects.

Prior to joining extrabold, Mark spent six years at the Achievement Awards Group in operational, management and senior management roles.

Matthijs is extrabold's Director of Quality Management and Innovation.

Matthijs has more than ten years experience in the international hotel and service industry having worked in Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa. Besides his extensive operations experience, he has developed an acute understanding of developing and implementing service, sales and marketing initiatives as a project director for an Australian marketing company across Asia and the Middle East.

More recently he managed the consulting division of a local training and consulting services provider, ProServ International, focusing on service and process improvement.

Tim oversees strategy and business intelligence in his capacity as Director of Strategy.

Prior to joining extrabold, Tim spent three years with Hospitality Property Fund Managers as Financial Analyst where he assisted in the acquisition and redevelopment of numerous of the Fund’s portfolio properties. Tim has several years of experience in the hospitality industry having worked with Hilton International in The United Kingdom and The Netherlands.

Tim has a Master of Finance from Nimbas University in the Netherlands and Bachelors of Hotel Management from Hotelschool The Hague and is currently enrolled in the Chartered Financial Analyst Program.