John Houghton has had many years’ experience of project and construction management in the chemical, mineral, paper and petro-chemical fields worldwide.

John studied mechanical and civil engineering at Westminster Technical College in the United Kingdom, during this time he was part of a design team working on hydro- electric schemes and motorway designs.  He has worked with a variety of engineering companies and managed construction projects in the Wales, Scotland, Belgium, Venezuela and South Africa. He has been in Executive Director Positions with consulting engineers and construction companies and was involved in the establishment of joint ventures to construct the turnkey portions of Moss gas.

Mr. Houghton joined Anglo American Corporation of South Africa in 1989, working in various projects in Africa and Europe, heading up their dimension stone activities world-wide. He was Managing Director of Genrec Natal and Director of Projects at EMS, a division of Murray and Roberts; and he has been Chairman of Impala Granite, Kudu Granite, Stone & Allied and Deutsche Stein Industries, and Chief Operating Officer of Zimco Industries.

In 1996, Mr. Houghton set up as an independent business consultant. His clients included Anglo American Corporation, Minaco Stone, for whom he acted as executive chairman, Marlin Corporation, Business Against Crime and First National Bank. He established the Tedcor Group in the same year.

Clarence Hamman began his working life as a teacher in 1970. He became Deputy Principal of Kenridge Primary School, before joining Brown & Neethling Office Furniture Manufacturers in 1981, with whom he rose to the position of General Manager in 1987. During 1996 and 1997, he was with Bvi Consulting Engineers where, as Area Manager Mpumalanga and Free State he was responsible for marketing the Billy Hattingh concept of waste removal.

Mr. Hamman joined Tedcor in 1997 as an Executive Director with a range of responsibilities, including: changing, developing and implementing work procedures that continuously improve and ensure quality service to clients; and encouraging employees to optimise their capacity by maintaining and developing the required skills. On an operational level, Mr. Hamman co-ordinates and controls the national operational, support and training management functions. He is also responsible for preparing tender documents and negotiating contracts and for conducting feasibility studies.

Victor Nemukula joined Tedcor in April 2007 with wide ranging responsibilities within the company. He has extensive experience in Marketing Management, Business Development and Advertising gained across many industries over almost twenty years. He has also gained a considerable knowledge of waste management and public sector through his extensive consultation with local municipalities throughout South Africa.

Victor Nemukula worked for major organisations including Independent Newspapers, advertising company, Hunt Lascaris in 1997 working on major accounts including SFW, MTN, Nu Metro and Standard Bank. He also worked for MTN SA in various capacities including as an Assistant Marketing Manager for Service Provider and New Business, Acting Marketing Manager for Service Provider and New Business as well as an Advertising Manager for Corporate and SME in March 1999. He also worked for Headspace Solution and JJ Mining as Marketing Director. He joined Tedcor in 2007 from Electronic Communications Security Pty Ltd (COMSEC), a state-owned entity within the Ministry of Intelligence.

His qualifications include a BA degree from the University of Venda, a BA Honours degree at the University of the Western Cape, a diploma in marketing management at Wits Technikon, a diploma in Advertising at the AAA School of advertising, a Project Management certificate through Damelin Business College as well as a Masters of Business Leadership (MBL) through the University of South Africa (UNISA).