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Home » About us » Meet the team

Meet the team

The Urban LandMark team:
Girly Makhubela (Programme Administrator),
Jonathan Diederiks (Programme Manager),
Mary Phalane (Office Assistant),
Lerato Ndjwili-Potele (administrative executive officer) and Mark Napier (Programme Director).

Mark Napier - programme director
Mark Napier is an architect and researcher. He has an MA in Housing Studies and a PhD from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Before establishing Urban LandMark, Mark spent two years in the South African national Department of Housing establishing a research unit there. He also worked with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research for thirteen years. He can be contacted at mark@urbanlandmark.org.za or +27 12 342 7636.

Jonathan Diederiks - programme manager
Jonathan Diederiks has an MA in Geography (Environment and Society) from the University of Pretoria and specialises in programme management. He joined us from the Danish International Development Agency and prior to that he was with the Department of Land Affairs. Jonathan manages the Urban LandMark programme. He can be contacted at jonathan@urbanlandmark.org.za or +27 12 342 7636.

Lerato Ndjwili-Potele - administrative executive officer
Lerato Ndjwili-Potele has a Bachelor degree in Business Administration and a post graduate diploma in Marketing. She worked previously at the Royal Danish Embassy, the Transvaal Rural Action Committee (TRAC) and the Black Sash. She is responsible for project administration and operations at Urban LandMark. She can be contacted at lerato@urbanlandmark.org.za or +27 12 342 7636.

Girly Makhubela - programme administrator
Girly Ntombizodwa Makhubela has worked previously at the South African Revenue Services and at South African State Information Technology Agency. She is responsible for the administration of the office and can be contacted at info@urbanlandmark.org.za or +27 12 342 7636.

Mary Phalane - office assistant
Mary Phalane hails from Temba near Hammanskraal. She is responsible for assisting in the office and can be contacted at +27 12 342 7636.

Theme Coordinators
Caroline Kihato, Stephen Berrisford, Robert McGaffin, Abueng Matlapeng, and Lauren Royston act as Theme Coordinators for Urban LandMark, advising and managing projects within their theme areas.