Steven Brown

Chief Executive Officer, Fortress

Steven Brown is Chief Executive Officer of Fortress.

Fortress is a JSE-listed property company focused on logistics and convenience retail in South Africa and Central and Eastern Europe. In February 2024 it moved from a complex capital structure to a real estate investment company.

In the job

  1. Unwound the cross-holding between Fortress and Resilient and sold R1.7 billion of non-core assets. Source

  2. Moved the group away from a complex capital structure and converted it to a real estate investment company. Source

Career before

  1. 2008Property analyst, Corovest
  2. Standard Bank real estate division, structured lending and equity deals
  3. 2016Executive director, Fortress
  4. 2018Interim chief financial officer, Fortress

Education

Chartered accountant and CFA, University of Cape Town accounting graduate, articles at KPMG

Sources

  1. dailymaverick.co.za
  2. businessday.co.za
  3. cnbcafrica.com

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