Meet our management team
Leigh Metcalf
Director
Leigh started her career in the property industry in the United Kingdom with Prudential Property Service. After returning to South Africa in 1991 Leigh joined the Rabie Property Group as a site secretary, growing into the position of client liaison. In 1997 Leigh moved back to Head Office to take over the management of the in-house property management department and was instrumental in setting up of Rabie Property Administrators. After holding the position of Portfolio Manager, Leigh was appointed a Director of the Company in 2002. Initially the entire management portfolio was owned by the Rabie Property Group but in recent years RPA has grown considerably with third party clients now accounting for more than 90% of their portfolio. Key clients include Ingenuity Property Investments, Century City Property Investment Trust, Garden Cities, the Billion Group and V&A View Properties.
Delna Kapp
Financial Manager
Delna completed a pre-grad at the University of the Free State and a postgraduate at UNISA. Her SAICA articles were done in auditing at Mazars Cape Town. She spent three months in New York in 2020 on secondment for Mazars LLP before joining RPA in October 2020.
Julie Van Zyl
Portfolio Executive
Julie has 30 years’ experience in the commercial property industry. She started her Property Management career at Metroprop in Pretoria, thereafter joining JHI in Johannesburg as Leasing Manager on the Old Mutual Portfolio. She relocated to Cape Town in 2000, managing the property portfolios of various Listed Funds with a 6-year stint at ABSA, in between, sourcing new sites and negotiating lease terms for their retail branches and corporate sites. Julie joined RPA as a Portfolio Manager in February 2017 and was then promoted to Portfolio Executive in 2021 overseeing the management of various external landlord portfolios.
Anneline Niemand
Portfolio Manager
Anneline has 24 years’ experience within the Commercial property industry when she started her property career in 1997 and worked at a variety of property companies including RMB Properties, Abreal Property Management, and Growthpoint Properties in Johannesburg. Anneline and her family relocated to Cape Town in 2015 and joined RPA in 2016 as a Portfolio Manager on the Ingenuity Portfolio.
Michael Isaacs
Portfolio Manager
Michael joined RPA in 2018 after completing his BSc Honours in Property Studies at the University of Cape Town. Starting as a Junior Portfolio Manager, Michael headed up the external landlord portfolio dealing with a mix of commercial, retail and semi industrial properties. In his 3-years at the RPA, Michael has honed a basket of skills providing holistic property management expertise, seeing him take on the title as Portfolio Manager. Michael now heads up the management of the Century City Property Investment Trust Portfolio.
Nhau Mudzengerere
Utilities Manager
Nhau has over 15 years experience in Utilities Management. In 2008, he joined the Utility Technical Services, working under the UAS and Meter It by managing utilities for property clients. He joined RPA in September 2016 and currently oversees the utilities management for RPA’s portfolio under management.
Vanessa McIntyre
Centre Manager
With 20 years’ experience, Vanessa knows all about stringent attention to detail and stretching budgets with her National Diploma in Marketing. In 1997, she began her career in the retail and property industry at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront where she worked for 8 years. Since then, she has worked for the Georgious at Parow Centre, launched Zevenwacht Mall with Zenprop and worked on numerous community sized centres in and around the Western Cape. She joined the RPA team in 2017 as a Centre Manager to their Garden Cities Portfolio.
Nathier Galiem
Junior Portfolio Manager
A Wynberg Boys High School allumni, Nathier studied at the University of Cape Town and achieved a BSc in property studies.
“I am very sociable, and I’d consider myself a people’s person. I try my best in everything I do with the guidance of those who have done it before me. Willingness to learn and strive the extra mile.”
“In my free time I love playing rugby and going to gym. I played at UCT throughout my time there. I enjoy and appreciate any new adventures and time out with loved and friends.”