Directors
Gavin Lucas
Chief executive officer (CEO) – CA(SA)
An entrepreneurial property developer backed by an experienced management team of professionals with a range of skills including investment banking, finance, property and construction, Gavin founded the Stor-Age Group in 2005.
Leading the organisation by providing a common vision and mission, Gavin is responsible for the strategic direction of the group, coordinating plans to meet strategic goals, overseeing the overall operations and stakeholder engagement.
Stephen Lucas
Financial director – CA(SA); CFA
Stephen is one of the founding shareholders of Stor-Age and has worked alongside Gavin and Steven in developing the Stor-Age business since its inception.
Stephen focuses on the group’s financial and operational management, human resources and developing and executing the operations strategy. He also has previous advisory experience in corporate finance and transaction support.
Steven Horton
CA(SA)
Steven is head of property, overseeing the procurement of all opportunities and the development planning, development and property management of the portfolio.
Steven conducted a significant amount of research in the US, UK and Australian self storage markets and spearheaded the completion of the first ever national research study on the South African self storage market in 2007.
Paul Theodosiou
Chairman – CA(SA), MBA (UCT)
Partnering with NIB in the promotion and subsequent listing of Acucap Properties Limited on the JSE, Paul successfully led Acucap as CEO for close on 15 years prior to its merger with Growthpoint in 2015. He is a former partner of KPMG.
Gareth Fox
CA(SA)
Gareth is chief operating officer of Western National Insurance Company Limited. He originally completed his articles in financial services at PwC and thereafter headed up the regulatory reporting and tax teams at Santam. He has sat on the South African Insurance Association taxation subcommittee and the Financial Services Board’s SAM discussion group.
Sello Moloko
BSc Hons, PGCE (Leicester), AMP (Wharton)
Sello is the co-founder and executive chairman of Thesele Group and has more than 24 years’ experience in financial services. He is the former CEO of Old Mutual Asset Managers and former deputy CEO of Capital Alliance Asset Managers.
He is currently the non-executive chairman of Alexander Forbes Group Holdings Limited and Sibanye Gold Limited, and a non-executive director of General Reinsurance Africa. He is also a former director of the Industrial Development Corporation and listed companies Gold Fields, Makalani Holdings, Acucap Properties and Sycom Property Fund.
Graham Blackshaw
BA LLB
A former lead development partner in the Faircape group of companies, Graham played an integral role in driving the formation of the Stor-Age joint venture between Acucap, Faircape and Stor-Age Property Holdings in 2010.
A qualified attorney, Graham practiced law at Herold Gie and Broadhead before joining the Cape of Good Hope Bank, where he went on to head up the Property Lending Division.