The South African hospitality industry faces many challenges, which calls for strong leadership and a clear vision. Peermont, for example, is looking at ways to achieve energy independence and securing steady water supply through solar energy infrastructure, battery solutions and boreholes.
CEO Nigel Atherton believes a good strategy is something a leader believes in and is aligned to their sense of achievement and personal values.
Besides loyalty to his city, Charl has also become part of the furniture at Peermont where he today serves as CFO. Actually, given that most furniture is written off after a decade, he has outlasted this class of fixed assets having stayed at the company for more than two decades since joining the group in 2002 after completing articles at PwC.
The Chief Human Resources Officer of Peermont Fihliwe Molefi says the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on work at many organisations and Peermont is no exception. The casino group closed shop for many months, and this meant that many employees took pay cuts or went without a salary during the hard lockdown. This affected families as some of the staff were eventually retrenched.
