Arriving in South Africa as a youngster, Kiriakos Anastasiadis was in for a culture shock.

Financial services giant Sanlam’s exit from Gensec, in 2004, set Marna van der Walt on an unplanned path to becoming a property industry powerhouse.

Arriving at Vukile Property Fund’s headquarters, a pretty and petite building in Rosebank, we’re greeted by cranes on the horizon.

Career success that kicked off on the sports field.

His father was a carpenter, his granddad a contractor.