The Chester Capital Board

Milton Levine - Chaiman
Milton is a co-founder and Chaiman of the Chester  Finance Group. He has spent most of his business career in trade finance and private equity. In Australia, he is a private investor in SOLA Sport Outdoor Leisre Australia with Investec Bank, Sam Linz and Robert Gavshon and was also a non-executive Director of Amadeus Education Holdings. Milton is a non-executive Director of Chesterfin of the UK. Milton was previously Chairman of Reichmans, Brandcorp Holdings and Chet Industries in South Africa. He is an attorney by profession.

Robert Gavshon - CEO

Robert was a significant shareholder in, and served as  Deputy-Chairman of Barbeques Galore Ltd., a NASDAQ listed company until its sale to a leading Australian private equity group. He also served as a non-executive Director and founder of Rebel Sport, the largest sporting goods retailer in Australia and New Zealand and Chairman and shareholder of Think: Education until its sale to SEEK Ltd. Robert acted as group general counsel and director of corporate affairs for a multi-national corporation based in Sydney and was a partner in one of South Africa’s largest law firms. Robert served as Chairman of Oporto Holdings and Amadeus Education Holdings. He is currently Chairman of  SOLA Sport Outdoor Leisure Australia and Viteknologies and is a non-executive Director of other Chester Capital investee companies.  

Larry Levine - non-executive director
Larry is a co-founder and deputy chairman of the Chester Finance Group.  He has an engineering background and initially worked in the computer and automation industry in Canada. Since 1988 he has been involved in trade finance and private equity in Canada, South Africa and the UK.  He is an executive Director of Chesterfin  of the UK. Larry was formerly chairman of Elvey International based in South Africa and served as a Director and Chairman of the audit committee of BPP Holdings, a company listed on the London stock exchange.

Lewis Freidus - non-executive director
After qualifying as a chartered accountant, Lewis joined trade finance house Reichmans as Financial Director. He held that position for 10 years. Thereafter he was operations and Financial Director of Sasfin Holdings for 4 years before joining Chester Investment Holdings 10 years ago as Managing Director , specialising in trade and equity finance. He also represented the company on the boards of Brandcorp Holdings and Chet Industries.