Norman Pater is the Managing Director of Costing & Logistics Systems. Prior to his involvement at CLS, Norman was a partner with Peter Voss. He was a founding director and shareholder of the Ohio Group Ltd, which listed in 1987 and was a dominant supplier of logistics and accounting systems in South Africa. In April 1994 Norman established Costing & Logistics Systems from scratch, with the specific goal of supplying and supporting quality commercial software for the mining and contracting industry.

David Kekich founded the country’s largest life insurance master general agency, co-founded the world’s biggest private stock loan company and arranged venture capital funding for private companies. He is a recognized expert on private investing and authored the venture capital handbook “How The Rich Get Richer With Quiet Private Investments”.

Mr. Kekich founded both public and private companies, was engaged as a consultant and served as director to numerous private and public corporations. He also sold and developed real estate. In 1999, Mr. Kekich founded the Maximum Life Foundation, a 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to curing aging related diseases.

Johann Gevers is an investment manager, and founder of the Institute for Freedom. A Chartered Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst, his career has spanned investments, finance, and business consulting. A lifelong creative-inventive problem-solver, Johann's strong interest in technology and the future led to an early collaboration with Peter Voss. He believes strong AI holds immense promise for our world.