Hannes studied at the University of Pretoria and joined Urban Dynamics in 1994 . His natural leadership skills immediately became apparent and after proving his worth as manager of the Town Planning section, he accepted an appointment to the UD Board of Directors in 1997. Hannes became Managing Director of Urban Dynamics in 2004.

Hannes is regarded as an absolute property development and public sector project finance specialist and the principle consultant and programme manager on many of the most prominent public sector financed housing projects in Gauteng Province.

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Stan joined Urban Dynamics in 2002 and is currently the Managing Director of Powerhouse Consortium of which Urban Dynamics is the controlling consortium member. 

He specializes in Strategic Programme and Project Management, Feasibility Studies and the compilation of Business Plans for major construction and infrastructure projects. His recent professional accomplishments were in the overall Project Management for the Bekkersdal Urban Renewal Project and the preparation of Municipal Housing Development Plans for the Gauteng Province. Stan also managed the West Rand and Gauteng RPT’s and PRT’s and was intimately involved with the drafting of the Evaton Renewal Master and Business Plan.

Stan holds a Diploma in Media Studies, studied towards his BA in Politics and is a University Entrant in Commerce.

Jean-Luc earned his professional qualification from the University of Paris in 1982. He joined the Johannesburg City Council in 1985 on a 3-year exchange programme. By 1988 Jean-Luc decided to extend his stay in South Africa and left the City Council as Acting Director: City Planning in 1995. Jean-Luc joined Urban Dynamics in 1996 and was appointed as a Director responsible for Strategic Planning.

Jean-Luc is a specialist planner with particular expertise in the formulation of Land Use Management Schemes, Planning and Housing Legislation and experience in the conceptualization, design and implementation of integrated housing projects.

Jon joined Urban Dynamics (then Van Zyl, Attwell & De Kock) as the company’s first bursary student in 1990. He completed his honours degree and has been in the employ of Urban Dynamics since 1994. He was appointed as an Associate Director in 1998 and a Director on the Board by 2000.

Jon is currently the manager of the town planning department at Urban Dynamics and his responsibilities extends further to include management of the Group's IT Infrastructure, Drawing Office and the representative Director on the Board of Urban Dynamics Land Surveyors.

His principle focus is on the establishment of development rights for new land development applications can be regarded as a specialist in the fields of cost-effective layout design for subsidized housing projects, leisure and security estate developments and the management of large and complex in-situ upgrading projects.

Henk joined the company in November 2003. He completed a degree in Town and Regional Planning in 1985 at the Potchefstroom University of Christian Higher Education. In addition he has a diploma in Advanced Project Management and is a Prince2 Practitioner.

Henk gained experience working at provincial government level as well as local government and also consulted for a number of years prior to joining Urban Dynamics. He has spent time in the United States working for the South East Idaho Council of Government as a Town and Regional Planner.

He currently focuses on the management of housing development projects in lower income areas, two of these projects being Presidential Lead Projects. He was also recently responsible for the development and establishment of a Plasticulture project, designing and operation a labour intensive waste management programme and the conducting of audits on water and sewer networks.

Napoleon joined Urban Dynamics in 2002 after completing his Masters Diploma in Human Resource Management at RAU (now University of Johannesburg). As expert project manager, Napoleon focuses on the management of large, government funded housing projects and have been pivotal in the implementation of successful Macro Housing projects such as Golden Triangle (7000 stands and 5070 houses), Palm Ridge (13224 stands and 9654 houses), Lehae (4001 stands and 3134 houses) and have managed the construction of some 2253 houses under the Community Builder Programme.

Napoleon is an expert Project Manager, professional facilitator and project mediator and a key asset in the success of Urban Dynamics' management of engineering services installation and house construction.

Nico joined Urban Dynamics in 2005 after 12 years as Project Manager at Kwezi V3 Engineers and 2 years as Civil Engineering Technician at Van Wyk & Louw (now Aurecon). He is currently completing his Civil Engineering Degree and is a registered Professional Construction Project Manager with the South African Council for Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP).

Nico is an expert Project Manager for the implementation and management of civil infrastructure and housing projects, with extensive experience regarding project feasibility, the design and construction of services, tender documentation and contract administration - typically for large mixed-use, integrated housing projects. In addition he is also responsible as Project Manager for a variety of other projects. Notably is the development of the Palm Ridge Extension 1 to 8 Housing Project consisting of 13 400 stands and the Ekurhuleni Turnkey Roads & Stormwater Programmes.