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Born | Basil Edward Hersov 18 August 1926 Johannesburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | Robert B. Hersov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of | Le Cercle, The 1001 Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basil E. Hersov has been described as "a man with considerable influence". Like a number of other Cercle attendees, his name has been connected to arms deals.[1]
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Career
Hersov has held a number of positions at or near the top of large companies in South Africa. He was, for example, executive chairman of the Anglovaal mining group,[2] chairperson of FNB, Chairman of Barclays South Africa and member of President Thabo Mbeki's economic advisory panel.[1]
BAE Arms deals
Basil E. Hersov started FTNSA Consulting, a company registered in the West Indies, which has been suggested as a beneficiary from arms dealing. Agreements with him “allow access to the very top”, according to BAE documents quoted by the the UK's Serious Fraud Office.[1]
Deep political connections
He attended Le Cercle in South Africa in 1984.[2]
Event Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Le Cercle/1984 (Capetown) | 12 January 1984 | 15 January 1984 | Stellenbosch Capetown South Africa | 4 day meeting of Le Cercle in Capetown exposed after Joel Van der Reijden discovered the attendee list for this conference and published it online in 2011 |