Nigel Atherton
Group Chief Executive Officer, Peermont
Nigel Atherton is Group Chief Executive Officer of Peermont, in the role since October 2016.
Peermont Hotels, Casinos and Resorts is a hospitality and gaming company that operates 11 properties across South Africa and Botswana, including the Emperors Palace resort near OR Tambo International Airport. Under Atherton, a proposed sale of the group to Sun International was announced in December 2023 and terminated in July 2025.
In the job
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Peermont announced Atherton as group chief executive, with Thabo Mokoena as deputy chief executive, effective 1 October 2016. Source
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Peermont's shareholders agreed to sell all issued shares in the group to Sun International in a deal that valued Peermont at an enterprise value of R7.3 billion. Source
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The Competition Commission recommended that the Competition Tribunal prohibit Sun International's proposed acquisition of Peermont. Source
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Peermont and Sun International mutually agreed to terminate the proposed transaction. Source
Career before
- from 1999Various financial positions, Peermont
- Divisional Director for Finance and Operations, Zenprop Property Holdings
- 2005Financial Manager, Emperors Palace
- 2006Chief Financial Officer, Emperors Palace
- 2013Complex operations executive, Emperors Palace
- 2016Joint acting Chief Executive Officer, Peermont
Education
B Compt Honours degree; qualified chartered accountant
Sources
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