Team & Advisors — The People Behind ECAHLI | ECAHLI
Leadership · Team & Advisors

Named people, standing publicly behind the mission.

ECAHLI is governed by a small number of named directors, supported by named advisory partners — not an anonymous "advisory board" listed for credibility. Every person and firm on this page has agreed, in writing, to be named here.

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Board Seats, Global Holdings
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Founding Directors, Named
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Seats Open to Partners
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Named Advisory Partners
Board of Directors

The 7-seat board that governs every Node.

ECAHLI Global Holdings is governed by a single Board of Directors with authority over every ECAHLI development worldwide. Three seats are filled by founding directors; four remain open for aligned institutional and strategic partners. See Board Composition & Control → for the full governance detail.

Petrus Van Der Merwe
Founder & CEO

Petrus Van Der Merwe

Founder and Lifelong Chair of ECAHLI Global Holdings. Author of seven-plus published books, including the two-volume memoir What Silence Builds and multiple thought-leadership titles. Building sustainable communities across Africa, Latin America, and Europe.

Board SeatFounder — reserved-matter control rights
RemovalFor cause only, by supermajority
Avery Byron Lillard
Vice Chairman & COO

Avery Byron Lillard

US-based operations director managing supply chain, logistics, and international partnerships across ECAHLI's footprint. One of ECAHLI's three founding directors, carrying equal standing on the Global Holdings Board.

Board SeatEqual standing, founding director
FocusOperations, supply chain & logistics
Lyeon Kowido
Director & Head of African Developments

Lyeon Kowido

President of Zerik Security LLC, with cross-sector expertise in security, energy, investment, and pan-African enterprise. Brought the land into ECAHLI Global Holdings Kenya's Tsavo, Tiwi Bay, and Malindi partnership — reflected in a separate, disclosed profit-share arrangement, not in board authority.

Board SeatEqual standing, founding director
Profit Share60% — Tsavo, Tiwi & Malindi only
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Seat Open

Four seats, open by design. ECAHLI reserves four of its seven Board seats for institutional and strategic partners who join with real capital, domain expertise, or delivery capacity — not for advisory prestige. If that's you, reach out to investors@ecahli.com.

Extended Leadership

Beyond the boardroom, still named.

Leadership roles that sit outside the 7-seat Global Holdings Board but are core to how ECAHLI operates day to day.

Esther Robles
Spokesperson

Esther Robles

ECAHLI's Spokesperson, with a focus on women's rights, equality, and unification. linkedin.com/in/iamesther →

Dominique Conterno
Specialized Services Advisor

Dominique Conterno

His specialized services have been crucial to ECAHLI's Developments. linkedin.com/in/dominique-conterno →

Advisory & Network Partners

Who stands alongside us.

ECAHLI works with named, verifiable partners rather than unnamed "advisors" — logos and links included with each partner's written permission.

Legal Counsel
Musyoka, Shikumo & Associates Advocates LLP

Musyoka, Shikumo & Associates Advocates LLP

Kenya legal counsel supporting ECAHLI Global Holdings Kenya's registration and compliance work. msaadvocates.co.ke →

Network Partner
Conscious Enterprises Network

Conscious Enterprises Network

ECAHLI is part of the Conscious Enterprises Network, a global community advancing conscious leadership and ethical, stakeholder-aligned business. Verification of ECAHLI's financial and business models was facilitated through connections within the CEN network. consciousenterprises.net →

Design & Financial Modeling — Founder-Affiliated
Van Der Merwe Family Crest — petrusvdmerwe.com

petrusvdmerwe.com

The team at petrusvdmerwe.com handles all of ECAHLI's design and financial modeling work — an affiliate of ECAHLI's Founder & CEO, disclosed here rather than presented as unrelated. petrusvdmerwe.com →

Additional technical and financial advisory relationships are in discussion and will be named here once formally confirmed in writing — we don't list a relationship before it's real.

Join the Table

Four Board seats. A growing advisory bench. Named, not anonymous.

Institutional partners, domain experts, and strategic collaborators are welcome to introduce themselves directly to the founding team.