| Tom de Beer | |
| Term Start: | 1993 |
| Term End: | 1994 |
| Predecessor: | de Lange, J.P. |
| Successor: | Organization changed |
| Term Start2: | 1994 |
| Term End2: | 2000 |
| Predecessor2: | Organization started |
| Successor2: | Venter, F. |
| Birth Name: | Thomas Louw de Beer |
| Birth Date: | 18 May 1935 |
| Nationality: | South African |
| Spouse: | Emmerentia Aletta Lombard |
| Known For: | Director of companies, Afrikaner Broederbond and the Afrikanerbond |
Thomas Louw de Beer was a company director in South Africa and the last chairman of the South African secret organization called the Afrikaner Broederbond. After the secrecy was dropped a new organization were founded called the Afrikanerbond. He was the first chairman of the new organization. The Afrikanerbond is today open for any gender and race.
De Beer was born on 18 May 1935, to Roelof Adriaan de Beer and Wilhelmina Hendrika Burger. In 1966 he married Emmerentia Aletta Lombard. He obtained a Bcomm degree. He further is a qualified Chartered Accountant, CA (SA), registered at the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.
He started to work in 1954 as an accountant in Boshof, Orange Free State before he joined Federale Mynbou in 1965. In 1978, he was awarded the position of Chief Financial officer at Gencor Limited.[1] In 1986 he became chairman of Genbel South Africa Limited, an investment company.[2]
During his career he was directors of:
He became a member in 1963,[13] and was chairman from 1993 to 1994.
He was chairman from 1994–2000.[14] De Beer was responsible for changing the organization to a non-secret, non-sexist and non-racial organization.[15] He believes that the new organization can play a facilitation role.[16] He felt that Apartheid right wing political parties members (which were not welcome in the old Afrikaner Broederbond) needed to come to terms with reality.[17] De Beer however felt that the Afrikaans language and Christianity, together with cultural norms would remain part of the new organization.
He received the Ellen Kuzwayo Council Award from the University of Johannesburg.[18]