Investment Committee Chairperson

Innovative leader, business leader, venture capitalist, entrepreneur, wine farmer and former CEO of First National Bank (FNB). Since leaving banking Michael has made nearly 30 Venture Capital and Private Equity investments across various sectors through Montegray Capital and Angelhub Ventures.

Credentials:

PhD

Group Chairperson

Credentials:

4 Doctorates, president of the Institute of Directors SA. Chairman of Discovery Bank and Assupol Ltd. Previously Interim Chairman of the Public Investment Corporation (>$143B AUM), Chairman of Globaleq, Nedbank Group Limited, Eskom Holdings, and GlaxoSmithKline SA. Previously Director of JSE Limited, IBM South Africa, Liberty Life Group, Standard Bank Group, Nampak Limited and Old Mutual plc.

Director  of Hlayisani Capital and Hlayisani Fund Managers. She also serves as CEO of Dzana Investments, an investment holding company with interests in property, energy, education, health and ICT sectors. She has diverse corporate experience with BMW South Africa and Barloworld Information Systems and Deloitte Consulting. Nkateko is a non-executive director of Italtile Ltd.

Credentials:

MBA and BCom graduate with majors in Information Systems, Economics and Accounting.

Investment Committee

Kevin worked in Specialized finance for Old Mutual’s equity trading and in London for Rand Merchant Bank. Kevin manages a range of private investments for his Family office in his personal capacity. These range from an extensive property portfolio to various listed assets, international Venture Capital and local private equity with a focus on the tech, telco and energy sectors in Africa.

Credentials:

BCom (Hons) in Finance & Economics and is a level III qualified CFA.

Patner in Hlayisani Capital, he holds a BComm in Management and Economics and an MBA from UCT’s Graduate School of Business, where he received the Old Mutual Gold Medal Award. Mathew was previously the co-owner of an ethnic hair business which sold to the Godrej Group in 2007. He also managed a property portfolio, established a clothing manufacturing business in Mauritius. Mathew has over 14 yrs investment and management experience with 10 years of Venture Capital experience.

Credentials:

MBA (Cum Laude), BCom (Economics and Management)

Head of Operations

Credentials:

Over 25 years asset management experience. 23 years’ service at STANLIB and Liberty Asset Management, performing various senior roles in the Dealing Room, Institutional Operations, Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management,

Partner and Director  in Hlayisani Capital and Hlayisani Fund Managers. Eugene held senior leadership positions at IRESS Ltd, Nedbank Capital, Sanlam Capital Markets and ICAP South Africa and the Phoenix Capital group of companies.

Credentials:

PhD (Finance), Executive MBA (Cum Laude), BCom, Professional Accountant (SA), Fellow of the institute of the South African Institute of Financial Markets (FIFM), Practicing Stockbroking member of the South African Institute of Stockbrokers (CSb(SA)), South African Financial Services Conduct and Authority qualified Key Individual for advice, discretionary and hedge fund licenses.

Partner & Director in Hlayisani Capital and Hlayisani Fund Managers. With over 20 years of investment and management experience with >13 years in Venture Capital. Brett is the founder and Lead Partner of AngelHub Ventures one of the most active venture fund investors in South Africa. Brett gained diverse corporate experience with Deloitte, PWC (South Africa and Middle East), and Standard Bank’s Corporate and Investment Bank. Brett serves on the board several technology businesses and as a member of the South African Venture Capital and Private Equity’s (“SAVCA”) Venture Capital sub-committee.

Credentials:

BCom (Acc) Hons, CA (SA)

Investment Associate

Associate in the fundraising process and investor relationship management.

Credentials:

Bcom (Hons). Over 5 years of corporate experience in private and investment banking at Investec Private Bank. Worked closely on high net-worth individual’s portfolio and relationship management.
Director of a property logistics and rental agency. Completed his learnings in Private Equity and Venture Capital through the University of Bocconi (Milan) and the University of Middlesex (London).