Johnson (JJ) Njeke
Chairperson
- CA (SA) | B-Compt (Hons) | HDip Tax Law |
- He has over 30 years’ post-qualification experience that spans over various sectors.
- He previously worked at Kagiso Trust Investments (Co-founder and Managing Director), PwC (Partner), South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and its Education Committee (Chairperson), member of the Katz Commission of Inquiry into Taxation in South Africa, the General Committee of the JSE Securities Exchange, The Audit Commission – Supervisory Body of the Office of Auditor General, the Audit Committee of National Treasury and the Editorial Board of “The Journal of Accounting Research”.
- He previously served as the Chairperson of the Resilient Property Income Fund and the South African Qualifications Authority, and as a non- executive director of Adcorp Holdings, ArcelorMittal (SA), MTN Group, and the Council of the University of Johannesburg.
- He is a non- executive director of Sasol, Datatec, Motus, and the Chairperson of Momentum Metropolitan Holdings and Silver Unicorn Trading 33.
- He is a member of the Investment Committee.
Fundiswa Roji
Chief Executive Officer
- CA (SA) | B-Com Acc | B-Compt (Hons) | Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Planning |
- She has over 20 years’ professional experience in finance, audit, corporate governance, strategy, private equity, mergers & acquisitions, investment management, and investor relations.
- She previously worked as a senior manager responsible for strategy and investor relations at Imperial Group and prior to that, she worked for over a decade at Kagiso Trust Investments, and later at Kagiso Tiso Holdings as a director of investments.
- She sat on the boards of Macsteel, Bytes Technology Group, Multotec, UTI Pharma and Universal Print Group, Kagiso Media, Technology Innovation Agency, Soul City Institute and the South African Venture Capital Association.
- She currently serves as a board member for Proconics , Mix Telematics, The Programme to Improved Learning Outcomes (PILO) and The African Show Coalition Institute (TASCI).
Prof Wiseman Nkuhlu
Director
- CA (SA) | B-Com | CTA (UCT) | MBA (New York University) | Honorary Doctorates from the University of Free State, University of Cape Town, University of Pretoria, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and the University of Stellenbosch |
- He has over 40 years’ post-qualification experience that spans over various sectors.
- He previously served as a member of the Global Financial Crisis Advisory Panel, Chief Executive of the Secretariat of New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), Chairperson of Metropolitan Life, Kagiso Trust Investments, the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and Rothschild (SA), non- executive director of Standard Bank, Datatec, South African Breweries, AngloGold Ashanti , Old Mutual, Tongaat Hulett, Ethics Institute of South Africa and BMW, President of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants , the Black Management Forum and the International Organisation of Employers, Economic Advisor to the Government of South Africa and the National African Federated Chamber of Commerce.
- He currently serves as the Chancellor of the University of Pretoria, Chairperson of KPMG, and as a Patron of the School of Accounting of the University of Fort Hare.
- He is a member of the Investment Committee.
Zanele Matlala
Director
- CA (SA) | B-Com | B-Compt (Hons) |
- She is a seasoned executive and has over 30 years’ experience across multiple sectors.
- She previously worked as the Financial Director of Kagiso Trust Investments, Chief Financial Officer of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), Head of Wholesale Venture Capital Funds at the Industrial Development Corporation, and Chief Financial Officer of Merafe Resources.
- She currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Merafe Resources, a member of the Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee and an invitee to the Audit and Risk Committee and the Remuneration and Nomination Committee, non – executive director of Dipula Income Fund, Stefanutti Stocks Holdings, RAC and Old Mutual Investment Group Holdings. She is also a member of the Council of the University of Johannesburg.
Phathi Phalatsi
Director
- BA Nursing Science (UNISA) | BA Communication (UNISA) | Diploma in General Nursing (Natalspruit College of Nursing) | Diploma in Midwifery (Baragwanath College of nursing) | Certificate in Small Business Management (WITS) |
- She has 25 years’ overall experience in all aspects of nursing and administration, and in charge of the conduct and supervision of nurse trainees.
- She worked in the nursing colleges lecturing amongst others public administration 1 and nursing education. She subsequently left the nursing fraternity to pursue business, co-founding amongst others the following businesses: Emzantsi Printing, Phatnoid Hygiene services and Jalang Investment company.
- She was the lead negotiator in Jalang acquiring a stake in Bidvest through a consortium Dinatla in 2005 and a board member of the Dinatla consortium and Avis Travel, a subsidiary of Bidvest.
Fezekile Tshiqi
Director
- B.A. (Psychology and Sociology) | Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (Wits Business School) |
- He has over 30 years’ experience in the areas of talent management, policy development, leadership, employee and management development, employee relations, as well as transformation, all within a strategic context.
- He has held various senior HR management positions in major FMCG companies, including Unilever, Amalgamated Beverage Industries (ABI), Corobrik, PG Bison, Adcock Ingram and Nampak until he retired from his last position as Group HR Director at Nampak. He has served as President and non-executive director of the Printing Industries Federation of South Africa.
- He currently serves as the Chairperson and non-executive director of the Advisory Board of the IDF Good Chemistry Fund, and he is also Managing Director of Tshiqi Consulting, a specialist Human Resources consultancy firm based in Benoni, Gauteng.
- He is a member of the Investment Committee.
Danie Jordaan
Director
- CA (SA) | B-Com (Hons) (UJ) | Bachelor of Computer Science (UNISA) |
- He has 28 years private equity experience and has been involved in all aspects of private equity in the media, retail, transport and logistics, consumer services, IT services, distribution, industrial manufacturing, resources, construction, healthcare and textile industries.
- He has been involved in a variety of transaction types including: privatizations, partnering with entrepreneurs, family-controlled businesses, auction deals, industry consolidation, turnarounds, acquiring non-core assets from conglomerates, rationalization of non-core assets, public to private’s and raising European HYB finance.
- He previously served as a member of the leadership team who established Ethos Private Equity as the leading private equity firm in South Africa, and as Managing Director and Co-Head of the Carlyle Sub-Saharan Africa Fund.
- He served as an Advisor to Capital International Private Equity for South Africa.
- He is a member of the Investment Committee.