South Africa

Yunus Suleman: Independent non-executive director of Liberty Holdings, Liberty Group, Albaraka Bank and Gold Fields, chairman of Enactus South Africa and Sulfam Holdings.

Stakeholder engagement, risk, general management, corporate finance, West Africa.

Director of African Oxygen, Mapitso Consortium, Hans Merensky Holdings, Kenosi Investment Holdings. Special adviser to the Minister of Science and Technology and chancellor of the University of the Free State. Former chairman of ArcelorMittal South Africa, Impala Platinum and Adcock Ingram.

Ronen Goldstein served his articles at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Johannesburg, and held positions at KPMG and Standard Bank. Ronen Goldstein joined Transaction Capital in 2012 and has been involved in all aspects of the group executive office, including tax, company secretarial, remuneration and group finance. With effect from 1 December 2014, Ronen was appointed as the… read more »

Mark served his articles at Deloitte & Touche in Johannesburg. After staying on as a manager until 2001, he joined Rand Merchant Bank as a corporate bond investment analyst in the special projects international division. In 2007, Mark joined Transaction Capital and was involved in various acquisitions for the group. Mark Herskovits joined the capital… read more »

After completing his articles at Deloitte & Touche in 1990, Michael Mendelowitz co-founded Stratvest in 1995. In 1997, African Bank (then Theta Financial Services Limited) acquired 50% of Stratvest, leading to the formation of Nisela Growth Investments. Michael Mendelowitz held the position of joint CEO of Nisela Growth Investments until 2002. Thereafter Michael went on… read more »

After completing his articles at Arthur Andersen, Jonathan Jawno co-founded Stratvest in 1995. In 1997, African Bank (then Theta Financial Services Limited) acquired 50% of Stratvest, leading to the formation of Nisela Growth Investments. Jonathan Jawno held the position of joint CEO of Nisela Growth Investments until 2002. Thereafter Jonathan went on to acquire and… read more »

David is a chartered accountant, having served his articles at Grant Thornton, Johannesburg. He has been active in debt capital markets since 1997, holding employment at both a specialist structured finance organisation and a large local bank. In 2005 he joined Transaction Capital’s founding shareholders to acquire African Bank’s Commercial Vehicle Finance division (now SA… read more »

Paul is a qualified corporate lawyer who built his career at the international law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, where he became a senior partner and led the capital markets team for a number of years. During his 25 year legal career he built an international corporate practice and executed numerous equity capital market transactions… read more »

Roberto founded Miners Credit Guarantee in 1991 to provide credit card-type facilities to mine workers. In 1998, Nisela Growth Investments (part of African Bank) acquired 50% of the shareholding in Miners Credit Guarantee. Shortly thereafter, Roberto assumed an executive role at African Bank Limited and was subsequently responsible for establishing, acquiring and operating several of… read more »

Diane is a CA (SA) and obtained her MBA from Wits Business School and an Advanced Management Programme from Harvard Business School. She was a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers where she led the Transaction Services Group advising on local and international listings and corporate transactions. In 2001 she joined Allied Electronics Corporation Ltd as their Chief… read more »

Olufunke has served as CFO of Tiger Brands Limited and Primedia Limited. She is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and was an executive director of Kagiso Trust Investment group where she set up the inaugural private equity fund. Olufunke is a non-executive director of the members’ advisory board… read more »

Kuben was appointed as CEO of the advertising division of Primedia Limited in September 2002 and as CEO of the group in September 2009. Kuben was appointed as the executive chairman of Primedia Limited in February 2014, and relinquished his position in January 2015, after which he served in the capacity of non-executive chairman until… read more »

A stockbroker by training, Phumzile is executive chairman of Afropulse Group Proprietary Limited, non-executive chairman of Mineworkers Investment Company Proprietary Limited, a non-executive director of Massmart Holdings Limited, Imperial Holdings Limited, Primedia Proprietary Holdings Limited, The Ridge School Board, Metrofile Holdings and Redefine Properties Limited. Phumzile is also an independent non-executive director on the boards… read more »

Chris is a financier and investor who has been a director of more than 25 listed companies. He is currently CEO and controlling shareholder of Sabvest Limited, chairman of Metrofile Holdings Limited, Net1 U.E.P.S. Technologies Inc and Torre Industries Limited, deputy chairman of Massmart Holdings Limited and a director of Brait S.E., Cell C Limited,… read more »