Who Are We - SA SME Fund

Leading by example

WHO WE ARE

Invested for long-term success

The Fund is a registered standalone investment vehicle managed by an executive management team, which reports to an independent board of directors. An independent investment committee is responsible for approving investments into funds that will enable the SA SME Fund to fulfil its mandate.

Executive Management Team

The Executive Management team is responsible for the day-to-day activities of the Fund, including due diligence of potential investable funds, monitoring of funds and investee companies, reporting on the Fund’s performance and driving the non-investment initiatives.

Ketso Gordhan

CEO

Over 20 years in the private equity and impact investing space

Caryn Winter

CFO

14 years international finance experience

Claudia Manning

INVESTMENT PRINCIPAL

20 years of investment and governance experience including PIC, DBSA Boards

Lumka Mlambo

INVESTMENT PRINCIPAL

Over 20 years of investment experience across venture capital, private equity and corporate finance

Ryan Harrison

INVESTMENT ASSOCIATE

Start-Up Entrepreneur with due diligence experience

Reabetswe Mjekevu

INVESTMENT PRINCIPAL

13yrs of private equity, both direct and indirect investments, and corporate finance experience.

Lerato Mashaba

FINANCE MANAGER

Asset Management and Treasury audit experience with Finance experience.

Board of Directors

The SA SME Fund is governed by a highly experienced board of directors, consisting of respected business leaders.

Adrian Gore

Fareed Chothia

Judy Dlamini

Lisa Klein

Nigel Payne

Yvonne Muthien

Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa

Chumani Kula

Investment Committee

An independent investment committee has been established to evaluate potential investments into funds and opportunities on a regular basis. These individuals have extensive private equity and SME experience

Michael Jordaan

Former FNB CEO with significant experience in early stage and VC investments (Chair of the IC)

Nazeem Martin

Former Business Partners CEO with specific knowledge on debt investments in the small and micro enterprise space

Mamedupi Matsipa

Seasoned investment professional and non-executive director with expertise in private equity, fund management, and corporate governance.

Eutychus Mbuthia

Eutychus is currently a lead a transactor at RMB Ventures having previously been a co-head of RMB Ventures for 10 years. He has extensive experience across all aspects of private equity and has served on a number of Boards, Audit Committees and Investment Committees of RMB Ventures’ investee companies.