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Non-Executive Chairman

BMPhil, BCom (Hons), UCT

Portfolio Boards

Altron

Lesaka

Antony co-founded Value Capital Partners (“VCP”) with Sam Sithole in October 2016. Prior to that, Antony’s notable business accomplishment was the founding (1990) and building of Brait, South Africa’s premier private equity business which is regarded as being the pioneer of private equity in the region and played an important role in bringing both domestic and international investors into the asset class. Brait’s investment record has consistently been in the top quartile in domestic, emerging market and global performance surveys. Antony then became a non-executive director after Brait restructured in 2011 and ultimately exited his governance commitments in 2013. Between 1990 and 2011, Brait had made more than 100 private equity investments and Antony was on the Investment Committee when all these decisions were made, and in most cases chaired the committee. Additionally, Antony played a lead role in initiating, managing and realising several of these investments.

Chief Investment Officer

CA(SA), CA(Z)

Portfolio Boards

Sun International

Tiger Brands

Sam co-founded Value Capital Partners (“VCP”) in October 2016 and has extensive global & local experience in investments, capital markets, business strategy and leadership. Between 2008 and 2018, he held several leadership positions at Brait (South Africa’s listed pioneer private equity firm, and later investment holding company),  including the roles of Group Financial Director, a member of the Investment Team and Non-Executive Board member of the Pepkor Group. Sam is a former Deloitte partner, where he spent considerable time in the Harare, London UK and Johannesburg offices. He exited the Deloitte partnership in 2008 as Group Leader for the Financial Services Audit Practice in the Johannesburg office.

Sam is also a former Deputy Chairman of the St John’s College Council as well as former Chairman of its Finance Committee.

Non-Executive Director

BA, MBA

Gugu Sepamla was until recently Group Corporate Affairs Executive at Barloworld Group responsible for Regulatory Affairs, ESG and Public Policy. Previously she was a Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), helping guide the company’s direction, growth, innovation as well as being instrumental in people development, in addition to lending her considerable talents and expertise to providing clients with solutions that help them to achieve their business goals. Gugu was also Managing Director for Public Policy and Strategy & Regulatory Affairs at Barclays Africa. Prior to that she headed up Strategy & Emerging Markets at Ernst & Young (Africa) and was a member of EY’s Africa’s Executive Committee. She was also previously Group Corporate Affairs Director at the Public Investment Corporation, (PIC).

Gugu was recently selected by Forbes onto its list of ‘Top 10 most Powerful and Influential Women in Africa’. She was selected as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, a community of less than a 1000 across the globe who are viewed as leaders helping play a role in positively impacting the world across sectors (business, government and the not for profit sectors. She is a respected industry leader and dedicated mentor who is actively involved in various trusts, charities and is a champion for women’s empowerment in South Africa. Among her many notable achievements, is that she has worked with a government task team of a BRICS country to design the operating model for a proposed national pension system, leveraging existing institutional capacities in the public as well as the private sector.

Chief Executive Officer

BAcc (Wits), MBA (London Business School), CA (SA)

Portfolio Boards

PPC

Metair

Nono joined VCP in 2017 as an Investment Director to support the founders in scaling the business. She has played a critical role in value unlock initiatives across the portfolio, including leading complex management transitions, M&A and debt restructuring transactions.

Prior to joining VCP, Nono spent time at Goldman Sachs International and Anglo American (both based in the United Kingdom) where she was responsible for M&A execution, investment evaluation and strategic long term financial planning. During her time at Goldman Sachs and Anglo American, she executed cross-border transactions in Consumer/ Retail, Healthcare, Real-Estate and Metals and Mining across the UK, Africa and the Americas.

Nono is chartered accountant by profession, having begun her career in the Audit and Advisory Financial Institutions Services Team at Deloitte in Johannesburg. She has a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from Wits University, and an MBA from London Business School (awarded with Distinction) where she was a Mo Ibrahim Scholar.

Investment Director

B.Bus.Sci (UCT), MA (Stanford), MBA (Stanford)

Monde is an Investment Director of VCP. He has represented VCP on the boards of five public companies in sectors including financial services, education, staffing, hospitality and quick-service restaurants.

Prior to joining VCP in 2017, Monde was a Senior Associate on the investment team of FFL Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm managing more than $2bn. Prior to that, Monde spent three years as a management consultant at Bain & Company, focused on financial services and telecommunications clients across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Monde holds a Bachelor of Business Science with Honours in Finance from the University of Cape Town, a Master of Arts in Education from the Stanford Graduate School of Education, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.

Chief Financial Officer

BCom(Acc), BCom(Acc) Hons, CA (SA)

Sherleen joined VCP in June 2019. Prior to joining VCP, Sherleen completed her articles with Standard Bank Group, gaining experience mainly in Stanlib, Liberty Health, Liberty Corporate, Group Tax and Audit divisions. She then joined the Firstrand Group as a Financial manager where she spent 5 years in First National Bank gaining extensive operational, financial management and reporting experience in FNB Insurance, FNB Central Reporting and FNB Technology divisions. She then moved to ABSA Group as a Financial manager in the Cost Transparency division gaining financial and operational experience.

Sherleen has spent 10 years in the Financial services industry. She holds a Bachelor of Accounting and a Bachelor of Accounting Honours degree, from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal. She is registered with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) as a qualified CA(SA) since 2012. Sherleen has completed the CFA Level 1 exam.

Investment Director

BSc (UCT), MBA (London Business School), CA (SA)

Portfolio Boards

Altron

Sun International

Tapiwa is an experienced investment banking and corporate finance professional with over 15-years’ experience across public and private markets, having spent several years in Goldman Sachs’ EMEA Investment Banking Division in London, executing cross-border M&A, ECM and DCM transactions primarily in the Natural Resources sector. Immediately prior to joining VCP, Tapiwa served as Group Corporate Development Manager and Interim Head of Investor Relations at Vivo Energy plc, a dual LSE-JSE listed Helios-Vitol portfolio company where he was integrally involved in leading Vivo’s landmark Initial Public Offering in May 2018 – the largest African IPO on the London Stock Exchange in over a decade. He began his corporate career at Anglo American plc, where he worked in strategy and corporate finance roles in South Africa, the UK and Brazil.

Tapiwa is a South African Chartered Accountant by profession having trained in the Audit and Advisory Financial Institutions Services Team (FIST) at Deloitte in Johannesburg. He holds a Bachelor of Business Science (Finance) degree from the University of Cape Town and an MBA (full-time) from London Business School where he graduated with Distinction.

Investment Director

BAcc (Hons), H.Dip.Tax (Wits), Dip. Strategic Client Mgmt (UCT GSB), CA (SA)

Portfolio Boards

AdvTech

PPC

Dan joined VCP in 2021. Dan has over 20 years of investment banking experience in SA and the UK. He is a former senior banker and Head of Corporate Finance for Standard Bank in South Africa. Prior to that he worked at the Financial Institutions Groups at Nomura International plc and PwC Corporate Finance in London and at SG Hambros South Africa. He has originated and led transactions across M&A, equity capital markets, restructurings and BEE in sub-Saharan Africa, UK, Europe and Asia. Dan has industry experience across the financial services, property, industrials, consumer, hospitality and construction sectors.

Dan is a South African Chartered Accountant by profession, having qualified with PwC in Johannesburg and served as a junior lecturer at the University of Witwatersrand.

Chief Operating Officer

CA (SA), CGMA

Mark joined VCP in July 2024 from The Rohatyn Group (TRG), where he was Managing Director leading the finance, tax and compliance functions for TRG Africa. TRG acquired Ethos Private Equity in April 2023, where Mark had been Group CFO since March 2020. Prior to joining Ethos, Mark was at Brait for 11 years where his responsibilities included finance, reporting and investor relations as well as CFO of the private equity business. Prior to Brait, Mark was a Partner at Deloitte in the Financial Institutions Services Team and worked previously at Commerzbank AG.

Mark is a Chartered Accountant (South Africa), having qualified with Deloitte in Johannesburg, and a Chartered Global Management Account (CGMA).

Investor Relations

Bcom (Acc) (Wits), CA (SA)

Pumla joined VCP in November 2022 from Visio Fund Management, where she was a Fund Manager. Prior to Visio, Pumla gained finance and operational experience at Discovery and equity research experience at Absa Asset Management. Pumla is a chartered accountant and a director at African Women Chartered Accountants (AWCA). She holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from Wits University and is a member of SAICA.