Our board
Founders, investors and operators
People with experience founding, investing in and managing for-profit and non-profit ventures in South Africa and across the continent — committed to its development.
Johan du Preez — Non-Executive Member
SAAD Investment Holdings; Tree of Life Foundation. Pharmacist with an MBA from San Diego. Began in California with American Drug Stores, then managed healthcare. Returned to South Africa as CEO of Sanlam Health, led Glacier by Sanlam, headed the Quince Capital startup, and was CEO of Cipla Medpro South Africa through a R4.5bn transaction with Cipla India.
Philip Geldenhuys — Co-Founder & Non-Executive Member
Co-founded ventures in psycho-social services, affordable education, entrepreneurship and faith-based tertiary education. Master's in Social Work and a PhD in Social Development.
Nthabiseng Legoete — Non-Executive Member
Quali Doc Holdings. Entrepreneur and medical practitioner who founded Quali Doc to democratise access to primary healthcare. Quali Health clinics see 400 to 500 patients a day across underserved communities.
Noxolo Malumise — Non-Executive Member
Nedbank Private Wealth. Former Head of Philanthropy, responsible for philanthropic strategy and services. MBA from Henley Business School and a postgraduate degree in Economic Policy and Development.
Willem Meyer — Co-Founder & Non-Executive Member
Family Tree Farms Africa; Jack and Sun Farms. Managing Partner across agricultural operations in South Africa, Namibia and Rwanda. Previously launched an MIT/Harvard agribusiness initiative from Cambridge, founded Campitor Investments and was CEO of Chayton Africa.
Ipi Thibedi — Non-Executive Member
Ogilvy. Group Managing Director driving strategic growth. Former CEO of Weber Shandwick, with consulting behind him at Deloitte and Altron in strategic business planning, innovation and C-suite advisory.