Team

Board of Directors

Our initiatives are governed by a board of trustees*, with governance oversight by the following Board of Directors representing industry and Government with more than 200 combined years of specialist experience in financial services, governance, fund management, procurement and transformation.

* Ingrid Goodspeed

Non-Executive Director

* Ruth Benjamin- Swales

CEO

ASISA Foundation

* Rodger Walters

Chief Financial Officer

ASISA

* Francois Adriaan

Senior Policy Advisor

ASISA

Fariyal Mukaddam

Non-Executive Director

Niraj Gudka

Chief Operating Officer,

PSG Konsult

Schalk Fourie

Non-Executive Director

Thapelo Makotanyane

Head of Empowerment & Transformation

Old Mutual

Lehlohonolo Mokomela

Group Transformation Head

MMI

Keneiloe Selamolela

Chief Transformation Officer

OUTsurance

Themba Palagangwe

General Manager - Governance & Transformation

The South African Insurance Association

Aslam Higgins

Head: Group Procurement

Santam

Riaz Gardee

Head of Corporate Finance

Liberty

Godfrey Vilakazi

Chief Marketing Officer

Engen

Investment Committee

Our Investment Committee is responsible for evaluating and approving the Fund’s portfolio of investments and boasts investment professionals with experience in private equity, SMEs and developmental investing.

Paul Boynton

IC Chairperson

Independent

Riaz Gardee

Head of Corporate Finance

Liberty

Taskeen Ismael

Head of Corporate Finance

Old Mutual

Thabiso Rulashe

Executive Head of Strategy and Investor Relations

Santam

Grant Cloete

Independent

Lwanda Zingitwa

Independent

James Howard

Independent

Leon Campher

Independent

Fund Management

Since 2007 Edge Growth has been building businesses and helping to integrate enterprise and supplier development (ESD) investments into corporate supply chains. Edge Growth is a trailblazer as an enterprise and supplier development fund manager currently managing six funds and over a billion rands in capital. Edge’s developmental acceleration programmes have seen clients strategically integrate and empower SMEs across various industries. Edge Growth is the appointed fund and programme manager.