Sarah Thompson

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Taquanta Asset Managers Pty Ltd. (Taquanta AM) is the asset management subsidiary of Taquanta Investment Holdings in South Africa. The firm's roots begin with Nedbank Investment Bank, Syfrets and UAL Merchant Bank in the mid-1990s. In 1997, the firms merged into NIB. Rationalizations and restructurings created Nedbank Treasury Asset Management, and in 2005, an empowerment consortium named Taquanta acquired a minority stake in the business which was subsequently rebranded as Taquanta Asset Managers. In 2007, the firm left Nedbank to go it alone under black-owned Taquanta Investment Holdings. Taquanta AM provides a range of investment products for clients including pension and provident funds, medical aids, unit trusts, corporates and multi-managers in South Africa.

Old Mutual Multi-Managers (Old Mutual MM) is the wholly-owned South African investment division of Old Mutual Life Assurance Co. South Africa Ltd., a subsidiary of Old Mutual (LON: OML) in Great Britain. The firm was founded in 2003 and formerly known as SYmmETRY Multi-Manager Portfolios, which merged with the ACSIS Research and Investment Management team in 2013 and formed a new multi-management business which was renamed Old Mutual Multi-Managers in 2014. Headquartered in Cape Town, Old Mutual MM offers institutional investors a range of investment funds and strategies to suit their needs.

Prescient Investment Management (Pty) Ltd. (PIM) is the investment management subsidiary of Prescient Holdings (Pty) Ltd., itself is a subsidiary of PBT Group Ltd. (JSE: PBG) in South Africa. The firm was founded by Herman Steyn and Guy Toms in 1998. Headquartered in Cape Town, PIM manages money on behalf of retirement funds and vehicles, medical aid schemes, corporate entities, trusts, and individuals.

Altaris Capital Partners LLC (Altaris Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded by George Aitken-Davies and Daniel Tully in 2003. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Part of BoE Private Client Portfolio Management Ltd., BoE Merchant Bank is a security brokers, dealers, and South African flotation company.

Old Mutual Customised Solutions (Pty) Ltd. (Customised Solutions) is the asset management subsidiary of Old Mutual Investment Group Holdings (Pty) Ltd., ultimately owned by Old Mutual Ltd. (JSE: OMU) in South Africa. The firm was founded in 2001 as Old Mutual Global Index Trackers (Pty) Ltd. and changed their name to Old Mutual Customised Solutions (Pty) Ltd. in May of 2015. Headquartered in Pinelands, Customised Solutions provides investment advisory services to corporations, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, insurance companies, collective trusts, various global unit trust funds such as UCITS, investment companies, municipal government entities, and charitable organizations.

Paine Schwartz Partners LLC (Paine Schwartz Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Dexter Paine, Kevin Michael Schwartz and Mitchell S. Presser. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Old Mutual Private Equity (Old Mutual Private Equity) is a private equity subsidiary of Old Mutual Alternative Investments (Pty) Ltd founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa.

African Infrastructure Investment Managers (Pty) Ltd. (African Infrastructure Investment Managers) is a private equity firm founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Cape Town, Western Cape with additional offices in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Cote d'Ivoire.

Orbis Investment Management (US) LP (Orbis) is an independent registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 2007 and is majority owned by Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropy Trust, a charitable trust. The firm serves as the portfolio manager of Orbis US Equity Fund. It also provides written investment recommendations regarding US equity securities to Orbis Investment Management Ltd., a member of the Orbis Group. Orbis is a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

CMP Pharma, Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of prescription and non-prescription pharmaceutical products. Its products include Oracit, Dermacloud Ointment, Absorbase, Triamcinolone Acetonide, and Hydrocortisone HCl. The company was founded by Henry Lewis Smith in 1975 and is headquartered in Farmville, NC.

Novare Investments (Pty) Ltd. (Novare) is an asset management firm headquartered in Bellville, South Africa. The firm was founded in 2000 and is a subsidiary of Novare Holdings (Pty) Ltd. Novare provides investment solutions to retail and institutional clients across the African continent.

Ad Dynamo International (Pty) Ltd. provides mobile and web based advertising solutions. It offers contextual and site targeting advertising solutions for advertisers. The firm places ads on websites and mobile sites, as well as allows advertisers to access; and brings advertisers and Website publishers together. The company was founded by Sean Riley in 2009 and is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa.

Coast2Coast Investments Pty Ltd (Coast2Coast Investments) is a private equity subsidiary of Coast2coast Holdings Pty Ltd founded in 2007 by Gary Shayne and Cris Dillon. The firm is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa.

Spring Lights Gas Pty Ltd. supplies methane rich piped gas. Its services include professional advice, safety training, safety assessments and energy management and optimization. The company was founded in June 2002 and is headquartered in Umhlanga, South Africa.

Tracker Connect Pty Ltd. provides fleet management services. It specializes in vehicle tracking, stolen vehicle recovery, fleet monitoring and telematics solutions, behavioral insurance solutions. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Darrenwood, South Africa.

Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Managers (Pty) Ltd (Pembani Remgro) is a private equity firm founded in 2012 by Johann Rupert and Phuthuma Nhleko. The firm is headquartered in Gauteng, South Africa.

HH Durrheim Pty Ltd. operates as a courier pharmacy. It offers chronic medication and other healthcare products. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Pretoria, South Africa.

Rockwood Private Equity (Pty) Ltd. (Rockwood) is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Singapore.

Comsol Networks (Pty) Ltd. engages in building customized terrestrial wireless access infrastructure for companies, government entities, and parastatals. It offers end-to-end open access solution for city infrastructure such as water, electricity and manhole cover monitoring, smart agriculture, conservation, and tracking and logistics. The company was founded by Iain Stevenson in 1997 and is headquartered in Midrand, South Africa.

ATA Capital Pty Ltd. (ATA Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2012 by Lelo Rantloane. The firm is headquartered in Sandton, South Africa.

Deloitte/Malawi provides accounting services. The private company is based in Blantyre, Malawi.

Kleoss Capital (Pty) Ltd. (Kleoss Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Halekopane Matsipa. The firm is headquartered in Gauteng, South Africa.

LifeQ, Inc. operates as a health informatics company. Its bio-mathematical engine can ingest various data streams (continuous, periodic, episodic and/or static physiological data streams) to construct a highly personalized and accurate digital representation of an individual’s unique physiology. The company was founded by Laurence Olivier, Riaan Conradie, Kora Holm, and Franco Du Preez and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

Arise Pty Ltd. (Arise) is a private equity firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa.

Clearwater Compliance LLC provides health care compliance and cyber risk management services for hospitals and health systems. Its services include Clearwater cyber risk, HIPAA risk analysis workshop, HIPAA privacy and breach notification assessment workshop, risk response workshop and HIPAA security assessment workshop. The company was founded by Robert Chaput in 2009 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Part of Rain Holdings Pty Limited, Rain Pty Ltd. is a South African company that provides data networking and internet services. The company is based in Bryanston, South Africa. The company was founded by Gustav Schoeman.

Hlayisani Capital (Hlayisani Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Brett Commaille. The firm is headquartered in Johannesburg, Gauteng.

Kindeva Holdco LP provides advisory investment services. The company is based in Woodbury, MN. The CEO of the company is Aaron Mann.

Arch Emerging Markets Partners Ltd(Arch Emerging Markets partners) is an private equity firm founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Root Wealth (Pty) Ltd is a South African company that specializes in launching digital and embedded insurance solutions with omni-channel distribution. The company is based in Cape Town, South Africa and was founded in 2016 by Louw Hopley and Malan Joubert. The company offers a developer portal to access insurance products.

Novasun operates as a sub-tropical fruit ripening facility that processes, packages, and distributes fruits to retailers.

Jachris Hose & Couplings is a South African African company that provides integrated fluid transfer, fluid power, and fire suppression services to heavy-duty industrial and mining companies. With locations and offices in 20 African countries, Jachris is the only company in Africa that offers these services. Customers can use their interactive map to find all their locations across the continent.

Rezco Asset Management Pty Ltd. provides investment advice. The private company is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The South African company was founded in 1984. Rob Spanjaard has been the CEO of the company since 2004.