Mr. Oosthuizen, can you share a brief overview of your role at NIO Capital and your professional journey leading up to it? My role and mandate as CEO is to ensure that all deployed capital invested is carefully managed and that each investment asset’s operational activities are closely monitored. To ensure that our clearly defined investment strategic growth plans are followed through the identification of the right investments and management of our key analysts. Our local funds exceed R3.2 billion, and I work closely with the investee companies’ operational and financial management to ensure that we achieve the medium and long-term goals of the fund. The African private equity landscape has developed quite significantly over the last 20 years, especially in South Africa. We aimed to identify specific longterm capital growth investments with a dividend yield that is aligned with the Family Office’s vision. In our South African allocated investment funds, the key focus is on capital growth with a strong focus on mitigating the exchange rate deterioration. It is not easy, especially with the geopolitical risks the continent is facing at the moment. Could you discuss the foundational values and principles that shape your firm’s private equity strategy? We believe in a balanced approach with a strong focus on integrity and transparency throughout our investment portfolio. Our ability to find a unique way of collaborating with the community to ensure upliftment in the investment areas through being open and honest with them about our ability in a project. To ensure that we can deliver on the initial forecast for both the fund and the Finance Monthly. Investment 79
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