Our Investment Team

Horizon Equity Partners is managed by some of the most experienced private equity professionals in South Africa. Our executive directors each have more than 15 years of formal private equity experience, and have taken companies from start-up through to listings on formal stock exchanges, both locally and internationally.

Although corporate finance skills form an important part of what we can offer, we are also able to draw on our operational backgrounds in marketing, strategy, consulting, accounting and technology management in order to offer a holistic range of business advice to the companies in which we invest. 

Richard Flett, Managing Director

  • 19 years professional private equity experience, 12 years in SA
  • 7 years in European VC with Euroventures Switzerland
  • Former manager with Motorola in strategy, business development, sales & marketing
  • BSc. Hons. Physics (Manchester), MBA (Insead)

Garth Jarvis, Managing Director

  • 17 years professional private equity experience in SA
  • 10 years with Actis
  • Led and managed as joint CEO a successful MBO
  • CA (SA)
    Kgosi Monametsi, Senior Associate

    • 2 years professional private equity experience
    • Strategy Consultant, Group Strategy Development for Absa Group
    • Financial Services Market Unit Consultant with Accenture
    • BSc. Hons. Business, University of Cape Town

    Shelley Lotz, Finance Manager

    • 11 years financial institutions experience in the UK and Africa
    • 7 years experience in various finance functions within the Royal Bank of Scotland
    • Finance lead on the launch of RBS’s Private Equity fund
    • CA (SA)

 

 

 

>> Find out more about our investment approach.
>> Find out more about our current investment portfolio.
>> Contact us and find out more about how we can help you achieve superior long-term returns on your capital through equity investments in unlisted South African companies.

Horizon Equity Partners is managed by some of the most experienced private equity professionals in South Africa. Our executive directors each have more than 15 years of formal private equity experience, and have taken companies from start-up through to listings on formal stock exchanges, both locally and internationally.

Although corporate finance skills form an important part of what we can offer, we are also able to draw on our operational backgrounds in marketing, strategy, consulting, accounting and technology management in order to offer a holistic range of business advice to the companies in which we invest. 

Richard Flett, Managing Director

  • 19 years professional private equity experience, 12 years in SA
  • 7 years in European VC with Euroventures Switzerland
  • Former manager with Motorola in strategy, business development, sales & marketing
  • BSc. Hons. Physics (Manchester), MBA (Insead)

Garth Jarvis, Managing Director

  • 17 years professional private equity experience in SA
  • 10 years with Actis
  • Led and managed as joint CEO a successful MBO
  • CA (SA)
    Kgosi Monametsi, Senior Associate

    • 2 years professional private equity experience
    • Strategy Consultant, Group Strategy Development for Absa Group
    • Financial Services Market Unit Consultant with Accenture
    • BSc. Hons. Business, University of Cape Town

    Shelley Lotz, Finance Manager

    • 11 years financial institutions experience in the UK and Africa
    • 7 years experience in various finance functions within the Royal Bank of Scotland
    • Finance lead on the launch of RBS’s Private Equity fund
    • CA (SA)

 

 

 

>> Find out more about our investment approach.
>> Find out more about our current investment portfolio.
>> Contact us and find out more about how we can help you achieve superior long-term returns on your capital through equity investments in unlisted South African companies.




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