Management
The Investment Manager
Chief Executive Officer
Brian is founder and Chief Executive Officer of Masazane Capital Holdings (Pty) Ltd, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Brian formed Masazane in September 2005. Since its inception, Masazane, has advised on a number of large and complex transactions for prestigious clients. Prior to forming Masazane, Brian was head of JPMorgan's Financial Institutions Group based in Johannesburg, with responsibility for all activities across all product groups including mergers and acquisitions, debt capital markets, derivatives and treasury services. Brian has been involved in a number of notable transactions including Barclays Bank PLC in acquiring control of Absa Limited; Empowerment transactions for Absa, Sanlam, Standard Bank, Nedbank and Liberty Life; and several debt capital market transactions including the first-ever issue of Tier III bank capital in South Africa for Standard Bank, first-ever issue of Tier II insurance capital for Liberty Life, and several mortgage securitisations for SA Home Loans. Brian was also a board member of, and oversaw JPMorgan's investment in SA Home Loans, an independent retail mortgage provider with a mortgage book of over £3.75bn. Brian is a Chartered Accountant, having qualified at KPMG, and holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Science and a Masters in Commerce from the University of Cape Town.
Principle Capital and Masazane provide the support of highly experienced teams covering fund management, corporate finance, banking, private equity, legal, accounting and fund administration, and Investor Relations. Masazane Capital is a corporate finance and advisory consulting firm with considerable experience in investment and advising major financial institutions and funds.
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