Peter van Zyl
Chief Executive Officer
Appointed to the Board in November 2013
Appointed as CEO in September 2017
Peter has wide-ranging operational, corporate finance and entrepreneurial experience in private equity ventures. Peter has been involved in the establishment of a number of businesses including i) Stellar Capital Partners from when it evolved into a listed private equity platform; ii) the Torre Group of which Peter was the founding Chairman on its mirror listing in 2012, a position he held until 2015 when he stepped down to act as a non-executive director until it was disposed of by Stellar Capital; and iii) the Thunder Group, a private equity investment business which is now held by Stellar Capital as well as a number of other smaller businesses. Peter also serves on a number of non-profit and conservation organisations.
Sean Graham
Chief Financial Officer
Appointed to the Board in October 2017
Appointed as CFO in March 2018
Sean joined the Stellar Capital team on 1 September 2016 as Chief Risk Officer and Group Company Secretary and also assumed the position of Interim Chief Financial Officer and executive director of Stellar Capital on 1 October 2017. Sean relinquished the role of Company Secretary on 26 March 2018 to take up the position of permanent Chief Financial Officer. Sean joined Torre Industries Limited, a then listed Stellar Capital Partners investee company, in April 2014 as Company Secretary and Chief Risk Officer responsible for corporate compliance and risk management after spending 3 years at the listed Control Instruments Group in similar roles. Prior to joining Control Instruments, Sean practiced as an Audit Partner in a medium-sized firm of Chartered Accountants in Public Practice. Sean is a qualified Chartered Accountant, Registered Auditor, Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a Chartered Global Management Accountant.
James Bishop
Non-Executive Director
Appointed in October 2017
James is a qualified CA(SA) and has gained strong entrepreneurial skills primarily in Finance, Investment and Property having worked extensively in these sectors in the United Kingdom, South Africa and the USA.
Herman Steyn
Non-Executive Director
Appointed in April 2017
Herman is the co-founder and Chairman of the Prescient Group and has been involved in the investment management industry since 1985, having held senior management positions in several established asset management companies. He began his career in investments after studying a BBusSc degree majoring in Actuarial Science, Statistics, and Economics at the University of Cape Town. Herman completed his BBusSc (Hons) in 1984 and in 1998 founded Prescient Investment Management. Herman was also previously a main board member of the Association for Savings and Investment- South Africa.