Our Private Equity team believes in partnering with management teams and entrepreneurs to build successful businesses across our targeted investment industries. As an investment thesis, we look for and back businesses that demonstrate the following key fundamentals.

• Investing in businesses with strong management teams, where management teams are invested and aligned with our overall interests.

• Businesses that offer products and services that are needs and not wants in the economy and command a certain level of price determination.

• Investments that are highly cash generative in order to make distributions that can deliver 40-60% of capital back within a 5-vear period. 

• Investments with a track record of solid “through-the-cycle” performance within their respective sectors.

• Investments that are scalable and can vield 25% gross IRR in 5-7 years, in line with industry standards; 

• Businesses with a history of profitability.

• A strong focus on gender-lens investing with the aim of empowering women across all levels in the workplace. 

• Investments within critical regional sectors that drive sustainable growth. 

• Businesses that do not breach basic ESG ethics and principles such as good corporate citizenry, fair labour practices and sustainable environmental practices.