Operators for firms that manage money, without adding fixed cost.
Asset managers and advisers run on thin operating teams. When a rule change or a launch arrives, there is nobody spare to take it.
Where asset managers feel the pressure
Johannesburg is the centre of South African asset management, and the pressures show:
Rules arriving faster than staff
The FSCA and the Prudential Authority add obligations faster than a small firm can absorb them.
A fund launch with nobody to run it
A new fund or strategy needs someone to run the build, the service providers and the timetable.
Two people doing all the finance
Management accounts, fee calculations and investor reports land on two people.
Transformation expectations are rising
Clients and regulators ask about ownership and procurement, and the answers need an owner.
A fractional executive brings regulated-sector experience for as long as the firm needs it. They run the launch, steady finance or take a board seat, then step back once the firm can manage alone.
Who this is for, and who it is not
Best for
- Adding operational value to investees without taking on management risk
- Giving founders a vetted operator you can refer with confidence
- Supporting several portfolio companies from one standing relationship
- Professionalising an investee while respecting its existing culture
- Staying in your governance role while the engagement is run for you
Not for
- Installing a controlling manager to run the company for you
- A single one-off introduction with no ongoing oversight
- Investors who want to direct day-to-day operations themselves
- A freelancer directory rather than a managed engagement
What an investment firm gets
Senior operators on a part-time basis are familiar in South African asset management. Ours are vetted, matched to the firm and governed for as long as they stay.
Governed throughout
Every engagement runs to a brief agreed with the firm, reviewed at set points, with confidentiality settled first.
Regulated-sector depth
Finance, operations and compliance-minded operators in the collective can each be brought in as the firm needs.
Continuity arranged by us
If an operator steps away, we search again from the firm's brief and coordinate the handover.
Matched to a regulated firm
We weigh the licence, the product and the regulator as heavily as seniority.
The partnership model
One relationship. Portfolio-wide coverage.
Establish the standing relationship
We understand your investment thesis, your portfolio, and the types of leadership gaps most common across your investments.
You introduce us when needed
When a portfolio company needs operational leadership, you make the introduction. We handle everything else.
The right operator, fast
Discovery, matching, scoping, engagement management, and ongoing oversight, without you managing or coordinating it.
Visibility without burden
Lightweight reporting to you, not operational detail, but confidence that the engagement is performing. Investor-grade oversight without investor-level involvement.
Support by investor type
Different investors carry different portfolio needs. We match the operator to the need and manage the engagement, so it never lands back on you.
The operators we embed in your portfolio companies
Every operator is matched to the portfolio company's stage, sector and challenge.
Our executives have worked across
