Michael, a partner in Lodestone Capital, has built a highly successful IT businesses which are transforming the South African market. He is an entrepreneur and technologist at the core, having invested in several developing IT businesses which aim to transform South Africa.

Michael holds a Master of Science Degree (Financial Markets and Information Systems) and boasts extensive international knowledge around ERP and financial system technologies. As a thought leader and entrepreneur in the FinTech industry, Michael has been selected as a Sanlam Entrepreneur of the Year Candidate (2015), as well as a being regular TV and Radio feature on the topic of Africa as an emerging market. Michael’s passion is to drive constructive change in South Africa by developing the youth.