Pierre Malan

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Biography

Mr. Pierre Malan is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Acorn Agri. He serves as Co-Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at Acorn Venture Partners. He serves as a Board Member at Montagu Snacks. He co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer at Acorn Private Equity as well as Executive Director at Acorn Agri & Food. He served as Non-Executive Director at AgVentures. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant (South Africa) and is undoubtedly one of the most successful private equity specialists in South Africa. His excellent track record, along with his contacts and relationships within the industry are priceless qualities that very few private equity funds can boast. He and Carl are listed as key individuals with the FSCA. He specialized in taxation with Arthur Andersen in 1992 and during this time became involved in structured and project finance. In 1994, he joined stockbrokers SMK Securities. In April 1996, he moved to Corporate Finance where he was involved in mergers and acquisitions, new listings, structured finance, rights issues, and management buyouts. In January 1998, he was promoted to Director of Corporate Finance of BOE Securities. In September 1998, he started the Corporate Finance function at PSG Investment Bank and worked on new listings, mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings, restructurings, and general advice. After the disposal of PSG Investment Bank in June 2002, He assisted in the set-up and creation of PSG Capital as an Executive Director tasked with private equity and corporate finance. In 2006, he joined the PSG Group main board and started PSG's dedicated private equity investment vehicle, Paladin Capital Ltd as CEO. Under his guidance, the company grew from R280m of assets under management to a value in excess of R800m in February 2009, when he resigned to start Acorn Private Equity.