Primary Job Title Associate Partner Primary Organization 
Vantage Capital
Location Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
Investor Type
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Johnny is an associate partner at Vantage and is primarily focused on the mezzanine fund’s activities. In addition to South Africa, Johnny is responsible for the Nigerian market. He oversees the Servest and Landmark investments and previously, the TrenStar and Safripol investments before Vantage’s exit.
Prior to joining Vantage, he worked in the
leveraged finance group at UBS Investment Bank in the U.S. In this role he specialized in the basic materials sector assisting in underwriting transactions and providing relative value investment recommendations for listed debt securities.
Johnny began his career in 2000 working as an equity research investment analyst at Wachovia Securities in Atlanta, Georgia. His focus was on macroeconomic trends and investment strategy. Later he spent two years at KPMG in the economic & valuation services division based in New York. In this role he worked as a generalist providing debt and equity value indications for companies in industries including financial services, steel and entertainment.
Johnny received his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and his Bachelor of Science degree (Economics) from Duke University in North Carolina. He became a CFA® (Chartered Financial Analyst®) charterholder in 2007 and passed the certified public accountant exam in 2003. Johnny is a US national.
