Fabian Whate

Fabian joined Naspers on 1 March 2020 as Head of Naspers Foundry.

Before this, he was Head of Coinvestments at South Suez Capital responsible for the firm’s Africa private equity co-investment programme. During his six years with the firm, Fabian oversaw due diligence investigation on more than 100 potential investments and closed more than a dozen deals. His deal experience ranges across several sectors, from healthcare and education to financial services and energy, and across all key regions in Africa. Fabian started his career as a management consultant at McKinsey and Company. His focus was primarily on strategy and operations in the energy sector and the logistics sector in South Africa. He then spent several years in investment banking, first at JPMorgan and then at UBS, advising clients on mergers and acquisitions and equity capital raisings primarily in the industrials sector in sub-Saharan Africa.

Fabian has a Masters in Business Administration from London Business School and a Bachelor of Business Science from the University of Cape Town.

“Naspers Foundry provides funding in a sector that has limited access to financing from traditional institutions. I believe this is a great way to support the development of the economy, as entrepreneurs are, after all, the drivers of significant economic development and job creation.”
— Fabian Whate