Patrick Matute

Patrick was appointed to the board as non-executive director in October 2016. His extensive experience in financial services, as well as corporate finance and private equity, in Sub-Saharan African makes an invaluable contribution to Ecsponent’s strategy.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce Honours in Finance (University of the Witwatersrand), and a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) (NUST, Zimbabwe) and a Master’s of Business Administration from Hult International Business School. He has completed CFA Level 1 and 2 exams.

Patrick started his career with Questco, a boutique corporate finance company based in Johannesburg, where he was involved in corporate finance transactions in the mining, industrial and financial services sectors. Since then, he worked at Frankfurt-listed African Development Corporation (“ADC”) as an Investment Manager, focusing on financial services in Sub-Saharan Africa, before joining Brainworks Limited.

He is a member of the boards of Brainworks’ investee companies, including Dawn Properties Limited and FML Oil, involved in driving their advisory business and portfolio management.

He is a member of the Social and Ethics committee.