Meet the Team Behind Caban
Operators, investors, and financiers who have built, listed, rescued, and scaled businesses across Africa — now backing the next generation.
Dr Ruben Richards
Chairs the Caban board, bringing decades of public and private sector leadership across South Africa.
Dave Romero
Professional accountant who has taken two of his own companies public on the JSE, now a General Partner of Caban Global Reach Private Equity, leading the Caban Group.
Ben Botes
Entrepreneur and investor with more than two decades of company-building and multiple exits. He has taken an impact fund public in Europe and is now a General Partner of Caban Global Reach Private Equity, a fintech and healthcare fund.
Matthew Musgrove
Leads operations across the Caban Group's investment and advisory activities.
Oluwaseun Adewuyi
Chartered accountant with two decades of finance leadership across the UK and Africa.
Mahomed Asmal
Director across Caban's investment and advisory activities.
Tim Scholtz
Formerly COO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation and South African Tourism.
Chris Louw
Thirty years across commercial banking, development finance and capital raising. Ran the National Empowerment Fund’s Western Cape office 2012–2018; nine years with Standard Chartered, latterly as Director of Local Corporates. Founded the SME advisory practice Matinic. Joined Caban August 2026.
Lizelle van der Klashorst
Head of IT Risk Governance at FNB's Chief Risk Office; provides corporate governance oversight to the Caban board.
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