Seasoned executive and investment professional with extensive entrepreneurial and advisory experience, Ben has successfully raised start-up capital and led diverse teams across South Africa.

With expertise spanning a wide range of domains, sectors, and stages of business, and with experience in investment banking, payment technology, property and private equity, Ben has made significant contributions to several ventures throughout his career. He currently serves as an investment associate at EXEO Capital, with leadership roles in Anza Capital, Balihle and XVF. He advises several small companies and is passionate about mentorship and developing the African entrepreneurial ecosystem. He also serves as M&A executive at NetEd.

In 2015 Ben founded HouseME, a groundbreaking platform in the real estate industry that changed the way many people rent and manage properties. Ben led the company as Chief Executive Officer until 2020. During this time HouseME gained recognition as a disruptive South African player, challenging incumbents in the market and serving 50,000 registered users.

In addition to other entrepreneurial ventures, Ben assisted in establishing a start-up accelerator, co-founded a private investment holdings partnership, and served as Managing Director of Varsity View, a student-led educational blogging and podcast site. He now co-hosts the show Shapers, Makers, Builders & Breakers with Riël Malan.

A selection of his work had been published by Flux Trends and The First Kudu is his debut as a published author.

Private equity investment focuses include late-stage financial technologies, marketplace platforms, regulated financial services, education- and property-technology.

Ben graduated from the University of Cape Town and was honoured as one of South Africa’s Brightest Young Minds in 2013.

He is an Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Fellow, represented South Africa in the CFA Institute Research Challenge and currently resides in Cape Town, South Africa.