Nodus Capital - Team

The Nodus Team

Our people are our business.

Gary Bryce-Borthwick - Nodus Capital team — Gary joined Nodus in 2006 from Moore Stephens MWM Inc.

His experience includes management and leveraged buy-outs, mergers and acquisitions, structured finance solutions, BEE transactions, debt and equity capital raisings, project finance, valuations, due diligence investigations and financial modelling.

BCompt (Hons), CA (SA)

Gary Bryce-Borthwick

Glen Christopulo - Nodus Capital team — Glen held various roles in financial management, derivative structuring and structured finance before joining Gensec Bank in 2001. In 2003, he joined Fintech Proprietary Limited as a shareholder and Chief Operating Officer. During 2011, he was appointed as Chief Executive Officer. In 2015, Fintech was sold to Sasfin Bank whereupon he was appointed Chief Operating Officer. He left Sasfin in 2018.

Glen has gained extensive experience in structured lending, securitisation, debt and equity valuations, credit, operations management, business management and leadership.

Glen joined Nodus in October 2019.

BCom, PGDA, Adv Dip (Tax), CA (SA), CFA

Glen Christopulo

Shaun Cox - Nodus Capital team — Shaun finished his articles in 2019 at PwC in the Banking and Capital Markets division, with exposure to investment banking, private equity, asset management, private wealth, and stockbroking.

Shaun completed a Masters in Finance at Wits University with a focus on investments, corporate finance, derivatives, and portfolio management and financial modelling. He joined Nodus in 2020.

He has gained experience in valuations, financial modelling, BEE transactions and fairness opinions and capital raising, buy-out and M&A transactions.

BBusSci (Finance and Accounting), BCom (Hons) (Accounting), MCom (Finance), CA (SA)

Shaun Cox

Lauren Hodge - Nodus Capital team — Lauren joined Nodus in 2004. She performs the role of accounts manager and is responsible for the financial accounting and reporting of the group, as well as assisting the team with documentation and administration during the implementation and closing phases of transactions.

Lauren is the Nodus FIC Compliance Officer and Counter-Money Laundering Officer.

Lauren Hodge

Kelly Hill - Nodus Capital team — Kelly completed her articles in 2019 at BDO South Africa, during which she was exposed to various industries including real estate, agricultural, travel and tourism as well as manufacturing and wholesale industry. She has experience in auditing group entities as well as a large listed real estate entity.

Kelly joined Nodus in March 2020.

BBusSci (Finance and Accounting), PGDA, CA (SA)

Kelly Hill

Johan le Roux - Nodus Capital team — Johan joined Nodus in 2006 from Deloitte Corporate Finance, where he was a senior manager in the M&A Advisory division.

His experience includes management and leveraged buy-outs, mergers and acquisitions, structured finance solutions, BEE transactions, debt and equity capital raisings, private equity investments and management, de-listings, valuations, fairness opinions, due diligence investigations and financial modelling.

BCom (Hons) (Accounting), PGDA, Adv Dip (Tax), CA (SA)

Johan le Roux

Sebastian Pieterse - Nodus Capital team — Sebastian completed his articles at KPMG in the Information and Consumer Markets division, specialising in motor retail and finance, airline, and insurance clients.

Sebastian completed an MBA at the Gordon Institute of Business Science with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, business finance, strategy and innovation. He joined Nodus in 2015.

Sebastian has experience in valuations, business finance and financial modelling.

BAcc (Hons), CA (SA), MBA (GIBS)

Sebastian Pieterse

Luther completed his articles in 2019 at Deloitte South Africa, during which time he gained experience in private equity, investment management and insurance. Thereafter, he was seconded in an audit capacity to New York, gaining exposure to private equity and hedge fund clients, before joining a hedge fund as an investment analyst.

Luther joined Nodus in June 2021.

BBusSci (Finance and Accounting), PGDA, CA (SA), CFA Level II

Luther van Zyl

Uviwe completed her articles in 2023 at the National Treasury, during which time she gained experience providing oversight to state-owned entities in the energy and transport sectors and government’s debt portfolio. Thereafter, she was seconded as a financial analyst at the Small Enterprise Finance Agency where she gained experience in development finance.

Uviwe joined Nodus in February 2023.

BCom (Hons) Accounting, CA (SA)

Uviwe Mbombela

Stefan completed his law articles in 2022 at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, where he practiced in their corporate and commercial department and was exposed to various M&A transactions, private equity, joint ventures, and the formation, structuring and restructuring of business entities.

Stefan is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa.

BBusSci (Economics with Law), LLB, CFA Level 1

Stefan Zimmermann