Mr. Ron den Besten is a South African Investment and Finance Professional with more than 30 years of experience in Private Equity in Africa, where he led investments for Gensec Bank and Aureos Southern Africa where he worked with Basil for 12 years.
He serves or has served as an independent non-executive Investment Committee member of various Financial Institutions (Firstrand Bank, Greenpoint) or Funds (Agri-Vie) which all focused on investments in Sub Saharan MSMEs. Ron was an investor in and the CEO of Growth Capital Partners, Growth Capital Partners II and Growth Capital Properties from 2017 until 2023 before assuming only non- executive positions.
As a Chartered Accountant and leader in the private equity segment, he has significant experience in due diligence, deal evaluation, deal structuring, negotiations, strategic development and exit of transactions.
Ron serves as an independent Investment Committee member of Inside Equity Fund and Inside Equity Fund II since inception.