About – Mercury Holdings

We focus on the big picture and allow our management teams to focus on their business.

We do not micromanage or interfere in day-to-day operations. Where possible, we seek to retain and work alongside the existing management teams. We value the institutional memory that they hold and their ability to assist with improving capital allocation, market positioning and processes & systems maturity levels.

We recognise that the management teams who join us have done great work to build their business. Our responsibility is to further empower and support them and give them the freedom to continue doing what they do best. We create great work environments and fulfilling career opportunities for the people in our business.

WE ARE YOUR PARTNERS IN BUSINESS

The Mercury Holdings management team comprises an experienced and diverse group of professionals with varied yet complementary backgrounds and skill sets. The team has demonstrated strong abilities in reviewing acquisition opportunities, fund raising and deal structuring.

We are your partners in business. The management team at Mercury will work alongside key personnel in any business acquired. Together we analyse marketing activities, company culture and maturity of processes and procedures in order to better harmonise and leverage these aspects of the various business units across the group.

OUR BOARD

With over 25 years in the engineering sector, Ian is registered as a Professional Construction Project Manager through the SACPCMP and as a Professional Engineering Technician with the Engineering Council of South Africa. Ian has been involved in the deployment of specialised solutions in complex and mission-critical environments within the telecommunications, energy and ICT sectors.

After graduating, Ian accumulated high technical expertise through vast work experience in leading organisations internationally. In 2007, he established a diversified, integrated Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) and Management (EPCM) Company with headquarters in Johannesburg.

Ian Funeka

Executive Director

Graeme Mackenzie

Non-executive Chairman

Graeme has 35 years of experience in the financial services markets in both the UK and South Africa. He has worked with some of the leading global brands across the banking, insurance and retail sectors across 4 continents.

Graeme held executive positions with Global Financial Services businesses General Electric and BNP Paribas before establishing a global insurance services business operating from London and Johannesburg in 2009.

Daniel is a Political and Economic analyst. After graduating from the University of Pretoria, he worked as a consultant analyst for a number of years assisting corporate companies in South Africa to penetrate and unlock new markets across Africa and Asia.

He acquired a niche start up business which grew to have offices and field agents across the SADC region, servicing multinational mining and oil and gas clients, as well as global logistics companies amongst others. Daniel is a business development and operations management specialist.

Daniel de Gouveia

Managing Director

Nico van der Dussen

Financial Director

Nico earned his BCom Accounting degree at the University of Pretoria. During this time, he built up a base of SME’s accounting clients.

After completing his degree, he used his client base to establish a niche consulting firm specializing in capital raising and associated services for SME’s for acquisitions, management buy outs and seed funding. The firm has assisted many clients in a wide range of sectors and have strong capabilities in deal structuring and due diligence functions.

Andre studied engineering at the University of Pretoria, where he specialised in computer engineering. Andre has spent the last 14 years developing bespoke software for some of South Africa’s largest financial services companies, including 2 of South Africa’s big 4 banks.

He has also developed software in a number of other verticals, for large national and multinational clients. He specializes in assisting companies to improve their processes and systems making them more efficient, both from a human resource and cost perspective.

Andre Hollmann

Technical Director