Juan is the head of Private Equity at Ashburton Investments and has over 15 years’ experience in investment management and financial services. Juan joined RMB in 2005 and has been with the FirstRand Group ever since. In 2011, he joined a team of three people working on a new asset management strategy for FirstRand, which became Ashburton Investments. Juan has been instrumental in establishing Ashburton’s alternative investments business, particularly the private equity and mezzanine businesses. He is a Key Investment Principle and a member of the Investment Committee. Juan has established solid relationships being active in the South African private equity industry originating, evaluating and executing private equity transactions, and in 2017 he was elected to serve as a Board member of SAVCA. Prior to 2011, Juan formed part of the executive management team within the FirstRand Group Treasury division where he played an instrumental role throughout the infamous Global Financial Crisis period.