Ketso gordhan biography samples

Former PPC Cement head Ketso Gordhan was today announced as the new CEO of the SA SME Fund.

The announcement that Gordhan will take the helm of the fund — which has yet to start lending to small businesses two years after it was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa when he was then deputy president — was made today in a press release by Discovery on behalf o the SA SME Fund.

It follows the resignation in June of Quinton Dicks, after being appointed in January last year.

Using commitments by large listed companies, the R1.5-billion fund will put money into private funds that will then lend to small companies.

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Discovery head of mergers and acquisitions Lisa Klein had been tasked by Discovery CEO Adrian Gore, to find a new CEO.

Gordhan — a former anti-apartheid activist — has previously served as the head of private equity at FirstRand for almost a decade.

He has also managed a