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Change in Directorate
Wilderness Holdings Limited
(Registration number 2004/2986)
(Registered as an external company in South Africa Registration number 2009/022894/10)
ISIN: BW0000000868
Share code: WIL
(“Wilderness” or “the Company”)
CHANGES IN DIRECTORATE
The Board of Wilderness Holdings Limited (“The Board”) wishes to announce that the following
Directors have resigned as independent non-executive directors with effect from 12 July 2018:
1. Jochen Zeitz; and
2. Christophe Vinsonneau.
The Board thanks both directors for their support and valuable counsel over the years and wishes
them the very best for the future.
The Board have appointed the following new non-executive directors to the Board with effect
from 12 July 2018:
1. Babajide HK (“Jide”) Olanrewaju
Jide Olanrewajo is a Partner in the Africa team at TPG Growth and leads investing activities
for Anglophone Africa.
Prior to joining TPG Growth in 2015, Jide was a Partner with Satya Capital, an Africa investment
fund, where he worked for six years focused on transactions in the Healthcare, Consumer and
Financial Services sectors. During this period he also acted for two years as an Interim Executive
for Hygeia Nigeria Limited, a Satya portfolio company active in the Hospitals and Health
Insurance sector.
Previously, Jide was at Morgan Stanley for six years where he worked in both the Merchant
Banking and Investment Banking Divisions. Before joining Morgan Stanley, he also worked
briefly at Goldman Sachs and Shell International in Investment Banking and Gas & Power
respectively.
Jide has a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering (specialising in Nuclear Reactor
Technology) from Imperial College, London. He is a director of the Royal African Society.
2. Akinyemi (“Yemi”) Lalude
Yemi Lalude is the Managing Partner, Africa at TPG Growth and leads TPG Growth's
investments in Africa, coordinated through TPG/Satya, the partnership between TPG Growth
and Satya Capital Limited. In addition to his Africa-specific role, he is a leader on emerging
market investment activities in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications sector for TPG
Growth.
Prior to joining TPG Growth, Yemi was the founder and Managing Partner of Adlevo Capital,
a private equity firm focused on technology investments in Africa. Previously, he was a
Principal at GGV Capital, a leading Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm focused on
investments in the US and China.
Yemi has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of
Lagos and Stanford University, respectively. He also has an MBA from Harvard University.
3. Michael (“Mike”) Stone
Mike Stone is the Founder and Managing Member of FS Investors. He currently serves as a
Senior Advisor and Partner of TPG. Over his career, he has overseen or been involved with the
completion of over 250 investments, cumulatively responsible for overseeing roughly US$15
billion dollars of private equity capital deployment.
Previously, Mike was Founder and Chairman of JH Whitney Investment Management, LLC, and
he is retired Managing Partner and President of JH Whitney & Co., a diversified manager of
alternative investment assets and the United States' first venture capital firm.
Mike has created and operates the Mike and Karen Stone Family Foundation, which is focused
on improving the lives of communities in need and particularly children within those
communities. Notably, the foundation has an established philanthropic presence in Kenya,
where it provided the vision and capital for Oleleshwa Farm in a partnership with the Me to
We organisation. Oleleshwa feeds thousands of local people per day and serves as an
educational hub for the regional community.
Mike has a BA from Duke University and an MBA from Harvard.
4. Nick Stone, Partner at FS Investors.
Nick is a Partner at FS Investors and serves in a variety of direct management, advisory and
director positions at portfolio companies. He leads a number of substantial direct investments
for FS, including in the professional sports, housing and technology areas. Nick has served as
CEO of two different companies during his tenure at FS, blending operational/managerial and
investment skills. He has been involved with investments totaling over US$20 billion of revenue
and approximately US$3 billion of equity capital.
Prior to joining FS Investors, Nick was a Vice President at TPG Capital, one of the world's largest
private equity funds. Prior to joining TPG, Nick was an investment professional at KKR, another
of the world's top five private equity investment firms.
Nick graduated cum laude from Harvard and has an MBA from Stanford University.
It is noted that Mike Stone and Nick Stone are not related.
The Board welcomes the new directors to the Board and looks forward to working with them.
By Order of the Board
Lu-Anne Alexander
Group Company Secretary
18 July 2018
Sponsor
Arbor Capital Sponsors Proprietary Limited
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