Investment Management & Research Team
Our investment managers more than five decades of collective experience through differing market cycles, both good and bad; both hold graduate degrees and relevant professional qualifications.
Chris Mostert CA(SA) - Chief Investment Officer, Founder
Chris founded Celestial Partners in 2010 investing in quality global companies for the long term. He has a B.Acc and B.Acc (Hons) finance degrees from the Universities of Stellenbosch and South Africa respectively and qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Chris combines his entrepreneurial and business background with his investing expertise to bring multi-disciplinary insights to investment decisions.
Chris was formerly group CFO of a management buy-out team that acquired a loss-making pan European IT company that was successfully turned around and sold. His passion for understanding the drivers of management actions was honed during this time and as management consultant at one of the big 4 advisory firms. Chris has spent more than 10 years working in Europe, the UK, Japan and the USA gaining an understanding of cultural differences and international operations. As corporate financier he led numerous fund raisings and advised and participated in more than 50 corporate sale and purchase transactions internationally, both as advisor and principal.
Grant Oosthuizen CFA - Operations, Execution, Investments
Grant has more than 20 years of experience in the financial sector. His experience includes financial advising, local as well as offshore stockbroking services and advice on fund management operations. For the last 10 years, his focus has been on providing local as well as offshore stockbroking solutions to the South African retail and institutional market via his involvement at SA Stockbrokers. In 2015 SA Stockbrokers, initiated by Grant and his partner, entered into an introducing broker agreement with Interactive Brokers LLC in the US. Grant co-founded Ibex Capital in 2016 which focuses on foreign currency intermediary, juristic representation, and fund management services as well the marketing of the broking services via SA Stockbrokers. Grant obtained a B.Com specializing in Accounting from the University of Pretoria and completed the CFA Charter holder designation.
Service & Support Team
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The information and opinions on these pages were prepared by Celestial Capital Partners (Pty) Ltd and/or one of its affiliates. The information herein is believed to be reliable and has been obtained from public sources believed to be reliable. Celestial Capital Partners makes no representation as to the accuracy or completeness of such information. Opinions, estimates and projections in this report constitute the current judgement of the author as of the date of this report. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Celestial Capital Partners and are subject to change without notice. Celestial Capital Partners has no obligation to update, modify or amend these pages or to otherwise notify a recipient thereof if any opinion, forecast or estimate set forth herein, changes or subsequently becomes inaccurate. This report is provided for information purposes only for sophisticated and professional investors. This report does not constitute a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any interest, shares or other securities in the companies mentioned in it nor does it constitute financial advice. Past performances are not indicative of future performances. Celestial Capital Partners is a Juristic Representative of IBEX Capital (Pty) Ltd, FSP No. 49055.