Brian Myerson

Co-Founder & Chief Executive

Principle Capital Group

Salah Mussa

Mercantile Group

Ajay Nagpal

Millennium Management

Brian Myerson’s Biography

Brian Myerson is a hedge fund pioneer and founder of Principle Capital Group. He entered the UK market with an activist investment strategy in 1989 and co-founded the Active Value group in 1992. Over the following two decades, he realised investments worth over US$1.2bn and clients included some of the world’s largest family offices, institutional investors and sovereign wealth and pension funds.

Principle Capital Group was founded in 2004 and under his leadership, the group has acquired and sold many investments in the public and private markets across many different sectors.

Brian has strong ties to his home country of South Africa and the African continent, where he has made several investments, worth over US$800m, since 2003. These include investment into Earthchild Clothing, a leading South African childrenswear brand , subsequently sold to Truworths; leading a consortium of investors, including a division of Old Mutual, in fintech platform Connect and its subsequent sale to NASDAQ listed Lesaka Technologies for $264m; PME, a $180m African Infrastructure Fund cornerstoned... Brian Myerson is a hedge fund pioneer and founder of Principle Capital Group. He entered the UK market with an activist investment strategy in 1989 and co-founded the Active Value group in 1992. Over the following two decades, he realised investments worth over US$1.2bn and clients included some of the world’s largest family offices, institutional investors and sovereign wealth and pension funds.

Principle Capital Group was founded in 2004 and under his leadership, the group has acquired and sold many investments in the public and private markets across many different sectors.

Brian has strong ties to his home country of South Africa and the African continent, where he has made several investments, worth over US$800m, since 2003. These include investment into Earthchild Clothing, a leading South African childrenswear brand , subsequently sold to Truworths; leading a consortium of investors, including a division of Old Mutual, in fintech platform Connect and its subsequent sale to NASDAQ listed Lesaka Technologies for $264m; PME, a $180m African Infrastructure Fund cornerstoned by the Qatar Investment Authority; and the acquisition of a controlling stake in the leading African railway services solutions provider Traxtion in partnership with the $600m Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund.

In 2021, Brian co-founded, in conjunction with Enertrag and the Namibian government, Hyphen Hydrogen Energy, which is pioneering the production of green hydrogen in Africa and most recently he has invested into CloudBase Technologies and co-founded Praetorian, businesses focused on sovereign cloud optimisation and technical security services.

He is Chair of Traxtion and has served as Chair or on the Board of nine listed companies, including Sirius Real Estate, PME African Infrastructure Opportunities, Liberty, MWB Group, Greycoat and Sage Life. READ MORE VIEW LESS

Brian Myerson’s Background

Principle Capital Group

Co-Founder & Chief Executive

Nov 2004 - Present

The Principle Capital Group is a private investment firm with interests in Europe and Southern Africa. In addition to its investment interests, it also provides fiduciary and administrative services globally.

Active Value

Co-Founder & Joint CEO

1992 - 2004

Active Value was a private investment fund that Brian Myerson co-founded to pursue an activist investment strategy focused on undervalued and distressed opportunities. It invested in many household names such as Aquascutum, Heal’s, Hogg Robinson, Kenwood, Pilkington, Scholl, SG Warburg, Signet and WPP.

Current Board Positions

Principle Capital Group

Chief Executive

Nov 2004 - Present

Traxtion

Chairman

2015 - Present

Johannesburg, ZA

Traxtion is the largest private rail operator in Southern Africa with its own fleet of rolling stock and a state of the art maintenance facility in Rosslyn near Pretoria in South Africa. It has delivered leading rail services and solutions across Sub-Saharan Africa for over 30 years, including in Angola, Botswana, DRC, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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Previous Board Positions

Earthchild Clothing

Board Member

2009 - 2015

Cape Town, ZA

Earthchild is a leading kids’ organic fashion brand in South Africa. Its clothing line is noted for its style, comfort and quality.

Sirius Real Estate

Director

2008 - 2010

Saint Peter Port, GG

Sirius Real Estate is a leading owner and operator of business parks, mixed-use workspaces and offices in Germany and the UK, providing facilities for small and medium-sized businesses to flourish. The company is Listed on AIM of the London Stock Exchange (now main board LSE) and Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

PME African Infrastructure Opportunities PLC

Director

2007 - 2010

PME's investment goal, as an investment fund, was to invest in infrastructure projects and related opportunities across a number of Sub-Saharan African countries. The company is listed • Listed on AIM of the London Stock Exchange

South African Property Opportunities PLC

Director

2006 - 2009

SAPRO’s investment goal, as an investment fund, was to invest in commercial real estate development opportunities in South Africa. The company is listed on AIM of the London Stock Exchange.

Liberty PLC

Board Member

2000 - 2010

London, UK

Liberty is one of London's leading destination stores. It is located in a Tudor-style building which houses high-end luxury fashion and homeware, and holds a famous fabrics collection which it sells globally. Liberty was sold to private Equity BlueGem in 2010. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Sage Life

Director

2002 - 2025

Johannesburg, ZA

Sage was a company listed in Johannesburg that specialised in the provision of investment solutions and life insurance products in South Africa. Subsequently sold to Momentum, one of South Africa’s largest insurers. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Marylebone Warwick Balfour Group PLC

Chair

2002 - 2005

London, UK

Marylebone Warwick Balfour Group PLC (MWB Group Holdings) was a British-based property investment and development company. It was headquartered in London and owned the Malmaison and Hotel du Vin groups (now part of Frasers Property), the Park Lane and West India Quay hotels, MWB Business Exchange (now part of IWG) and the Marble Arch Tower. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Greycoat PLC

Board Member

1994 - 1996

London, UK

Greycoat was a listed company focused on central London property developments, including Embankment Place and Moor House. In 1999 it was taken private and continues to be one of the leading investors and developers in the central London office market. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

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Brian Myerson’s Education

University of the Witwatersrand

LLB

University of the Witwatersrand

Bachelor of Commerce

Brian Myerson

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