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Leadership

Warren Chapman

CEO, Executive Director

Warren steered Peregrine Securities to become the largest broker on the JSE and was the chief architect of its majority stake sale to a BBBEE consortium and the subsequent merger with Legae Securities to form Legae Peresec.

Warren has a deep understanding of capital market structures and remains abreast of global trends in this area. He is frequently invited to contribute to regulatory and policy discussions and comments extensively on draft South African regulation.
He has a keen interest in using financial technology and big data for operational and regulatory efficiency and for improved business decision making in capital markets.

Warren has a proven track record of identifying market trends and monetizing opportunities in his areas of expertise.

Zolani Kgosietsile Matthews (Kgosie)

Chairman, Independent Non-executive Director

Kgosie is currently serving on the board on the NYSE listed, African Gold Acquisition Corporation and is a member of its Audit and risk committee.

In September 2020, he was appointed by parliament as a full-time councillor for the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) for a four-year term.

He previously served as a non-executive director of the South African Post Office where he was a member of their Audit and risk committee, a trustee of the South African Post Office Retirement Fund, chairman of the Postbank Committee of the Post Office board, executive chairperson of Imvula Group in Johannesburg, MD of Fordworks and Associates in New York, senior manager at Armscor in Pretoria, vice chairperson at Washington Strategic Consulting Group Inc. in Washington DC, as well as the director of state and local government affairs at America Express in New York.

Focused on financial market infrastructure. Providing access to a portfolio of high-growth or high return investments with a focus on financial market infrastructure.